Class Platform: Virtual Learning

Day/Time: Wednesday, 9 - 10 AM, February 3 - April 14, *10 week class*

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Class Description: Become a savvy super searcher! The internet puts a world of information at our fingertips, but it can be time consuming and frustrating to wade through irrelevant or inaccurate sources to locate what we truly need. With guidance from this class, you can better evaluate online sources; find amazing free resources of digitized print books, magazines, and newspapers, images, video, and audio; conduct research for your book or memoir without paying a penny; and understand social media platforms in order to use them safely and beneficially in your online experience. You will cut your online searching in half with simple but effective tips and tricks used by the experts, and you will become confident in evaluating and utilizing the vast and rich online resources available globally for free.

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Instructor Biographies: Sarah (Bebe) Brechner holds a MLIS degree in Library and Information Science and a Certificate in Competitive Intelligence from the University of Toronto. She retired in 2019 from ProQuest, a global information industry company, after more than 30 years in the library and information industry. An expert in online information, she has developed and managed information databases of primary and secondary resources, including in the fields of oral history, ethnic and gender studies, performing arts, and literature academic databases used around the world. Before her retirement last year, Brechner traveled extensively for business, visiting universities and libraries throughout North America and Europe. She relocated to Las Vegas in 2016. Her passion is information literacy and the accessibility of online information sources.