The Library has 2 options for research skills instruction -
Research Quick Start provides very brief, visual, and easy to follow instruction on common points of need in the research process and using the library. Quick Start integrates with our Research Now! curriculum.
Research Now! provides more in-depth instruction. It is a series of guides designed to be used within courses to engage students in foundational information literacy concepts.
These guides have been created to be flexible and modular, allowing instructors to integrate them into courses at their point of need.
Research Quick Start provides very brief and easy to follow instruction on common points of need in the research process and using the library, and integrates with our Research Now! curriculum.
Explore the full content of Research Quick Start
What's Available?
Getting Started Navigating and Using the Library Homepage Selecting a Topic |
Source Types Locating Primary Sources Identifying Scholarly Sources |
Finding Articles Finding Articles in a Subject Getting Full Text Articles & Chapters Using Google Scholar Finding if the Library has a Journal Title |
Finding Books |
Citing & Writing Quoting & Paraphrasing Citation Styles Reading Citations Online Citation Tools |
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Research Now!, is a series of guides designed to be used within courses to engage students in foundational information literacy concepts. Instructors' Guides, including information on how to use these guides to encourage and develop information literacy skills and habits of mind, are available and continuously being developed.
Explore the full content of Research Now
What's Available?
Get Started Read (and Understand!) the Assignment Background Research and Initial Searching Form a Research Question |
Explore Information |
Find Information Develop Keywords Search for Books & Articles Revise Your Search Use Google Scholar Find New Sources from Your Sources |
Interrogate & Evaluate Resources |
Understand Citations Integrating Sources Citing Correctly Citation Style Guides Reading Citations |
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We recommend exploring the guides, and determining what parts you want to integrate into your HuskyCT course.
Research Quick Start is designed as individual pages. We recommend embedding the desired content into your HuskyCT course using the instructions below for Single Page.
Research Now is truly modular. Each section (e.g., "Explore Information") is designed as a guide. You can embed full guides, single pages within guides, or individual components from pages (called boxes here), depending on your needs.
Full Guides, Single Pages, or individual Content Boxes can be embedded into a course. Follow these First Steps, then choose the appropriate tab for embedding a full guide, a page, or a box.
1. Go to the section in HuskyCT where you want to embed a guide
2. Select the Tools tab and select LibGuides
3. Give the page a name. Other information is optional. Click Submit when finished.
4. Open the new page just created and select the Library's LibGuides site: LibGuides - guides.lib.uconn.edu.
5. Continue with instructions for embedding a Full Guide or Single Page/Box
To embed an entire guide, follow steps 1-4 in the First Steps tab.
5. Select the Content Type: Full LibGuide
6. Select the guide from the menu. If you know the name of the guide, start typing to navigate more quickly. If not, browse to find the desired guide.
7. Select Embed. The guide is now embedded in your HuskyCT course!
To embed a single page or box, follow steps 1-4 in the First Steps tab.
5. Select the Content Type: Single Page or Content Box
6. Select the guide from the menu. If you know the name of the guide, start typing to navigate more quickly. If not, browse to find the desired guide.
7. Choose the Guide Page and Box (Box option will be available only if embedding a content box).
8. Select Embed. The page or content box is now embedded in your HuskyCT course!
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