Module List

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Module List and Descriptions

  • Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
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    • Identify how academic integrity and plagiarism are related, but different.
    • Refer to official U-M policies and expectations surrounding academic integrity and plagiarism.
    • Recognize that plagiarism is not always intentional, and identify the common types of plagiarism.
    • Become familiar with citing, quoting, and paraphrasing as strategies to avoid plagiarism.
    • Summary: 40 mins with 5 videos, 3 assessments
  • Search Library Databases
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    • Evaluate and select appropriate resources for your research project, including Google database products and library databases.
    • Articulate the distinctions between casual online searching and academic searching.
    • Develop keywords in order to create an efficient academic search strategy.
    • Summary: 30 mins with 3 videos, 1 activity, 2 quizzes
  • Read a Scholarly Article
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    • Identify different sections of a scholarly article.
    • Develop a strategy to efficiently read a scholarly article.
    • Summary: 50 mins with 1 video, 4 practice activities, 2 quizzes
  • Find Library Books and Media
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    • Articulate and develop appropriate search strategy and online browsing techniques to search for books and other media in the library catalog.
    • Use item records in the library catalog to get information about media items.
    • Locate, request, and borrow desired library media using item records and call numbers.
    • Summary: 30 mins with 4 videos, 1 activity, 2 quizzes
  • Evaluate Sources
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    • Name different types of sources they might use in a research paper.
    • Begin to describe appropriate contexts in which use those different source types.
    • Articulate and select appropriate strategies for evaluating source credibility.
    • Summary: 30-45 mins with 4 videos, 6 activities, 3 quizzes
  • PubMed Basics
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    • Describe the strengths and limitations of using subject-specific databases such as PubMed.
    • Utilize advanced search techniques including subject-focused indexing terms and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
    • Navigate common database filters and database tool options for health sciences research.
    • Summary: 25-30 mins with 1 video, 1 activitiy, 2 quizzes
  • Search for Articles in the Social Sciences
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    • Describe the strengths and limitations of using subject-specific databases such as PsycInfo or JSTOR.
    • Utilize advanced search techniques including subject-focused indexing terms.
    • Navigate common database filters and database tool options for social sciences research.
    • Summary: 30 mins with 1 video, 3 activities, 2 quizzes
  • Custom Module Options
    Want a custom module for your class? Contact the Library's E-Learning Committee (e-learning-lib@umich.edu) or contact your department's subject specialist Links to an external site. with your idea! The U-M Library has created numerous customized modules for specific classes as well as for U-M programs such as UROP, MDP, and LSA Honors. We can also help seamlessly integrate a module into an existing course structure.
  • PSYCH303 Custom Module: Conduct an Effective Literature Search
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    • Identify the basic features of scholarly empirical articles
    • Locate appropriate databases for literature research in the field of psychology
    • Create an effective search in the PsycInfo database
    • Summary: 45 mins with 1 video, 2 activities, 2 quizzes