The Nancy Thompson Learning Commons provides a variety of Research Support and Learning Support services to Kean University students. This orientation will focus on these services as well as on WorldCat Discovery and the more than 250 databases that Kean students may use to access books and ebooks, peer-reviewed journal articles, data, streaming videos, and much more.

Learning Objectives:

• The workshop will introduce the variety of Research Support and Learning Support services available to Kean students through the Nancy Thompson Learning Commons.
• The workshop will guide participants through the use of WorldCat Discovery to search for and access books, ebooks, articles, multimedia, Open Educational Resources, and more.
• The workshop will highlight the wide variety of multidisciplinary and subject-focused resources accessible through the Databases A-Z page.
• The workshop will cover Periodicals A-Z as an entry point to the digital periodicals collection. 
• The workshop will feature database searching strategies that will produce relevant search results for topics of interest.
• The workshop will introduce how members of the Kean community may use Google Scholar to access full-text articles for free through Kean's library databases. 

Learning Outcomes:

• Participants will be aware of and able to access the search interfaces for WorldCat Discovery and more than 250 of Kean University's multidisciplinary and subject-focused databases to which Kean University subscribes.
• Participants will be able to develop and implement database search strategies that will help them access relevant books/ebooks, journal articles, data, and other relevant information sources.
• Participants will be able to revise Google Scholar settings in order to access "Full Text @ Kean University."
• Participants will be aware of and able to access research and learning support through LibChat as well as appointments with librarians and tutors/coaches from Writing Services, Tutoring, and the Public Speaking Lab.