The Trent University Library offers a Library Research Skills Course designed to teach students the information literacy and research skills they need for success, including developing a research question, types of research resources (academic vs. popular, etc.), strategically searching for resources using Omni (Trent’s library search tool), and critical evaluation of sources.
This course is available asynchronously on Blackboard. Please reach out to the Library (library@trentu.ca) to request enrollment for students in your course. The course is available throughout each semester, and you may select the due date by which you want students to complete the course.
The course is currently made up of three modules, each of which takes between 20-40 minutes to complete. Students complete an untimed, open-book, multiple-choice quiz at the end of each module. Students will receive a Certificate of Completion upon completing all three quizzes with grades of 100%. Students can retake quizzes as many times as necessary until they achieve 100%.
We encourage instructors to integrate this course as part of your syllabus and final grade to encourage students to complete the course and hone their research and information literacy skills.