{"id":16043,"date":"2013-02-05T09:30:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T14:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=16043"},"modified":"2014-09-09T09:52:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T13:52:32","slug":"where-did-i-put-my-dunce-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2013\/02\/05\/where-did-i-put-my-dunce-cap\/","title":{"rendered":"Where did I put my dunce cap?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\r\n\"\"<\/a><\/dt><\/dl><\/div>\r\nHave you ever been told something and in that exact moment you are wondering how it is possible that you ever lacked this information. You wonder if you really did in fact know this information. You convince yourself that you must have been aware of this nugget of knowledge, even though you know deep down that you really had no clue.\r\n\r\nI\u2019ve been a student here at U of T for nearly four years. In that time I have been enrolled in approximately sixteen classes. Each of these classes, except for one, \u00a0was accessible via Portal. Just put this in you back pocket for a moment while I explain what it is I\u2019m writing about.\r\n\r\nLast week in one of my classes my Prof. led us to the library for a research seminar with a librarian. This is at least the tenth time I\u2019ve attended\u00a0 one of these seminars. I always enter the experience a little suspicious that there is anything about the journal search engines that I have not already been told. Yet, every time I am pleased to leave the seminar with a new skill in researching.\r\n\r\nLast week, I was perhaps a little more short-tempered than usual\u2026bogged down with essays and fast approaching mid-terms I really didn\u2019t feel like attending another research seminar. I can humbly say that I am so happy that I went.\r\n\r\nMid-way through this particular research seminar the librarian mentioned the library resources tab on Blackboard. Remember a few lines ago I mentioned how many courses I\u2019ve had on Blackboard\u2026take that out of your back pocket and now integrate it I know this little tale.\r\n\r\nOkay so I was like, \u201cya, I know that tab. It\u2019s useless. It\u2019s empty or it just takes you to the Library homepage.\u201d\r\n\r\nYa. No.\r\n\r\nUnbeknownst to me this tab is actually useful. How did I not know this?\r\n\r\nIt is possible that at some point in my first year I clicked on the Library resources tab for one of my courses and it was empty. It might even be possible that this tab wasn\u2019t active on all my courses. Whatever the case I had no clue how very amazing the contents of this tab are.\r\n\r\nApparently, when a Prof sets up their course they are able to request customized course specific library sources under the Library Tools Tab.\r\n\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\n\r\nI\u2019m four years in people. I\u2019ve spent four years fumbling through journal databases for specific subject content. I could have been using this tab for four years!\r\n\r\nI felt like a fool. I really felt like the kid in the corner with the dunce cap!\r\n\r\nWell live and learn\u2026right? I don\u2019t know how many of you out there in the U of T universe are aware of this function on Blackboard. If you are then, stop judging me and if you aren\u2019t then you\u2019re welcome. I\u2019m not a statistician, but I can confidently confirm that this little tab has cut the time I spend researching by at least 25%.\r\n\r\nSo I implore you...go to Blackboard and click on this tab. If you have a proactive instructor he will have customized this tab for you.\r\n\r\nHappy Essay writing people.\r\n\r\n-Lori","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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