HOWLER & Online Tutorials

HOWLER (Help Online With Library Education & Research): Alpha - is a series of multimedia tutorials designed to introduce you to the Madison Area Technical College Libraries and guide you through the library research process. There are also tutorials about specific databases or search strategies available through HOWLER: Pack.

Madison Area Technical College Libraries: An Introduction Tutorial

handout (PDF, 650 KB); text notes (TXT, 8 KB)

Alpha Howler Tutorials:

Choosing and Refining Your Topic

 handout (PDF, 417 KB); text notes (TXT, 7 KB)

Performing Effective Searches

handout (PDF, 382KB); text notes (TXT, 9 KB)

Analyzing Search Results

handout (PDF, 490 KB); text notes (TXT, 10KB)

Locating and Retrieving Sources

handout (PDF, 773 KB); text notes (TXT, 13 KB)

Evaluating Online Information

handout (PDF, 8633KB); text notes (TXT, 12 KB)

Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism

handout (PDF,  788 KB); text notes (TXT,  11 KB)

HOWLER Pack:

Access even more information literacy, technology, and database tutorials and learning objects, through HOWLER Pack resources including:

HOWLER Pack: Library Database, Technology & Internet Search Help

Most learning objects require the free plugin Adobe Flash Payer