Information Literacy Teaching Materials

Finding

Alt-PressWatch, Ethnic NewsWatch, & GenderWatch

How to use the interface for the following three databases: Alt-Press Watch (full-text articles from alternative and independent presses); Ethnic NewsWatch (articles from ethnic and minority presses); and GenderWatch (focus in the impact of gender in many subject areas).

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Biology 101 library assignment

This interactive tutorial will help students learn about key library resources, develop an understanding of the definition and purpose of peer review, and find and cite peer reviewed articles themselves using the Library’s article search and ProQuest Biological Sciences Database.

To get your own copy of the tutorial: Please click on the form link below and fill it out so we will know who is making copies of our tutorials and can send you critical updates in the future. You’ll then be taken automatically to a page where you can make a copy of the tutorial for use in your class. You will be able to modify your copy of the tutorial to tailor it to your course and can see your students’ responses.

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Choose an interesting book to read for your class

This interactive tutorial will help students figure out what types of books they might like to read, find a good book that interests them, and access it for free through PCC or your local public library.

To get your own copy of the tutorial: Please click on the form link below and fill it out so we will know who is making copies of our tutorials and can send you critical updates in the future. You’ll then be taken automatically to a page where you can make a copy of the tutorial for use in your class. You will be able to modify your copy of the tutorial to tailor it to your course and can see your students’ responses.

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EBSCOhost

How to find published newspaper, magazine and scholarly journal articles on a range of topics in EBSCOhost databases.

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