What are the Information Literacy Tutorials?
Links to modules are provided below. Please contact library@niagaracollege.ca if you have any questions.
Citation and Plagiarism Modules:
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This tutorial will help students to identify different types of plagiarism and give them strategies to avoid plagiarism in their own work.
Completion Time: 40-50 minutes
This module introduces students to the concept of APA Citation Style. Students learn why it is important to cite sources and begin to understand how to construct citations in their own work.
Completion Time: 40-50 minutes
This tutorial teaches students the importance of citing sources. It describes the various citation styles available for students to use and introduces students to the knowledge of how to construct citations in IEEE style.
Completion Time: 30-40 minutes
Student completing this module will learn what copyright is and why it is important. They will also learn about the public domain and Fair Dealing.
Completion Time: 20-30 minutes
Developing a Research Question
In this tutorial, students learn how to develop a research question by either broadening or narrowing their topic scope.
Completion Time: 15-20 minutes
Evaluating Internet Sources + Fake News
This tutorial uses the acronym FACTS (Find, Action, Credible, Timeline, Sources) to evaluate web sources, which helps student to recognize fake news and resources both at school and at home in their real life.
Completion Time: 15-20 minutes
Learn how to create search terms that will help you find better research results.
Completion Time: 10-15 minutes
This module will outline some web searching tips and strategies, especially with Google.
Completion Time: 10-15 minutes
Popular vs. Scholarly Periodicals
This tutorial will help students to differentiate between popular versus scholarly periodicals while completing homework for class assignments.
Completion Time: 15-20 minutes
This module will help you to distinguish between primary and secondary sources and to use them appropriately in your research.
Completion Time: 10-15 minutes
Top 10 Library Supports for Success
This tutorial will help student to identify and locates the tools and services available to them as NC Students that will help them to succeed in the classroom.
Completion Time: 15-20 minutes
This helps students to better understand an assignment by deconstructing it to its basic parts.
Completion Time: 10-15 minutes
This tutorial will teach users about library databases, including how to search on a library database and the benefits of doing so.
Completion Time: 15-20 minutes
