Find Your Materials - Introduction

Introduction | Prep | Presentation | Activity

Topic

Methods and services you can use to access a copy of something that you know you will need for your research.

What you will learn:

  • Common services that libraries offer and how to find them at your library
  • How to locate “known items”
  • Using clues in citations to find your materials

This module will prepare you for:

  • Research that involves lots of obscure and hard-to-find sources

Table of contents

  1. Prep - Learn about common library services and identify problems with tricky citations (45 minutes)
  2. Presentation - Learn how to find tricky citations (10 minutes)
  3. Activity - Track down citations while focusing on different practices (20 minutes)

Credits: The content for this session was developed over multiple iterations, with contributions from Emily Bell.

For Facilitators: Visit the Facilitator's notes page Links to an external site. for information and file downloads.

Introduction | Prep | Presentation | Activity