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Student Research Symposium celebrates undergraduate, graduate-level projects

April 17, 2024 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, KNPE, SEED

As a Special Education major in clinical placements, Courtney James noticed something about students with autism and their devices for augmentative and alternative communication. They weren’t using them – at least not to initiate dialogue, James says, or not at all. Most

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Campus teamwork yields study guides to help Huskies ace state licensure tests

February 7, 2023 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, KNPE, SEED

Illinois Licensure Testing System (ILTS) Study Guides are now available at Founders Memorial Library. Passage of the state tests, administered by the Illinois State Board of Education, is required before newly minted graduates can begin their classroom careers. Those claiming multiple endorsements

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‘Go Beyond the Stacks’ gives the scoop on Scopus for citations, metrics, more

May 12, 2022 Mark McGowan enewsletter

Scopus is a large interdisciplinary database that provides author, publication and journal metrics such as citation counts, author citation records and the Cite Score. Find highly cited literature What is it? What makes something highly cited? Technically, it’s the number of citations

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Google that: ‘Go Beyond the Stacks’ uses Google Scholar to gain full text, citations

March 9, 2022 Mark McGowan enewsletter

Did you know that you can link Google Scholar to full text of materials from Northern Illinois University Libraries? Here’s how: In Google Scholar, use the menu button on the upper left-hand corner of the screen to navigate to Settings. Click on

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‘Go Beyond the Stacks’ cues the video

February 2, 2022 Mark McGowan enewsletter

Kanopy is a library database of streaming videos, documentaries and feature films, and it’s a great tool to add streaming media to your course! This two-minute video shows you how to find and request videos in Kanopy, check expiration dates for films

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