This repository is a collection of learning materials created by Cook Library faculty and staff. These materials are designed to help learners understand and practice information literacy and research skills. Faculty members are welcome and encouraged to use these materials in their courses. If you have a suggestion for content you would like to see added to this repository, please contact Head of Library Teaching, Elisabeth White (ebwhite@towson.edu).
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Citing Sources in the Sciences | This module describes the basics of how to cite sources in scientific fields. It is an interactive book on h5p that includes text and audio and contains a few quiz questions for learnings to check their knowledge throughout. The module contains some of the basics of citations, including the purpose of citing sources, what types of information needs to be cited, and the common elements of a citation. It also shares some of the commonly used citation styles in scientific disciplines and walks through a sample citation for a journal article in APA format. | Module | Citing |
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Citation Chaining | This tutorial on h5p shows how to find connections between sources and authors on a topic by creating a citation chain. It explains how to take a starting article and find articles that inspired it and more recent articles that built upon its findings. There is an interactive component where users can fill in their starting article, share citations for backwards chains and forwards chains, reflect on what they found, and export their answers to a word document. | Interactive Tutorial | Evaluating, Searching |