Legal Research

Interactive Articulate Storyline modules developed to teach law students how to use the library to do research.

View project on GitHub Foreign & International Law Research Guides at Vanderbilt Law School GitHub

About the Project

These modules were developed to provide students with just in time learning of simple but nonintuitive tasks.

Academic Research Introduction

screen shot of introduction to academic research learning objectIntended to provide a brief introduction to academic research. A video explains types of sources, a screencast tutorial demonstrates how to search Academic Search Complete, and students have the opportunity to practice search for an article related to their topic. This information is saved to the D2L course site for review by the instructor and librarian.

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Narrowing a Topic

screen shot of narrowing a topicThis brief tutorial shows students how to find Lexis on Lexis Advance.

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Evaluating Sources

screen shot of evaluating sources learning objectIn this scenario based activity, students are asked to help 4 of their classmates evaluate 3 sources they are considering using for their paper. Students can read the entirety of each source, then write a 2 to 3 sentence explanation of why their classmate should or shouldn’t use the source and why. Based on the concept of Calibrated Peer Review, there is one exemplar source, one substandard source and one bubble source.

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Academic Library Hangperson

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