FYS: Voices: Mine and Others (Williams)

Welcome to the LibGuide for Voices: Mine and Others

This guide is meant to help you develop the skills and tools to accomplish your course objectives:

• To reflect on significant questions about yourself, your community, and your world.
• To develop the capacity to read and think critically.
• To develop the capacity to write clear and persuasive expository and argumentative essays with an emphasis on thesis formation and development.
• To gain an understanding of basic principles of oral communication as they apply to classroom discussion.
• To understand the liberal arts as a vital and evolving tradition and to see yourself as agents within that tradition.
• To develop capacities for careful and open reflection on questions of values and norms.
• To develop the ability to carry out research for the purpose of inquiry and to support claims.

I am here to help you.  Please let me know when you have questions.

https://www.butler.edu/library

ASK - Click on the ASK button if you have questions (or, contact me directly)

1: WorldCat Discovery search box - use when searching for books, articles, videos, and more all at once

2: Databases (alphabetical or by subject) - covering many topics and formats for more focused searches

3: Journals A-Z - to check for access to a specific journal

4: LibGuides (online guides) - for help with many topics

5: Interlibrary Loan - use when you need to borrow items from other libraries

 If you find an item you need that is not available through the library, click on the Request item through Interlibrary Loan button which will prompt you to log in to your Interlibrary Loan account and you can submit the request (which should be filled out for you once you log in).