FYSE Transforming Traditions — Get to know your library & a real librarian
You're not new to libraries, but you are new to Middlebury's Libraries.

By the end of this scavenger hunt you will know how to find and cite library materials and what to do when you need help. Most importantly, you will walk away with the tools to start preparing for your upcoming class debate. (And you can win prizes too. ✨ )

This scavenger hunt is at go/fyse1055

Image credit 📸 Pungmul dancers in South Korea, 2009 from Wikimedia Commons
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Question #1. Your first and last name *
A very short introduction (just over 1 minute) to college and university libraries. 📽️ 
When you don't know what to do, start at go/library 🔮

If you forget all the go/links included in this scavenger hunt, go/library will save the day.
Find a Librarian anytime 👋

Visit the Library at go/library and look for Ask a Question or Ask us.

You can email, text, make a phone call, or talk to a real-live librarian at the Research Desk.
Research Guides

Next, you should know about Library Research Guides. Visit go/guides.

Research Guides help you find books and journal articles, format citations, and more. There's one for nearly every major.

Question #2. Choose a class you're taking this semester (not your FYSE). Find the guide for that department. For example, if you're in a Psychology class, find the guide for Psychology.

Copy-paste the URL of the Research Guide below.
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Citations

Watch this short video (just over 4 minutes): Citation For People Who Hate Citation 📺
Visit go/CiteGuide

Now, visit go/citationguide or go/cite. (Both go/links lead to the same place!)

Tip 💡 We've added a new section called How do I cite AI (Chat GPT, etc.) toward the bottom of the first page.
LibrarySearch

Find it at go/LibrarySearch.

LibrarySearch is like Google. It searches everything in the library including books, newspapers, movies, music, and scholarly journal articles.

🛠️ Try to use LibrarySearch Filters. You can refine your search by finding options like: At my library and Online full text. 
Question #3. Find a book (a paper one, not an ebook).

The perfect source for your project might not be digital. It's good experience to know how to find a book on the shelf. The library doesn't have many books on Korean drumming traditions, but there are a few.

🗺️ Where's your book? Look for a library map in the entrance of the library and posted on all of the stairwell doors.

Step 1. Try to find a (paper) book in the Davis Family Library on South Korean drumming.

Step 2. 💡 LibrarySearch usually provides citations for you. Can you find the citation for your book? Copy-paste the APA style citation below.

Step 3. 👀 Go find the book. 

Step 4. Take a #shelfie, a picture of you and the book, bragging that you found it. Please put it back where you found it.

Step 5. Email ✉️ the photo and your name to Rebekah at rirwin@middlebury.edu.
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Short Video to Watch 📺 

What is a journal and a peer reviewed article? (Really, just over 1 minute)
How to Find Articles

Start at LibrarySearch: go/LibrarySearch. 
Question 4. Find a peer-reviewed article about Korean drumming in the United States? One that is available to you right now, online, full-text?

Copy-Paste the MLA citation below.
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Bonus question! An important skill in college is reading a lot of stuff quickly to decide for yourself if it will be useful.

Once you've found the article about Korean drumming in the United States in Question 4, find the Abstract. 

💡 The Abstract is a summary of the article.

When you find it, copy-paste it below.

✨ Bonus points if you also copy-paste the article's Keywords, another helpful feature when reading a lot of things quickly.  
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What if the Library does't have what I need? 

This will happen! The Library can help by borrowing a book or journal article from another library.
We call this Inter Library Loan, or ILL. You can learn more at go/ill. 

We talk more about this when we meet. 🗯
A Tale of Two Libraries 📕

Middlebury has two libraries. The Davis Family Library (where you'll meet me) and the Armstrong Science Library, in Bicentennial Hall. I just wanted you to know. 🤩
Let's talk about Google Scholar 🎓

Find Google Scholar. This is like Google's smarter cousin. Google Scholar only has scholarly literature—no videos, shopping, or annoying ads.

💡 When we meet, I'll show you how to fiddle with your Google Scholar settings so it knows you have access to certain journals through Middlebury. 
Question #5. Using Google Scholar, can you can find an article about the teaching of Korean drumming in the school classroom? Especially one that pays attention to different styles or methods of teaching?

Copy-paste the APA citation below. 👏 *
Question #6. You're visiting Rebekah on Tuesday, September 19 in Special Collections (Library 101). What are the Davis Family Library's hours that day?

💡 Tip: Visit go/hours to find out when the Libraries open and close. *
Extra credit. The library is 223 years old and has millions of things for you to borrow.

Ask any library question you still have and Rebekah will try to answer it when you visit Tuesday. 🧠
That's it. 🥳
Hit "Submit" below. See you in Special Collections.
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