Given at the VEMA conference, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, 2011

1. What do you mean I can’t use Wikipedia?: What High School Students Need to Know about College Libraries and Research Amanda Hartman Digital Services Librarian, JSRCC

2. Librarians are your friends Become familiar with the librarians Learn to ask for help In-person Phone Online Free Workshops Don’t give up

3. Terminology Catalog Search for books, videos, audiobooks and other items in your library’s collection Databases Search for articles in collections only accessible through your school Many different ones with different content Scholarly literature The difference between magazines and journals and when they’re appropriate to use

4. Do Not Be Afraid! Some college libraries are large Many use Library of Congress Classification instead of Dewey Closed vs Open Stacks Electronic and Print resources

5. Research You will have to use the library for research Start early to give yourself plenty of time Interlibrary Loan Know what resources are available Print, electronic, online

6. Internet vs the Library Google vs. Google Scholar Why databases might be better places to look for articles Why wikipedia should not be cited How to evaluate internet resources “Following the footnotes”

7. Citation Why do we cite? The major different formats APA MLA Chicago/Turabian Online guides as well as print books to help

8. Plagiarism What is it? Taking information you obtained and presenting it as your own, purposefully or accidentally. Repercussions How to avoid? Proper citation Understanding quotes and paraphrasing

9. Silly Little Things Nobody is going to hold your hand How to print multiple slides on one page in PowerPoint Pay attention to overdue materials – the college can withhold diplomas and transcripts for missing items