Library instruction, information literacy, and related sites
created by NELIG members
Online Tutorials
at Wesleyan University, including:
The Road to Research - Research Skills Tutorial,
an overview of skills and techniques for effectively searching the library and Internet, evaluating what you find,
getting things from other libraries, and citing what you use. Also includes
tutorials on Home Page, PowerPoint, Excel, EndNote, Searching the Web, and
guides to subject related resources.
Instruction Services
page at University of Rhode Island Libraries: Includes their Plan for Information Literacy,
Course-related instruction services, Library User Guides, Library Short Courses,
and other pages that discuss instruction and information literacy at
URI.
Library Research Guide
for Simmons College students enrolled in MCC - Culture Matters, a
required full year seminar for all first-year students teaching writing as
communication and focusing on the challenges and opportunities of living in a
multicultural society. After students do a self guided tour in the Library,
viewing a series of informational posters and displays, a librarian leads them
in a game of Library
Jeopardy (answers available in the posters and displays, available as PDF
documents from the Jeopardy page).
Library Instruction
tutorials etc. at University of Connecticut.
Information Literacy at Smith College, aimed at faculty to explain
"what is info lit, why should I care, what can I do?"
Instructional
Support Services at Brandeis University, offering "a variety of
services to help teach Brandeis students effective library research skills."
Online Library Tutorials
at Northeastern University Libraries, including modules for Finding Articles,
Database Searching Basics, Using the Library Catalog, Remote Access, along
with Help Sheets for Preventing Plagiarism, How to Evaluate Websites, How to
Cite, and Using Government Documents.
Library
Resources and Skills LSC 150 syllabus for a library
skills course at Central Connecticut State University.
Research Skills
page at Rensselaer at Hartford, including instructional videos online.
Information Literacy@J. Eugene Smith Library at Eastern Connecticut
State University; they also have an index to useful sites on
Creating Better Presentations.
Research Help at
Brandeis University.
