Student Learning Outcomes for Module #4 - Finding & Using Books / E-Books

• Students will be able to explain how books can be used to begin the research process.
• Students will be able to understand the key differences between scholarly (or academic) and popular books and e-books.
• Students will be able to successfully locate books on a specific research topic.
• Students will be able to utilize different search functions and filtering options in the Kreitzberg Library’s catalog.

After this activity, your students should feel comfortable searching for specific books in the Library's online catalog as well as finding specific books on our bookshelves (aka stacks).

• The full-length version of this activity has students search for a specific book in our catalog, locate the Call Number of the book, and then retrieve the book from the stacks.

This activity will orient your students on how to find and use books and e-books in the Library's online catalog. We will cover how to use a book as a great starting point for a research topic, and we'll also cover how to find a specific book as well as how to find books on a general topic.

After this activity, your students should feel comfortable searching for specific books in the Library's online catalog as well as finding specific books on our bookshelves (aka stacks).

• The shorter version of this activity provides small groups of students with a specific book and Call Number that they must locate in the stacks and bring back to the classroom.