Online research
While not a substitute for a trip to the library, much research can be fruitfully begun online, and many, many resources are now available for this purpose. Students can search the Web, the UT Library catalog, or access the many (often full-text) online databases that are available from the UT Library Online homepage. Additionally, instructions for efficiently using a wide range of online resources are now available to both students and instructors in the form of the UT Library System's Tilt Tutorial.

Documenting sources
Using programs such as Endnote, students can learn to properly document their work and to format their citations according to MLA guidelines.

Record-keeping and class management
Many instructors utilize spreadsheet programs such as Excel or FileMaker Pro as grade books, using them to calculate grades and keep track of assignments and rosters. Blackboard, an automated course webpage provided by UT to all instructors, also keeps track of rosters and grades, provides a space for announcements, assignments and other course documents, and has other utilities.

Evaluating student work
Former CWRL Director Peg Syverson's Learning Record Online integrates research, assessment, and teaching and learning practices for computer-enhanced literacy development. The Learning Record provides a format for documenting student progress and achievement, based on interviews, observations over time, samples of students' naturally occurring work, and well-supported interpretations of learning across five dimensions. More comprehensive information is available at the LRO website.