LibraryDen is an online information literacy series of tutorials developed by Ingram Library. This guide has additional information about LibraryDen including its history and learning outcomes. There is also specific information for the following groups:
LibraryDen's content is organized into 7 modules plus a pre-test and a post-test. Below is a summary of the content for each module. There are self-assessments for each topic and module-level quizzes. Between the module-level quizzes and the Final Assessment, students can get a total of 100 points.
LibraryDen Module Content (as of Summer 2024)
Module 1: Starting Research
- Understanding my assignment
- Learning about a topic (presearch)
- Practice using subject guides to do presearch
- Choosing a Research Topic
- From Topic to Research Question
- What types of sources do I need
- Using databases from off campus
Module 2: Good Sources for my Research
- Which items are relevant for my topic
- Scholarly and Peer Reviewed Sources
- What is "The Information Cycle"?
- Is this work significant in my field?
- Who has cited a work?
- Practice: Using Google Scholar to Find Citations
Module 3: Articles
- Explaining some commonly used research terms (article, journal, volume, database, etc)
- Deciding where to search for articles
- Developing keywords for searching
- How to search
- Looking for a specific article
- Looking for a specific journal
- Getting access to the full text
Module 4: Books
- Searching for print books and e-books
- Practice searching the catalog
- Borrowing a book from other libraries
- Checking out and renewing library materials
- Textbooks and course reserves materials
Module 5: Looking for a Specific Item
- Looking for Newspaper articles
- Looking for a video
- Primary Sources
- Statistics or Data
- Theses and Dissertations
- Maps
- Images
Module 6: Citing and Using Sources
- Avoiding plagiarism
- Quoting and paraphrasing
- Citing sources
- Find more from what I have
- I have a citation but I don't know what it cites
- Organizing or creating citations
- Optional self-assessments practicing APA, MLA and Turabian citation formats (students are encouraged to do at least one based on their course or field of study)
Module 7: Access, Login, or Printing Issues; Getting Help
- Do not pay for an article
- Accessing resources as an online or distance learner
- Library does not have the item I'm looking for
- Book I want is checked out
- Troubleshooting printing issues (help using UWG library printers)
- Contacting a librarian
