How can the library help?

Axe Library is an outstanding resource for helping you show students how to do research, if that is part of your Writing to Learn course assignments. Students in WL courses have not had much experience doing college-level research, because they take the WL classes before English 299, the research writing course. Therefore, if you want your students to use outside sources in their research papers, you will have to teach them how to find those sources, extract evidence without plagiarizing, use evidence in an objective way, and cite the sources correctly. A good place to start in this conversation is to have your students make use of information on the internet. On its webpage, the library has compiled lists of data bases for students to find outside sources and has made direct links to internet sites that discuss the other issues students have to be aware of as they write a research paper. The WAC website has linked into the appropriate Axe Library pages to help make this learning experience easier. Have your students go to the subsection "About Research Problems" on the Questions Students Frequently Ask webpage, for a series of links on specific research questions. Most of these discussions have direct links to library sources. You might like to review these sections yourself to see what students will find.

• Who can help me with research problems
• How do I find sources
• How do I evaluate sources
• How do I cite sources correctly
• How do I avoid plagiarism
• How can the library help

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