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SLS 1122 - First Year Seminar: Use it or Lose it

This guide is associated with the First Year Seminar's introductory library session.

Use it or Lose it

Directions: Your Comp I professor has just assigned you with a 10-page, informative report on a topic of your choosing. You can use the Internet. However, your professor warns that the sources must be credible.

You have decided to research ways to choose a career path. Review the 5 websites linked below. Place a check in the "use it" box next to that source if you would include the site in your paper or check the "lose it" box if you would not include the site in your paper.

Web Sites

Use it

Lose it

1. How to Make a Career Choice When You Are Undecided

 

 

2. The 100 Best Jobs

 

 

3. How to choose a career that you’ll love

 

 

4. Relationship of Children’s Career Aspirations to Parents’ Occupations

 

 

5. Employment outlook for bachelor’s-level occupations

 

 
 

Directions: Your Comp I professor has just assigned you with a 10-page, informative report on a topic of your choosing. You can use the Internet. However, your professor warns that the sources must be credible.

You have decided to research college debt and financial literacy. Review the 5 websites linked below. Place a check in the "use it" box next to that source if you would include the site in your paper or check the "lose it" box if you would not include the site in your paper.

Web Sites

Use it

Lose it

1. Student Aid

 

 

2. The Most Popular Federal Student Loan Programs

 

 

3. How to Fund College Without a College Savings Fund

 

 

4. How to Play the College Financial-Aid Game

 

 

5. The Consequences of Leaving Money on the Table

 

 
 

Directions: Your Comp I professor has just assigned you with a 10-page, informative report on a topic of your choosing. You can use the Internet. However, your professor warns that the sources must be credible.

You have decided to research academic integrity & plagiarism. Review the 5 websites linked below. Place a check in the "use it" box next to that source if you would include the site in your paper or check the "lose it" box if you would not include the site in your paper.

Web Sites

Use it

Lose it

1. 28 Guidelines at a Glance on Avoiding Plagiarism

 

 

2. Academic integrity

 

 

3. Everything College Students Need to Know About Plagiarism

 

 

4. Internet Plagiarism Among College Students

 

 

5. Academic integrity and other virtues

 

 
 

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