Instructor: Elizabeth Ginn
Email: eginn@alamo.edu
Phone: 210-486-3219
The Ozuna Library offers the Library Information Literacy Modules, a learning tool to teach students information literacy and library research skills. Six modules modules that explore key areas of information literacy are offered. Each module contains robust tutorials, engaging videos, and a quiz. Click below to access the modules.
Palomino Search (Library Catalog): Find books, eBook, articles, and videos and films.
Library Databases: Find background information, popular and scholarly sources, reference sources from credible publishers. Types of databases are eBooks, articles, images, newspapers, videos, primary sources, and statistics.
This guide is designed to support students in utilizing library resources for Activity 6: Library Research Assignment.
Below is a copy of the assignment.
Title: The Research Process Graphic; Creator: Kim Louie; Source; https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-engcomp1-wmopen/chapter/text-the-research-process/ Licence: CC BY 4.0
Knowing where to begin your research is often the hardest part! Use the steps of the research process to guide you.
Information need: Use credible sources for your speeches.
Pre-research: Choose a topic, learn more about your topic, get background information, and identify keywords
Create a research question: This will be the subject of your speech.
Develop a search strategy: Where will you look for information? What search tools will you use? The search tools you use will depend on what kind of information you need.
Search for information: Choose a search tool and begin. Start by using some keywords you identified during the pre-search step.
Evaluate the information you find: Consider criteria like purpose, authority relevance, and bias.
Answer your question and cite your sources: You have found credible sources to authoritatively present your speech! Refer to the MLA citations tab for details on in-text citations, works cited page, and how to properly cite your sources.
