Information Literacy Video Tutorials
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About the Tutorials
- Each ULS tutorial introduces and teaches an information seeking concept or skill.
- Interactive quizzes at the end of most of the tutorials allow the viewer to apply and reinforce a new skill.
- Anyone can access an online tutorial.
- The University Library System encourages you to provide feedback at the end of the tutorials so that we may improve the content of our instructional efforts.
Topics
- Avoiding Plagiarism This tutorial present the concept of plagiarism, ways to avoid it, and reviews University policy
- Developing a Research Topic How do you start that all important research paper? This tutorial will lead you through those steps.
- Keyword Searching Learn how to select appropriate keywords in an online database to improve your searching capabilities.
- PittCat+ It's much more than a library catalog. Discover all the possibilities available when you search Pittcat+.
- Scholarly Information Find out how to recognize and cite scholarly (peer-reviewed) articles.
- Surfing the Cyber Library A series of four short videos teaches you the basics in searching, evaluating and citing web information.
- Using Databases This tutorial discusses the value of article databases and basic database searching techniques.
Technical Information
In order to view and use these tutorials, you must have Adobe Shockwave Player 7 or later. It can be freely downloaded from the following site:http://www.adobe.com/downloads.
When you view "Surfing the Cyber Library" you will be prompted to chose QuickTime or Windows Media.
The tutorials are best viewed using speakers or headphones.