Digital Citizenship Instruction: Challenges and Opportunities
Digital media plays a significant role in students’ lives. In fact, young students are increasingly likely to own personal devices allowing access to materials for school and entertainment. According to Common Sense Media’s 2020 media-use study, 46% of American children aged 2–4 and 67% of the 5–8 year olds included in the survey own their […]
Learn How One College Is Building Smart Researchers with Credo Reference
Champlain College Saint-Lambert in Quebec is a longtime subscriber of Credo Reference and a Cégep. In Infobase’s latest case study, Nicole Haché, Librarian at Champlain’s George Wallace Library, shares her experience and ideas on basic research instruction for her college’s first-year students. She discusses the specific challenges of working with young students and why starting […]
Apply the ACRL Framework through Infobase Products to Reinforce Information Literacy
According to the ALA, co-curricular learning is an approach to teaching experiential learning using activities or programs for students outside of their coursework that includes intentional learning and development. Students receive maximum benefit from the following guidelines: Clear learning outcomes Competencies that connect to academic or career goals Are you engaging your students in the […]
Credo Source Wins Tech & Learning Award of Excellence for Remote and Blended Learning
Infobase is pleased to announce that Tech & Learning awarded Credo Source an Award of Excellence in the new category “Best Remote/Blended Learning Tools for Secondary Grades”! Per Tech & Learning’s website, the winners in this new category were standouts for helping students, parents, and teachers succeed in remote and blended learning environments and included […]
Library Journal Names Credo Reference to Its “Must-Have Databases for Academic and Public Libraries for 2020”
Infobase is honored to announce that Library Journal has named Credo Reference one of its Must-Have Databases for Academic and Public Libraries for 2020, in the General Reference category. Per Library Journal, each database included on that list features “a user-friendly design, reliable scholarship, and relevance for patrons with a wide range of research skills.” […]
Transforming Online Instructional Content to Engage Students and Alleviate Library Anxiety
This post was contributed by Bryant Moore, FYE Librarian at Texas A&M University–San Antonio. Librarians constantly use online content as instructional resources. These resources may come in the form of information literacy modules, research guides, or library tutorials. Utilizing these tools allows libraries and librarians to expand instructional reach and provide around-the-clock instructional services to […]
