Here's how we'll spend our time today:
- Introductions (10 min.)
- We'll introduce ourselves, and I'll talk briefly about research support at the Libraries.
- Search platforms and searching (20 min.)
- We'll explore the Oberlin College Libraries website and catalogs, research databases, other search platforms, and practice simple search strategies to improve relevance and accuracy of results.
- Searching for popular sources (Activity): We'll break into small groups, and practice searching for popular sources using library search platforms and research databases.
- Source evaluation (20 min.)
- We'll explore the source evaluation techniques, including SIFT and lateral reading.
- Evaluating sources (Activity): In our small groups, we'll practice source evaluation on the sources that we've just identified.