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Passport to Research!A series of webinars and resources to help with your research needs

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Passport to Research

• Learn valuable skills for using your digital content, finding key resources for research papers, and ensure your paper is written with proper grammar

• All Students (online & residential), faculty and staff are encouraged to participate!

• 3 chances to win a gift certificate!

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Instructions

• Participate @ campus or online!• Helpful handout is available for download• In order to win a prize & completion

certificate, a short assessment survey must be completed based on the links, videos and information given.

• Quick tip: if you are using 2 monitors, open a browser on one and view the presentation on the other.

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Your Passport to Research

Click below to participate in a specific segment

Each segment is about 20 min to complete successfully

• Research • Writing • Digital Content

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Research - About the library catalog & ebook collections– Introduction to Undergraduate Research: BOOKS

• Watch the Rasmussen College Catalog Basic Search video: (4:26)

• Watch the EBSCO eBooks video: (4:44)

– How do I get a book from another campus library aka "place a hold"? • Watch video about How to get Rasmussen Materials

sent to your campus or to your home if you are an online student: (3:24)

– Tell me more about E-Books. • Choose 2 eBook collections to familiarize

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Research – about subscription journal article databases

• What is Discovery?– Click on the “online tutorial” to view a video

about using Discovery database (4:20)

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Research

• Advanced Research assistance– Click through the presentation (4:00)

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Research survey

Based on the links, videos and information given, complete the following to have a chance

for the prizes

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PPTR2014Library

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WRITING

• Using Grammarly– If you haven’t already, sign up for a FREE

Grammarly account!• How to access the Writing Lab– Click on the following for an example of what a

Writing Lab document might look like• Organizing Brainfuse

to create an online study group– (5:40)

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Writing survey

• Based on the links, videos and information given, complete the following to have a chance for the prizes

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PPTR2014LC

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Digital Content

• Understanding what Digital Content means:– Digital Content Hub: – Watch video on CourseSmart Guide– Click on the Digital Fluency Guide• Watch video in Steps 1 (5:00) • Complete the QUIZ in Step 2 (Quiz) to see what YOUR

digital fluency skill level is

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Digital Content

• What are eTextbooks and where would I find them?

• Is there a list of textbooks / classes so I know what type of course materials my class has: eTextbook, physical, or something else?

• How can I get a paper or print copy of my eTextbook?– What does POP stand for?

• CourseSmart, Thuze, PDF, oh my!

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Digital Content survey

• Based on the links, videos and information given, complete the following to have a chance for the prizes

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PPTR2014DC

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Please click HERE to tell us what you thought!

Thank you for participating!