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This toolkit is intended to help you put the digital literacy framework from the University Libraries at Virginia Tech into action. Use this toolkit to align your work with digital literacy learning outcomes, get inspired when revising or creating a workshop, curriculum, program, or other learning experience, and learn more about the digital literacy framework.

Learn how to transition a poster designed in Google Slides to PowerPoint.

This handout is a brief guide to the basics of citing sources using the 7th edition of the APA style manual, released in October 2019.

Learn about various search tools available through the University Libraries at Virginia Tech and when you should consider using each one. Download the second file linked above to access a screenreader-friendly version.

This video covers the difference between topics and research questions and how they may change over the course of a research project.

Join therapy dogs Moose, Derek, and Wagner as they explore the studios at Newman Library and make their virtual reality dreams come true.

This document is intended to help users who are interested in setting up a virtual reality service for a school, library, museum, or other space understand the resources needed and better plan for the challenges of running a VR service for the public. Planning pages and links to resources are included.

This video will walk you through the process of connecting Google Scholar to the University Libraries at Virginia Tech.

An interactive tutorial that examines the elements of APA citations. Includes a brief quiz and resources for further exploration.

A recent Advanced Research Skills graduate discusses her experiences with the program's coordinator.

This handout summarizes Williams' Design Principles (1994) and can be used to help students designing posters or other types of visual projects. It was created for the Advanced Research Skills Program and included in the module Sharing Your Research.

This video covers Williams' Design Principles, which include proximity, alignment, repetition, contrast, and balance (1994). It was created for the Advanced Research Skills Program and included in the module Sharing Your Research.

This video defines abstracts, discusses their purpose, and identifies strategies for writing effective abstracts. This video was created for the Advanced Research Skills Program and included in the module Writing Successful Proposals.

This video defines proposals and related components in addition to covering why they are important, who should write them, and when they should be written. It was created for the Advanced Research Skills Program and included in the module Writing Successful Proposals.

This video describes research posters and explains why, when, and how students could consider creating posters. It was created for the Advanced Research Skills Program and included in the module Sharing Your Research.

A self-paced, 30-minute tutorial introducing the basics of Zotero.

This video gives an overview of relevant definitions and concepts related to data, including data ethics, sensitive data, and data collection. It was created for the Advanced Research Skills Program and included in the module Using Data Ethically.

This video discusses the importance of research proposal titles and identifies strategies to improve proposal title clarity. It was created for the Advanced Research Skills Program and included in the module Writing Successful Proposals.

This video covers how to start planning your poster by thinking about who might be in your audience, what they might need to know from your presentation, and how to organize your poster to best showcase your work. It was created for the Advanced Research Skills Program and included in the module Sharing Your Research.

This video reviews the process for managing and organizing your own files and covers strategies/best practices for naming files and utilizing subfolders. It was created for the Advanced Research Skills Program and included in the module Managing & Organizing Data.

This video introduces the concept of file management and its importance for personal and research purposes in addition to the usefulness of file management long term and short term. It was created for the Advanced Research Skills Program and included in the module Managing & Organizing Data.

This video addresses data ethics in relation to data misconduct. Plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification are defined alongside data collection, data usage, and data storage. It was created for the Advanced Research Skills Program and included in the module Using Data Ethically.

Learn how to search for electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) in VTechWorks, Virginia Tech's institutional repository.

A brief overview of exhibits and Special Collections at Newman Library.