Information Literacy Teaching Materials

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Peer Review in 3 Minutes

How do articles get peer reviewed? What role does peer review play in scholarly research and publication? This video will explain.

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Prior Knowledge of Databases Check

A brief survey (roughly three or four multiple choice questions) assesses level of knowledge and skills relevant to a subject or course. Based on survey results, the instructor can determine an appropriate starting point for a lesson and build upon students' prior knowledge.

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PsycINFO (How to use)

How to use the PsycINFO database, which has peer-reviewed articles from scholarly journals, book chapters, and dissertations in psychology, behavioral science, and mental health.

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Reading a Search Results Page from a Library Database

Library databases are great places to find published articles, but the results pages can be confusing. This video gives some tips about how to find useful results. NOTE: This video is available in Spanish. See "Cómo leer una página de resultados de búsqueda de una base de datos de la biblioteca" below.

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Science Direct (How to use)

How to use Science Direct, which provides full text articles for peer-reviewed life sciences, Health Science, physical sciences, and engineering journals with citation information for thousands more.

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