Student Comments on the AE 100 Tutorial
Check out the following comment by a Construction Management student regarding the library's databases:
Hi Gary
I had seen a suggestion box in the library in the summer of 2004. I thought of the times I had to use the Data Bases available and what a powerful tool they seemed to be. I think that if the school would add some class assignments in the freshmen year that were not too big (i.e., manageable), it would give the students a better start in using these Data Bases. If these assignments were small but more frequent than they are now, they would take the fear and confusion out of the Data Base use.
Something small and manageable that will give the students confidence in navigating the Data Bases would surely benefit them for the rest of their time at MSOE.
The AE 100 tutorial is designed to do just this!
"I discovered a much more effective way in which to find research. Generally, I have always been left with nothing more than the web sites found through search engines like Yahoo. This will certainly be helpful."
"I didn't know the library had so much info especially for the AE department."
"I learned many new ways to access information for projects."
"I learned how easy it is to gain access to tons of resources that will come in very handy throughout my stay here at MSOE."
"I learned that there are many more valuable resources for searching a topic than I ever knew of."
"I learned where I could go to find somethings that I didn't know where to go. Also being an incoming freshman this was helpful to familiarize myself with the library."
"I'm glad I was able to learn about all the materials and resources available to me and how to get at them."
"I learned of the wide variety of materials that our MSOE library has to offer. Most of which shall be extremely useful to me."
"I hadn't realized just how many decent resources the students have at their disposal."