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About the Web Site

This web tutorial is designed for students enrolled in EDFI 408 from Bowling Green State University, and students enrolled in collegiate Education programs throughout the state of Ohio. This site covers information literacy skills, including APA citation and documentation, using ERIC and Education Research Complete, and finding education-related audio, video, and statistical sources.

After going through each of the modules, users will be able to:

• Differentiate between academic and non-academic sources, and learn to avoid general search engines such as "Google" in conducting academic, professional research.
• Learn effective search strategies, applicable to university online catalogs, and education-related academic databases.
• Select appropriate databases and resources for education-related topics and issues.
• Locate and make effective use of scholarly book and journal articles
• Properly cite and document a variety of sources using the APA style.

System Requirements

• This site is best viewed on 1200 x 800 screens, and computers with relatively fast connection speeds.
• This site is compatible with these browsers: IE 4+, Netscape 5+, Firefox 1.0+, Safari, and Opera.
• This page and site uses iframes, which will not work if your browser is set to disable the rendering of iframes, or to disallow scripts from communicating between frames. Please set your browser to enable frames.
• This site contains occasional pop-up screens and Javascript. Make sure you turn off your pop-up blocker and enable Javascript.
• Each tutorial is self-paced. Time to get through each module varies, but none should take more than 15 minutes. You will notice interactivity is involved at various times in each module.
• Certain pages within this site contain PDF's (Portable Document Files), which you can read by dowloading for free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• If accessing this tutorial from off-campus, you may be directed to autheticate your web browser by entering your username and password first.

Site Content:
Colleen Boff, 1st Year Experience Librarian and Chair, Teaching and Learning, BGSU
Richard Wisneski, Instruction and Collection Development, BGSU


Education Faculty Consultants:
Awad Ibrahim, Assistant Professor, Leadership & Policy Studies, BGSU Education Department
Patricia Kubow, Associate Professor, Leadership & Policy Studies, BGSU Education Department

Web Site Designer and Implementer:
Adrian Childress