Autonomy. Library. Research.

Autonomy means to be independent. Autonomy is a trait that every college student must have. We must be independent. We're in that point in our lives when we're basically on our own. Some are living on campus, so they're already out of the house. But for people like me who are commuting and still living with their parents, it doesn't make the need to be independent any less. My parents don't tell me when to do my homework. They don't tell me what to do. They know that I'm smart enough to do it on my own. And they also know I'm responsible enough to take care of myself when it comes to school. And in our library visit on Tuesday, we learned how to find books online that had to do with the subject of autonomy. We also searched for articles on it as well. I believe that teach applies to us as first year students because we're going to be at southern for the next few years and there is no way we will never have to go to the library. So we need to learn how to use the system so we can find books on our own, autonomy. We also need to know how to search for anything we're looking for, like journals, articles, encyclopedias. It's very useful information for when we need to go to the library and do research for a class. There are also a ton of databases and sources for you to do research on your major. There were tons of music databases for me to look through. And each one was so different so I would be getting so much information from different aspects. I can only imagine how many databases there are for majors like nursing. At any rate, you see, having autonomy, being independent is very important for first year students, also knowing how to find what you need in the library is important for first year students. This way we won't have to ask for help every time we're there, another way to have autonomy.