Seminar On Demand - English 1301: Home

This on-demand seminar is for students taking the English 1301 course.       

Divided into three parts, this seminar will provide instruction on how to get assistance from a librarian, search and retrieve resource materials for a research paper about early American literature, and format an MLA style paper.  

For the purpose of this recorded seminar, the topic of self-driving cars was used.  

If problems are experienced while viewing this recording, please contact the Virtual Services Librarian at [email protected]. 

After viewing the recorded seminar, please send an e-mail to the Virtual Services Librarian requesting the post-seminar assessment survey link.  The survey must be completed to receive credit for attending this library seminar.   

Topics Covered:

• Searching and Retrieving Resource Materials
  • Databases 
    • Selecting a Database
    • Logging In
    • Setting Limiters
    • Key Word Searching
    • Harvesting Sources and Citations
  • Catalog - Discovery Searching
    • Print Books
      • Call numbers and locations of books 
      • Other Library Locations That Have That Same Print Book
      • Source Citations
    • E-Books
    • Articles
• MLA  Style 
  • Paper Formatting
  • In-Text Citations
    • What needs to be cited
  • Source Citations
• Getting Assistance
  • In-Person
  • E-Mail 
    • [email protected]
  • Live Chat / Text Chat
  • Research Paper Mentoring - [email protected]
    • Help With Papers
    • Paper Proofreading
  • Research Study Guides
  • Video Tutorials