SMU Libraries offers instructional programming including information literacy for first year and disciplinary courses, scholarly communication, primary source literacy, special collections, data literacy, project planning, geospatial analysis, and digital scholarship. The topics below are the most frequently-requested, but instruction can be customized for a wide-range of subjects.
General Research
- Setting and scoping a research question
- Applying search strategies to general and disciplinary databases
- Evaluating sources for specific assignments
- Reading sources and taking notes
- Conducting a literature review
- Data literacy basics
- Citing sources and using RefWorks or Zotero citation management
Scholarship & Research
- Introduction to geospatial analysis in ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Pro
- Introduction to text data mining
- Introduction to GitHub
- Digital story telling in StoryMaps
- Data gathering in Survey123
Business Research
- Bloomberg Basics, the first step in accessing vast amounts of financial markets data
- Accounting Research - locate company financial information and accounting standards
- International Business Research - locate country profiles, company information, and market research
- Investment Research - research stocks, bonds, and mutual funds using workplace tools
- Company Research - discover information for all sizes and types of companies
- Demographic and Consumer Research - find demographic and psychographic data for geographic areas
- Career Management Research - add impact to your interviews using company and industry insights
- Industry and Market Research - access market research reports and industry overviews
- Moving Beyond Google for Business Research - learn effective strategies to improve your search results
- Company and Industry Research - find information on all types of companies and their industries
Theology Research and Writing
- Accordance Basics
- Searching in ATLA religion database
- Introduction to Exegesis
- Introduction to Theological Writing
- Methodist History and Bibliography