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Using Information Responsibly Tutorial

In the Using Information Responsibly Tutorial you can learn about the importance of academic integrity, how to avoid plagiarism, and basic tips for citing and documenting your sources in your coursework. This tutorial can be taken all at once, or in three separate sessions. To take the tutorial in one session, click on:

Note for Students: If your instructor has asked that you take this tutorial and the accompanying quiz, it should be located in your Canvas course. In the event that you do not have this in one of your Canvas courses, please contact Spencer Jardine or Alyssa Marquez.

Note for Instructors: If you want to download the module links and quizzes into your Canvas course, go to the Canvas Commons module Using Information Responsibly. Click on the “Import/Download” button to insert it into your course. This Importing Course Content from Canvas Commons video may be useful.

ResearchPath Tutorial

The ResearchPath Tutorial offers research tips and tricks to enable researchers to do their work. 

Note to Students: Look for ResearchPath Tutorial quizzes in your Canvas course.

Note to Instructors:  If you want to import the module links and quizzes into your Canvas course, go to the Canvas Commons module ResearchPath. Click on the “Import/Download” button to insert it into your course. This Importing Course Content from Canvas Commons video may be useful.  Contact Spencer Jardine or Alyssa Marquez for further assistance.

 

The Library of Congress Call Number System

Learn about call numbers in the SearchPath Tutorial section titled Understanding Call Numbers.

Open Educational Resources

  • Introduction to Open Educational Resources: This module defines OER, explains its purpose, and explains how copyright, the public domain, and fair use factor into the conversation
  • OER Licensing: In this module learn more about the 5 R's (retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute) and how these OER principles are used to create Creative Commons licenses. These licenses make it easier for creators to identify how they want their work to be used by others

Note for Instructors: If you want to import or download the module links and quizzes into your Canvas course, go to the Canvas Commons module Open Educational Resources (OER). Click on the “Import/Download” button to insert it into your course. This Importing Course Content from Canvas Commons video may be useful.

Multimedia Tutorials

These tutorials include an audio component and run automatically.

Advanced

  • Key Word Searching. (2:01)
  • Narrowing a Topic: General Tips (4:59)
  • Reference Sources: Limit Results by Location in the Library Catalog. (5:38)
  • SCORE Learn how to evaluate the sources chosen for your research project based on the SCORE criteria of Scope, Currency, Originality level, Reason, and Expertise of author.  The resulting credibility score and your judgment about relevance to your topic combine to determine which source(s) to use for your college-level research project. (13:15)

Tutorials Created by Our Vendors and Others

Multimedia Tutorials Creators

Spencer Jardine

Coordinator of Instruction in Pocatello

Laura Gleason

Student Success Librarian

Alyssa Marquez

Instruction Staff in Pocatello

Bienvenu Zotahon

Tutorial Assistant

Catherine Gray

Librarian at ISU Library -- Idaho Falls

Molly Montgomery

Former ISU Librarian

Atul Mehta

Tutorial Assistant

Lingpei Zou

Former Teaching Assistant

Sabin Subedi

Former Tutorial Assistant

Contact

  • For tutorial suggestions and comments, please contact Spencer Jardine, Coordinator of Instruction, at (208) 282-5609, or libinst@isu.edu.
  • If you need immediate assistance with research, and these tutorials do not appear to answer your questions, drop by the reference desk for informal help from a librarian at the reference desk, call (208) 282-3182, or send an email via Ask a Librarian.