On Thursday, our class met in Bracken Library for class. We had a workshop to attend. The workshop was about how to use all of the libraries resources. The workshop detailed all of the online research engines at our disposal, from Card Cat to Academic Search Premier. We learned about searching for books and looking up journal articles.
Before Thursday, our assignment was to go on the self guided tour of the library. It was our task to walk all around the library and find all of the various sections. I found it very helpful since I've never even been past the first floor.
The instructor for the workshop was very helpful. She showed us how to navigate all the different search engines. She also showed us how to narrow down a search based on key words, like using a asterisk instead of typing out the different endings of words. She gave us time to research our own topics for our persuasive essay at the end of her presentation.
I found both the self guided tour and the workshop to be very helpful. I learned a lot and what I learned will definitely come in handy researching my persuasive essay topic.
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