Welcome to the course guide for SPAN 300: Intermediate Spanish Readings This guide includes resources that will assist you in completing your class assignments and research. Most of these resources are available online; however, only WSU students, staff and faculty may access resources with the icon. If you need any further assistance, please contact your librarian, Rachel Crane by email at Rachel.Crane@wichita.edu or by phone at 316-978-5078. For more information on other language-related issues, please explore the WSU Libraries subject guide for Spanish. |
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Tour Ablah Library to see new spaces and learn about other library services and collections that will help you be the best student you can be! Meet by the Circulation Desk for the tour.
An introduction to digital services and collections will take place in 217 Ablah after the tour. Learn how to navigate the library homepage to find online articles and other research sources, streaming movies and music, and interlibrary loan. Identify the best librarian to help with your research.
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Tour Ablah Library to see new spaces and learn about other library services and collections that will help you be the best student you can be! Meet by the Circulation Desk for the tour.
An introduction to digital services and collections will take place in 217 Ablah after the tour. Learn how to navigate the library homepage to find online articles and other research sources, streaming movies and music, and interlibrary loan. Identify the best librarian to help with your research.
All students and employees are welcome. This event is co-listed on the Welcomefest calendar. Those who register will receive an email reminder two days before the event.
Learn all the steps to create a literature review, from conducting comprehensive research to synthesizing perspectives to presenting your findings.
Helping us to do many research-related tasks more quickly, AI tools such as ChatGPT and Copilot can dazzle us. These AI tools can also mislead us, for example by not always providing the most accurate information about a topic. In this workshop we will not only discuss practical tips for using AI tools but will also guide participants in thinking critically about the limitations of this technology.
Learn how to create impactful and visually effective posters to communicate research findings at conferences, competitions, and other presentations. Offered as a hybrid experience, in 217 Ablah and Zoom at the same time! The Zoom link is provided with the event registration.
Learn and practice using the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th edition style to format research papers and citation lists.
Heard of systematic reviews, but not completely sure what they are, or how they differ from regular literature reviews? Join this session to learn what systematic reviews are and aren’t, what makes them systematic, how you can read and interpret them, and how you can write them. Learn why they are by many measures the fastest growing form of published scholarly research.
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