This activity includes a brief presentation focused on searching strategies and a demonstration of the LUC library catalog. Students are directed to a live Google sheet where they are asked to respond to questions that guide them through the research process including: developing keywords, refining a search, determining relevancy of a source, skimming through a source, discovering an extending idea and articulating any challenges they encountered while searching.

Choose your format for the full session:

• In-person
• Online synchronous
• Online asynchronous

It is most effective to schedule the in-person session:

• After students have landed on a topic (or two) to use for their research paper
• Before the annotated bibliography is due

Here are some things to mention to your Librarian to help prepare them for their visit:

• How you asked your students to watch the videos (outside of class vs. in class)
• If the students have chosen topics for their annotated bibliographies
• What topics your students have been interested in or specific themed requirements for their annotated bibliography
• What types of resources you are asking them to find for their annotated bibliography (books, peer-reviewed articles, news articles, podcasts, etc.)