Please check out these two new video tutorials created by our librarians. They may be the first in a series, and we’d like to know what students think of them!
- RefWorks: Create an Account
FYI, when it’s done, we’ll link to it on our RefWorks help page and elsewhere.
- Go/lib
FYI, when it’s done, we’ll link to it on our Research Advice page and elsewhere.
Questions for you to ponder:
- Do you think these are useful?
- Any other thoughts to share?
- Do you think short, visual tutorials like these (in general) could be useful?
- Any suggestions for topics to cover in future tutorials?
Please click on “Leave a Reply” below, or send your comments to Carrie at cmacfarl@middlebury.edu. Thanks!
Both videos for RefWorks and Go/lib are easy to understand and they are designed in a way that it allows you to know exactly where to go when you need an information. I think they will be helpful because they addressed the types of questions I could see myself asking if I ever had trouble finding information.
PS: I always struggle with finding data so may be a tutorial on helpful databases will be helpful. I also think that the demand for the types of topics you could cover will really depend on students’ departmental studies.
I would echo Awa in that RefWorks and Go/lib are easy to understand and they are both user-friendly. I wonder if it would be a good idea to send an email to students and faculty members to remind them about these two shortcuts which are great for research at one’s fingertips.
I think these are absolutely useful! And yes, video tutorials like these can be very useful! Suggestion on the go/lib: while breaking down each section is helpful, perhaps if you could show where it is on the larger page for the features like the ‘ask a librarian’ where one might lose the frame of reference from the larger page!
Other tutorials… I’d second Awa for one on how to effectively search in a database (like Jstor for an article/review for a specific piece). And perhaps this is more helpdesk territory– but how to use middfiles!//sync to the Middlebury network. If I think of more I’ll be sure to share! Thanks for this!
Thanks for all of this feedback! It’s really helpful. Good advice about shortening the text and providing a better frame of reference for the go/lib tutorial. In our next iteration (the library site will change over the summer), we’ll work on that.
We’ve noted your recommendations for future tutorials too. Keep them coming!