First Year Seminar Library Assignment

Before You Begin:

1. Your First Year Seminar instructor should have assigned you a number (1 to 25).  If you do not know this number, please contact your instructor.
2. Your instructor should also have provided you with a due date for this assignment.  If you do not know the due date, please contact your instructor.
3. After you submit the assignment, your instructor will receive an email with a copy of your answers.

Directions for Completing the Library Assignment:

1. To begin, access the Randall Library Course Reserves:
   
   
   1. Go to the Randall Library website (http://library.uncw.edu).
   2. Click on “Course Reserves” (the tab above the search box).
   3. Select “Department.”
   4. Choose “Randall Library” (not "Library") then "Search."
   5. Click on “R1” (First Year Seminar Library Assignment).
   6. Read and "Accept" the advisory notice about copyright.
   7. Open or save the .pdf file that corresponds to the number you were assigned by your instructor (Example: If you were given “7” you would click on “7.pdf”).
2. Review the three sources available in the .pdf using the CRITIC evaluation model.
   Remember: C = Claim, R = Reliability of Author, I = Information Backing the Claim, T = Testing the Claim, I = Intended Audience, and C = Your Conclusion.
3. When you are ready to continue, click "Login & Go to Assignment" (below). At any point, you can save a draft of your assignment, close your browser, and come back to this website to log in and complete the assignment.

Image used with permission from Kitty Mackey and Tyler Chen, Clark College.