Introduction and Conclusion (Required)

Price: 5 minutes
Who we are, what we do, how to find us

Tour of the Library (Highly recommended for FIYS students)

Price: 20 minutes —bargain rates available in season
Acquaints the students with locations of resources available in the library. Includes: Drama in the compact shelving. Recommended: have students look at print resources on a topics and/or from a search result.

Search Strategy Techniques (Served with one or more of the items in the yellow boxes below)

Price: 10 minutes
Learn about keywords, combining terms with AND and OR, and the importance of synonyms.

Find Complete Article From a Citation (best when served with one or more of the items in a yellow box below)

Price: 15-20 minutes
Learn how to locate the printed article or online full text from a citation in a reference list (using the Journals search) or in a database (using the Find It button), and learn when and how to request via interlibrary loan.

Library Catalog / Requesting Books From Other Libraries (highly recommended)

Price: 20 minutes
How to search for books in our library and in academic libraries throughout Illinois, and how to request that books be sent to our library.

General Interest Database - Academic Search Premier (highly recommended)

Price: 15 minutes
Learn basic searching in Academic Search Premier. If more advanced searching is required, please allot more time.

Specialized Databases

Price: 20 minutes per database
Most disciplines have specialized databases, such as ERIC, MLA, Sociological Abstracts and PsycINFO. They are more complicated but often provide better search results and citations in scholarly journals.

WebFeat

Price: 10 - 15 minutes
Learn the advantages and limitations to searching many databases at once using WebFeat.

Interlibrary Loan (for articles)

Price: 10 minutes
Teaches students how to use the online Interlibrary Loan system to request journal articles from other libraries.

Distinguishing Between Popular and Scholarly Journals

Price: 15 minutes
Show students the differences between academic and popular periodicals, and what does "peer reviewed" mean. Especially helpful for undergraduates who have never seen a scholarly journal before.

Google Scholar

Price: 15-20 minutes
Students learn about the benefits and limitations of using Google Scholar.

Evaluating Web sites

Price: 20-30 minutes
Including but not limited to Wikipedia, students will engage in a discussion of the characteristics of credible websites, including authority, timeliness and objectivity.

Citation (goes well with Evaluating Websites, above)

Price: 15 minutes
Teaches the students the basics of a citation style of your choice of these options: MLA, APA or Chicago style.

RefWorks

Price: 15 minutes
Students will see how to import citations into RefWorks from databases, create a bibliography in Word, share citations.

Academic Honesty / Plagiarism

Price: variable from 10 - 30 minutes
Students learn about the ethics and issues of academic integrity, with examples of paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting.