Free Webinar: Voices Not Sources: Reframing How We Teach Searching for and Evaluating Sources

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Mar 2, 2026, 6:00:59 PM (11 days ago) Mar 2

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All are welcome to attend this free webinar being offered by The Ohio State University Libraries.

Voices Not Sources: Reframing How We Teach Searching for and Evaluating Sources

March 5, 2026
12:00-1:00 (Eastern)
To register: https://go.osu.edu/sp26voices

As part of research or inquiry-based assignments, students are often instructed to locate X number of sources. However, such guidance may create the impression that having several different sources will naturally result in having a range of different perspectives on the topic, which is not always the case. Likewise, students are often told to use only specific types of sources, such as scholarly journal articles, which may create the impression that only academic perspectives are valuable. In this workshop, participants will consider what it would mean if we encouraged students to seek differing voices, not a specific number or type of sources. How could this change the way students search for sources? How could this change how students evaluate sources? Participants should leave with ideas for how they can help students to consider the value of incorporating multiple perspectives, including non-academic perspectives, as part of the research process.

This workshop is being offered by the University Libraries Teaching & Learning Department and is open to all faculty, staff, librarians, and graduate students at Ohio State. Instructors and librarians from other institutions are also welcome to attend.

For those affiliated with Ohio State, this session counts toward completion of the Teaching Information Literacy Endorsement, from the Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning. For those not affiliated with Ohio State, this session counts toward completion of the Teaching Information Literacy Certificate from the University Libraries Teaching & Learning Department. For questions, email LIB-...@osu.edu.

Jane Hammons, MSLIS, MS, MA
Associate Professor

Head of Teaching & Learning
University Libraries
221C Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Ave Mall, Columbus, OH 43210
614-688-2911 Office
hammo...@osu.edu / library.osu.edu

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