W.EB. Du Bois Library 720 Experimental Classroom

This 50-minute sample class provides students with a basic introduction to Discovery Search, Databases, and Google Scholar.

This brief session asks students to find sites that discuss evaluating web resources, then to work together to determine whether two websites are appropriate sources for a scholarly paper.

In this session, students are given a sample paper topic (this topic will vary based on discipline and whether students have an actual assignment in hand) and asked to brainstorm, test, and refine their searching, with assistance and instruction from the Librarian.

In this session, students are given a paper prompt and asked to begin the research process as they would normally. Working in groups with the Librarian, the class discusses search strategies and the advantages of searching in a variety of resources.

In this session, the Libarian introduces students to a discipline-specific database, then has them work in groups to conduct sample searches that highlight the database's features and resources. This activity can be adapted to focus on any of our discipline-specific resources.

This brief session teaches students how to navigate the Library website in order to find the right discipline-specific databases to meet their research needs.

Many of our databases are index databases or include partial, but not complete, full-text access. In these instances, students need to know how to determine if a journal title is available in full-text in another database or in our eJournals. This brief activity shows students how to determine full-text availability for journal titles.