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BOOST Basic Online Orientation Skills Tutorial

Numerous individuals made contributions to the creation of the BOOST tutorial:


Hutchins Library
Cindy Judd
Janey Wilson
Ed Poston
Anne Chase
Technology

Jay Baltisberger

Instructional Technology and Curriculum

Lori Myers-Steele



Special Thanks. . .

. . .to Deanna Sergel and Jarrod Brown (former team members of the Berea College Learning Center) for their contributions to the Assignment Calculator.

. . .to the Berea College Chemistry Department for use of their servers to house BOOST and the Assignment Calculator.

. . .to Megan Oakleaf and the North Carolina State University Libraries for allowing us to base BOOST on their original LOBO Tutorial found at http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo2/index.php



Acknowledgments

Texts

Barnet, Sylvan, and Hugo Bedau. From Critical Thinking to Argument: A Portable Guide. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005.

Hacker, Diana. A Pocket Style Manual. 4th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004.

Weidenborner, Stephen, Domenick Caruso, and Gary Parks. Writing Research Papers: A Guide to the Process. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005.


Web Resources

Colorado State University Libraries. How to Evaluate Books at http://manta.library.colostate.edu/howto/evalbk.html (no longer online)

Dexter, Katherine. Scholarly vs. Popular Materials at http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/risd/staff/kdexter/sp.html (no longer online).

Hacker, Diana. A Pocket Style Manual at http://dianahacker.com/pocket/

Islam, Ramona. The Plagiarism Court: You Be the Judge at http://library2.fairfield.edu/instruction/ramona/plagicourt.html

Islam, Ramona. The Plagiarism Court: You Be the Judge at http://library2.fairfield.edu/instruction/ramona/PlagCourtgTxt/plagctextg.html

Monash University Library. Virtual Librarian at http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/vl/callno/call01.htm

Olin*Kroch*Uris Libraries. Critically Analyzing Information Sources at http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill26.htm

Thesaurus.com at http://www.thesaurus.com

TILT - Texas Information Literacy Tutorial at http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/

UC Berkeley. Evaluating Web Pages: Questions to Ask and Strategies for Getting the Answers at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html (revised version of original)

University of Arizona. UA Library Resources on Pros and Cons of Controversial Topics at http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/library/teams/ust/controv.htm

University of Minnesota. Assignment Calculator at http://www.lib.umn.edu/help/calculator

Weidenborner, Stephen, Domenick Caruso, and Gary Parks. Writing Research Papers: A Guide to the Process at http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/writingresearch


Graphics

Microsoft PowerPoint Clip Art

School Icons Club at http://www.schoolicons.com/eng/

TILT - Texas Information Literacy Tutorial at http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/

Objects of Learning at http://adlcolab.uwsa.edu/lo/