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Please read Chapter $3$ before completing this assignment. To complete this assignment, you will

need to consult Chapter $3$ and the ODU Libraries$$ website $($www$.$odu.edu$/$library$)$

Part One: Questions for Reflection, Chapter $3$

$1.$ What is library anxiety? Have you ever experienced it$?$ How can it be overcome?

$2.$ How can interlibrary loan help you with your research? Have you ever used interlibrary

loan?

Part Two: The ODU Libraries $($odu$.$edu$/$library$)$

$1.$ Go to the library website and find the $$Help$$ section. What are three ways that you can get

help from a librarian at the ODU Libraries?

$2.$ Find a Research Guide related to your major, or if you are undecided, find something that

you are interested in$.$ Who is the librarian for that subject, and how can you get in touch

with them? Be specific by providing their contact information.

$3.$ From that Research Guide, choose one database or resource to explore. What is the name of

the database or resource? How is it related to your area of study?

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$4.$ Find the $$Help and How To$$ guides. Choose a Help & How To guide that you think you may

use in the future. What is the name of the guide and what is one tip from the guide that you

might use in the future?

Part Three: Module Lecture Reflection: Information Privilege

$1.$ What types of libraries have you used or encountered prior to coming to ODU? Examples

could include K$12$ libraries, public libraries, or community college libraries. What did these

libraries have in common and how were they different from each other and how do they

compare to the ODU Libraries?

$2.$ What information do you have access to as a current university student that you likely will

not have access to after you graduate? Do you think that it is fair that only university$-$

affiliated people have access to these types of information? Why or why not?