Information Literacy
The Purdue Online Writing Lab offers free resources for writing, research, grammar and mechanics, and style guides. You will also find guides for avoiding plagiarism and using citation generators responsibly.
Author John Green presents video lessons about navigating digital information including click restraint, fact checking, and evaluating evidence.
Author John Green presents video lessons on intellectual property including copyright and fair use.
These materials aim to provide accessible and practical information about copyright – its protections, its limitations, and its role in encouraging creativity. Rather than just emphasizing what copyright prohibits, the goal here is to offer useful and positive information about what copyright allows and how students can successfully navigate and rely on copyright in their own roles as creators.
Use the link to access the online Inquiry Guide. The guide will walk you through the stages of inquiry and provide you with easy access to reliable, scholarly resources for the Inquiry Unit.
Understanding how to incorporate sources into your writing is a complex and, at times, challenging task. To strengthen our research, we need to go beyond simply quoting text and learn when to paraphrase or summarize as well as cite information. This video offers instruction to guide your research, to improve your writing, and to help you learn where and when to cite.