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Faculty Information Literacy Toolkit: Asynchronous Library Instruction
Tools for Library Instruction
These resources are available 24/7 on the Library's website. Please share links to these library instruction resources with your students!
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Recorded Tutorials
The Library has three recorded video tutorials students can watch at any time; a walkthrough of how to use the library, a walkthrough of evaluating sources, and a guide on how to find empirical articles.
All the tutorials can also be watched from the Library Tutorials page.
- GCU Library Walkthrough This link opens in a new windowThe Library Walkthrough video covers basic searching such as Boolean keywords, finding books, navigating in the databases, using search limiters, and locating specific articles.
- Credo: Research Quick Tips This link opens in a new windowOur Credo database has an excellent video series on basic research skills.
- Empirical Article Tutorial This link opens in a new window
The Empirical Article Tutorial gives more details on locating empirical research articles in the databases, including specific search strategies to narrow down a search to this type of article. - Evaluating Websites Tutorial This link opens in a new windowThe Evaluating Websites Tutorial overviews basic strategies for evaluating web resources for credibility.
- Introduction to Information Literacy: Films on Demand This link opens in a new windowOur Films on Demand database also has a video series on Information Literacy.
- Project Panner This link opens in a new window
From Sage Research Methods, an extensive step-by-step guide to planning and working through a research project. Including choosing a design, planning your research, lit reviews, and writing.
Getting Started Guides
These guides provide basic overviews and introductions to library research for different levels and introductions to important skills like citing sources or evaluating sources.
The best place to have students start is with Introduction to the GCU Library. The Library Tour on this guide will introduce students to all the different resources and services the Library has to offer.
Subject and Course Guides
Subject Guidesprovide an introduction to research and resources in a field. These guides include recommended databases, search tips, a selection of books, and other guidance on library resources particular to the subject. A complete list of subject guides is below.
Course Guidesare designed to provide students with additional resources and instructions for a particular class. Course guides begin with the course code in the list below.
SAGE Skills
- Sage Skills This link opens in a new windowSage Skills is a suite of interactive digital resources that help students develop the academic and professional skills necessary to succeed in higher education and beyond. This resource includes a variety of skill-building modules relating specifically to the field of business, as well as more general skills for any student looking to improve their critical thinking, research, and study skills.
There are two parts to Sage Skills, Student Successand Business.
Sage Skills: Student Successincludes ten modules covering 94 foundational skills for academic and personal success through more than 1,100 topics.
Academic Integrity and Referencing Academic Writing
Communications and Interpersonal Skills Critical Thinking
Diversity, Bias, and Impacting Change Data Literacy
Personal Development and Well-Being Information Literacy
Study Strategies and Assignments Research Skills
- Sage Skills: Student Success BrochureThis document provides an overview of Sage Skills: Student Success.
- Navigating the Upskill JourneyThis document outlines the Sage Skills hierarchy of modules, skills, and topics and details the variety of content types found throughout the resource.
Sage Skills: Businessincludes five modules covering 50+ in-demand business skills through more than 850 topics.
Data Analytics
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
Organizational Communication
Professionalism
- Sage Skills: Business BrochureThis document provides an overview of Sage Skills: Business.
- Sage Skills Business User JourneyThis Powerpoint provides an interactive walk-through of Sage Skills: Business, which can be found on the Sage Knowledge platform.
