There's more learning being done than you think.

Maybe it was a bit late in the semester to get to this activity, but I feel it was well worth it. Spending an entire class getting to know the library, I learned quite a bit. Although I’ve been there several times in the past, mostly to use the computer lab, and even check a book out, I learned more about where certain things are located and how to find books on the shelves.  Navigating the library’s website was very useful as well. It helped me figure out that there is a librarian available for every major and how to find articles, books, and other resources that I may need.  This applies to all first year students in the way that at some point, you will have to use the library on campus. Whether it is for research, a place to study, or your professor wants you to check out a certain book, it’s helpful to know your way around and where to go to access specific information. The topic we covered is autonomy. For this, we had to find a book off the shelf, an online article, and a definition from the dictionary. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, autonomy refers to “the liberty to follow one’s will; control over one’s own affairs; freedom from external influences, and personal independence”.  From the book “The Adolescent Brain: Reaching for Autonomy”, autonomy is depicted as “No two children in a family or classroom are identical... Uniqueness within similarities is a central property of biology” (127). I had chosen this book because it deals with adolescences who are trying to figure out who they are, which is similar to majority of first year college students. There is a lot of learning done during your first year of college, and it’s not just through textbooks or in the classroom.