Shapiro Library Shorts
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Emily Evaluates with SIFT
Check out Shapiro Library's Emily Evaluates series! Emily Evaluates with SIFT is a 6 part narrative series of 1-2 minute videos in which a college student named Emily investigates accusations of fraud made against one of her professors using the SIFT evaluation framework. Follow along as Emily applies the SIFT steps in a real world scenario!
- Emily Evaluates with SIFT playlist on Shapiro Library's YouTube channel
- Emily Evaluates with SIFT research guide (with accompanying reflection questions)
Welcome to the hub for the Shapiro Library Shorts series!
Our Shapiro Library Shorts series features animated videos that explore a variety of different research and information literacy-related topics!
- The "Exploring Research Concepts" tab includes a series of videos discussing various research-related topics like understanding the peer review process or identifying primary sources.
- In the "Exploring Source Evaluation" tab, you can watch various video series on different evaluation frameworks, created in a narrative web blog style.
Recent Shapiro Library Shorts
Below are some of the library's recently created shorts:
"Where should I look for information?": A Shapiro Library Short
This video offers a brief overview of how to identify what kind of information is needed to address a research question, as well as examples of key places to find this information.
"What is a primary source?": A Shapiro Library Short
The video below defines primary sources and gives a few different examples of this type of source.