Research 101

Visit or link to libguides.csn.edu/research-101 to teach students about the research process with our interactive tutorial. Quizzes help reinforce skills along the way, and a cumulative information literacy test at the end helps assess student improvement.

Reaching Students Where They Are

The Library

Course & Subject Guides

Mobile

Website

Abstract:

www.csn.edu/library

CSN’s librarians have created several tools that students can use anywhere and anytime to learn information literacy skills and effectively complete research assignments. This presentation will illustrate how these tools are being used in CSN coursework and can help both distance and on-campus students succeed in college and in life.

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If your students don’t know where to begin a research paper, they can click on the “Start Your Research” section of our website to view our 6-step guide. Each step provides links to relevant databases, collections, and other library resources with helpful tips along the way.

• Nearly 7,935 mobilewebsite visits in 2013,4,057 visits on a tablet

• 1,137 Start Your ResearchGuide mobile views in 2013

From January 2013 to December 2013, over

93,300 visitors came to our website.

Research 101Visit or link to libguides.csn.edu/research-101to teach students about the research process with our interactive tutorial. Quizzes reinforce skills along the way, and a cumulative information literacy test at the end assesses student improvement.

Visiting libguides.csn.edu/research-guides takes you to our complete list of program, academic subject, research skills, course, and assignment guides created by CSN librarians. Here all the resources on a single subject are outlined in one place so students can search for materials just within that subject area. We can also create guides for a specific course or shared assignment to help your students find materials for your class. Our grammar, plagiarism, and Research 101 guides are great supplemental materials to help students in their writing.

Course Guide examples:

*ALS 101: Career Research

*BIO 196: Lab Research Paper

*COM 101: Persuasive Speech

For tips on using library resources in Canvas, click on “Faculty Corner” on our website!

“You have been a life saver for me with this paper!!”

–Amber Crews, CSN student library web user

“I would highly recommend [Start Your Research] to other instructors who require research based projects as part of their curriculum.”

–Christy Piggott, CSN Education instructor who attended a SYR workshop

Visit our website, www.csn.edu/library on a smartphone to bring up resources optimized for the small screen:• Quick links to library hours on all three campuses• Our OneSearch platform that finds CSN library

books, articles, and videos all at once• A mobile 6-step “Start Your Research” guide• A selection of mobile databases, subject-specific

research guides, and more.

55 percent of American adults use their cell phones to go online (2012)*

*Data retrieved from WhoIsHostingThis.com Infographic: “The Incredible Growth of Web Usage [1984-2013]”

95 percent of U.S. residents use the Internet at home (2013)*

Start Your Research

Online Guide

Date range by semester, from January 22, 2013 to December 14, 2013

Ask a LibrarianMobile site:

csn.libanswers.comOur new FAQ answer and chat service is also mobile! Search frequently asked questions, email new questions, or chat live Mon-Thurs: 10am-4pm & Fri 10am-2pm.

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