Armacost Library: Information Literacy & Library Instruction: Library Tutorials

General Library Tutorials

Create an Interlibrary Loan Account Overview of setting up your interlibrary loan account in order to borrow beyond Armacost Library.
Evaluating Online Sources Using the SIFT Method The SIFT method is a process to determine whether you can trust information you find online. It was developed by Mike Caulfield, director of the Digital Polarization Initiative and an instructor at Washington State University - Vancouver. There are four parts to this process: Stop. Investigate the source Find better coverage Trace claims, media and coverage back to the original context
New Student Library Orientation This tutorial will walk you through: Finding and navigating the Library website Getting research help Getting started with a research project Searching for eBooks and peer reviewed journal articles Creating and evaluating citations
Searching: Matches and Mismatches This tutorial aims to help people consider the benefits and limitations when searches are limited to searching a descriptive record as is often the case with books.

EVST 475: Searching the Literature This tutorial will walk you through: Navigating Armacost Library resources Searching for research & scholarly literature Refining your search strategies Citing your sources Using Google Scholar & Interlibrary Loan to expand your reach

Finding Newspaper Articles Covers several methods of searching for newspaper articles.

Connect with Google Scholar Connect with Armacost Library subscription database and journal content via Google Scholar searches.
Create a SciFinder Account

Facial Recognition at the University of Redlands The Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) recommends that "An FR system should be activated only after some form of meaningful advance public notice of the intention to deploy it is provided and, once activated, ongoing public notice...[and] subject to public input, scrutiny, and oversight." This tutorial aims to help the University follow ACM's recommendations.