Information Literacy Topics 

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1.3 Students will be able to locate and retrieve resources within the physical and digital library.

2.1 Students will be able to distinguish between online catalogs, databases, gateways to online databases, and Internet only search tools.

See all standards on the Springfield College Matrix for Information Literacy

Students will learn how to use Google Scholar, a free citation searching tool, to supplement their research. Content covered may include but is not limited to:

• Strengths and weaknesses of the tool
• Searching and understanding results in Google Scholar
• Setting up Google Scholar to link to full text at Springfield College

Running time: 20min.

Setting up Google Scholar to work with Springfield College resources (flash tutorial)

Searching Google Scholar (flash tutorial)