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Requesting and Using an ILL Item: Extended Campus Users |
A video demonstrating how extended campus users can request and use ILL items. |
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Requesting and Using an ILL Item: On-Campus Users |
A video demonstrating how on-campus users can request and use an interlibrary loan item. |
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Registering for ILL: Extended-Campus Users |
A video showing how extended-campus users can register for interlibrary loan. |
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Registering for ILL: On-Campus Users |
A video showing the basics of registering for interlibrary loan for on-campus users. |
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What is Interlibrary Loan? |
A video describing the basics of interlibrary loan at Virginia Tech. |
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Poster Development Worksheet |
A handout to help you develop a simple research poster or research slide. |
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How to Find a Movie at Newman Library |
Learn how to access film resources at the University Libraries. |
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What Does It Mean to Make Your Work Publicly Accessible? |
This video will help scholars at Virginia Tech understand new regulations on making federally funded work publicly accessible, what these regulations mean for you, and how the University Libraries can help. Public access policy guide: https://guides.lib.vt.edu/PublicAccessToolkit Questions? Contact the Libraries: publicaccess@vt.edu OSTP memo explaining new policy: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf |
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Evaluating Sources |
A handout to help students evaluate sources for inclusion in their work. |
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Introduction to Records Management |
This video covers the basics of records management at Virginia Tech. For more information, visit lib.vt.edu/find-borrow/rms.html or contact recmgmt@vt.edu. |
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Your New York Times Academic Pass |
Learn how to activate your New York Times academic pass through Virginia Tech. |
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What is Digital Literacy? |
Learn about the term "digital literacy." Music: "This is My Jam" by Will Van De Crommert (Storyblocks) Illustrations adapted from Visual Generation. |
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Defining Research | Critical Concepts in Academic Research |
Learn about the term "research" and the variety of ways in which we engage with research on a daily basis. |
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What It Means to Be a Researcher | Introduction to Academic Research |
Learn how to conceptualize your role as an investigator and recognize how context and information need influences your approach to research. |
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How to Curate a Writing Portfolio | Curating a Writing Portfolio |
Learn the basic practices of curating a writing portfolio: collecting, selecting, connecting, and reflecting. |
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Writing Portfolios for Self-Discovery and Self-Presentation | Curating a Writing Portfolio |
Learn about crafting two different kinds of portfolios: learning portfolios and showcase portfolios. |
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Keeping Track of Portfolio Artifacts | Curating a Writing Portfolio |
Learn file management strategies at the file, folder, and drive level. |
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Using the Stases for Rhetorical Analysis | Rhetorical Analysis Using the Stases |
This video introduces an ordered series of questions that must be addressed to resolve a controversy, collectively known as the stases: first-order questions of fact, cause, and definition and second-order questions of action, value, and jurisdiction. |
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Using the Stases for Reflective Practice | Rhetorical Analysis Using the Stases |
The stases are an ordered series of questions used to analyze sticking points in an argument or controversy. In this video, learn how to use the stases for reflective practice. |
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Make a Space Diorama | Maker Challenge Week 2021 |
Learn to make a space diorama. Released for Maker Challenge Week 2021. For more information about Maker Challenge Week, visit https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2020/09/univlib-maker-week-2020.html |
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Make a Space Helmet | Maker Challenge Week 2021 |
Learn to make a space helmet. Released for Maker Challenge Week 2021. For more information about Maker Challenge Week, visit https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2020/09/univlib-maker-week-2020.html |
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Make a Space Game | Maker Challenge Week 2021 |
Learn to make a space game. Released for Maker Challenge Week 2021. For more information about Maker Challenge Week, visit https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2020/09/univlib-maker-week-2020.html |
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Make a Space Dragon | Maker Challenge Week 2021 |
Learn to make a “space dragon.” Released for Maker Challenge Week 2021. For more information about Maker Challenge Week, visit https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2020/09/univlib-maker-week-2020.html |
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Make a Rocket Ship | Maker Challenge Week 2021 |
Learn to make a moving spaceship. Released for Maker Challenge Week 2021. For more information about Maker Challenge Week, visit https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2020/09/univlib-maker-week-2020.html |
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Make a Space Cafe | Maker Challenge Week 2021 |
Learn to make a “space cafe” with a working elevator. Released for Maker Challenge Week 2021. For more information about Maker Challenge Week, visit https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2020/09/univlib-maker-week-2020.html |