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Cephalonian Cards

Cards with pre-printed questions are passed to several students. Students read the questions aloud; the instructor answers them (with or without slides). Quick intro to factual material, and sets up a question-and-answer dynamic that often leads to students asking their own questions.

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Credo Reference (How to search)

Explains how to use Credo Reference, which provides online versions of 800 published reference works, including general and specialized dictionaries and encyclopedias.

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Finding Articles for Your Geography Research Assignment

This interactive tutorial worksheet will help students find quality sources for their geography research assignment using Library databases and Google Scholar. They will learn how to build a search strategy and then will get experience searching using three separate databases -- the Library article search (EBSCO), JSTOR, and Google Scholar. Students will receive a copy of their responses to the tutorial via email once they complete it. To assign students to complete the tutorial, simply share the tutorial link with them and create an assignment dropbox where they can upload a PDF of the email they received.