Workshops start promptly. We suggest logging in 5 minutes early to make sure your
technology is working. Students who are more than 5 minutes late will not be admitted.
For attendance, we will notify professors after students successfully attend the workshop
and complete the assignment.
We strongly encourage you to use a laptop or desktop computer to take the workshop.
Completing the workshop assignment on a phone can be challenging.
Questions? Call the Reference Desk at (661) 395-4466.
Workshop Topics
Avoiding Plagiarism
Learn the basics of academic integrity and discover constructive shortcuts in education
to use instead of resorting to plagiarism! Includes a primer on recent trends in artificial
intelligence and ChatGPT.
Evaluating Articles
How to use the DAPPR Test Rubric for Evaluating Sources, focusing on resources and
where to find information to evaluate articles from periodicals (newspapers, journals,
and magazines).
Evaluating News Sources
An in-depth look at how to evaluate news sources for college-level research. Journalistic
standards, misinformation, bias, and propaganda in the news will be examined.
Finding Books and Ebooks
The basics of effectively searching for print books and ebooks and an overview of
the features of the library catalog.
Finding Scholarly Journal Articles
An overview of EBSCO Academic Search Complete, including search techniques for locating
and using scholarly articles.
Introduction to Evaluating Sources
Learn 3 investigation techniques to help you learn the basics of evaluating sources
you find in your research, and lock in your new knowledge with hands-on exercises.
Research Strategies
Tips for developing a research topic, subject and keyword searching, and search techniques.
Sources 101
An overview of the different types of sources appropriate for college-level research.
The information timeline, the difference between popular and scholarly sources, the
peer-review process, and an examination of when each type of source can be relevant
and trustworthy will be covered.
