Tutorial on Library Research

After watching the three videos on this page, you should be able to: 

1. Explain how scholarly and popular sources differ in terms of (1) who wrote them, (2) their purposes and audiences, and (3) their uses of references.
2. Explain the peer review process and why it is important.
3. Explain how to determine whether a book is scholarly by considering its (1) publisher, (2) author, (3) documentation, and (4) content.

The content on this page supports the following frame(s) from the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education : 

1. Authority is Constructed and Contextual
2. Information Creation as a Process
3. Scholarship as Conversation