What is the Purpose of a Virtual Library Orientation?
Here is what you will learn here:
- Why the Library is still the best place to start research on a paper or project
- Where our resources and equipment are located and what services are available
- How to select and focus a topic
- How to use the Library Catalog to find print books, electronic books, and videos/DVDs
- How to use the Library's Research Databases to find magazine, journal, newspaper articles, and other documents for your research
- Methods for evaluating information on the "open Web" (information found by using search engines, like Google or Ask.com)
- The importance of documenting and citing the information sources you use for a paper or project
