Introducing Students to Academic Research
Incoming students are used to re-sharing, remixing and creating their own information in a digital environment. We help students translate their skills to an academic context, to identify fake news and bias, and to understand the value of books and academic sources. We believe information literacy is more important than ever in shaping our students as informed citizens and lifelong learners.
Go to Beginning Research GuideNavigating Information Overload
As students advance to directed and independent research they, like many of us, struggle more with how to choose relevant information than to find information. This problem is compounded by the proliferation of for-profit content sources and the shift to commercial outlets for academic publication. Despite the promise of Google, there is no single portal to high-quality and relevant information for academic research. We’ve developed these research guides organized by discipline to help you locate materials at Oxy.
Go to Research Guides by Subject
The Future of Libraries
We work with colleagues in Oxy's library and across regional and national institutions to understand, reflect upon and chart the future of academic libraries in the digital age
Book Arts
Spanish Majors worked with Joceyln Pedersen to publish their comps projects as handmade print books.
Quietude
Students continue to use library spaces to find quiet and uninterrupted time to read and think
Community Literacy Center
Students in Desire Zamarano’s class tutor elementary and middle school students in the Library
Special Collections
Students in Special Collections learn about stereographs as part of Prof. Alison de Fren’s Mellon Fellowship with the CDLA