information literacy Workshops

To introduce Baruch College Campus High School students to college-level research, College Now offers a series of workshops conducted by the Faculty of the Baruch College Library.

Database Survival Skills
Learn timesaving techniques for effective searching in the Library's catalog and periodical databases. Learn to formulate effective searches using common database searching techniques including: keyword , phrase , and subject searching , Boolean operators , and truncation . This workshop includes an introduction to the Library's Web site and hands-on experience using databases such as: CUNY+, Ebscohost, and LEXIS/NEXIS.

Web Research
Learn effective techniques for finding and evaluating information on the World Wide Web. Learn how to use search engines effectively and compensate for their limitations. Gain hands-on experience in using common database searching techniques, such as: Boolean, phrase and field searching in the web environment. Access information on the "hidden web," those sites not accessible by search engines. Use direct access methods to locate information on the web. Learn to analyze the authority, scope and currency of information found on the web.

Academic Honesty and Ethics
Academic dishonesty at Baruch College and Baruch College Campus High School is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Each senior at Baruch College Campus High School attended a lecture on Academic Honesty conducted by Baruch College library faculty.