Limestone College

* Note: We are temporarily routing to The Texas Information Literacy Tutorial, due to problems with The Information Literacy Tutorial at Limestone.

The Texas Information Literacy Tutorial is an interactive, web-based tutorial created
by the University of Texas to provide basic research skills content is presented in a
fun way, using terms and jargon that appeal to the undergraduate. UT has given
permission to other libraries to use it; it has been modified for Limestone College
students and is now referred to as TILT (The Information Literacy Tutorial). The
Limestone version is generic - reference to Texas issues have been eliminated. It does
not teach tools specific to Limestone College's Library (databases, catalog, web site)
nor is it intended to eliminate the use of library instruction. It should allow better utilization
of class time for more specific instruction.

TILT is divided into three sections:

identifying and selecting appropriate sources

searching

evaluating and citing information

Each section takes approximately 30 minutes and concludes with a brief quiz. Results of
the quiz are immediate. (There is no effort to keep track of scores or individuals' use.) It is
available at our Web site (http://library.limestone.edu/lihow.htm) to be used any time
and/or as often as desired.

Using TILT at Limestone should be particularly valuable now that we have Writing Across
the Curriculum (WAC) courses but it can be used in any course using research. Ideally,
TILT would be an assignment to be completed before doing research and before any library instruction. Feedback from the module quizzes gives a grade. As an instructor you can set
an acceptable score, students can take the quizzes until appropriate scores are achieved
and then email the results to you. You can decide which modules you want your students to complete. If you chose all three modules, you will eventually get three score summary pages.

The library would like to be informed if you intend to use TILT in your course(s). We are
also interested in feedback. Contact us at library@limestone.edu

For further information on the Texas tutorial visit http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu

A.J. Eastwood Library

TILT Information for Faculty