Instruction & Reference Specialist
Meet Your Library Instruction Specialist:
Jonathan Lehtonen is the Instruction & Reference Specialist at the Montgomery Library at Campbellsville University. He previously taught English composition courses here at Campbellsville University. Prior to that, Jonathan taught English/ESL writing courses at Pennsylvania State University, the Community Language Program at Columbia University in New York, and Kean University in New Jersey. In his career, he has taught students from over 50 different countries.
Email him at jlehtonen@campbellsville.edu or register for a Personal Research Appointment here.
Library Orientation Webinars 
Do you ever feel overwhelmed about doing library research or finding peer-reviewed sources? Library instructor Jonathan Lehtonen will help you with the basics.
Fall 2025 Webinars:
- Fri., October 24, 10:00-10:45 am ET (Register here)
- Thurs., October 30, 8:00-8:45 pm ET (Register here)
The first 30 minutes of each webinar will cover traditional search methods:
- CU Search tools and tips, ProQuest, and Academic Search Complete
- Accessing print books by mail
- Getting help from anywhere in the world!
The final 15 minutes will cover tips for using AI ethically and responsibly for research purposes:
- Using Consensus AI and Google Gemini to help you find relevant peer-reviewed articles online or at the Montgomery Library
- When to use AI disclosure statements
- Getting writing feedback from AI without copying/plagiarizing off of AI
Registration is Required:
After you register, you will receive a confirmation email. A reminder with the link will be sent to you one day before the webinar. Please register at least one day before the webinar.
Academic Workshops - Fall 2025 (On Campus)
These events are designed to support your success by challenging you to think deeper about a variety of academic and ethical topics.
Fact-Finding Tactics: How Can I Tell if a Source is 
Lying or Biased?
(Chapel/Life Credit Eligible)
Learn essential skills for evaluating sources, identifying bias, and distinguishing reliable information from misinformation in your research. Practice skills for detecting AI-generated images and video, and examine how to identify overly emotional appeals, as well as how to distinguish among facts, opinions, and arguments when doing research.
DATE: Friday, November 7, 2025
TIME: 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
LOCATION: BASC Atrium
Past Events - Fall 2025
Plagiarism, AI, and Writing with Integrity (Chapel/Life Credit Eligible)
(View presentation slides here.)
Learn about academic integrity, proper citation practices, and ethical use of AI tools in your writing. Examine the importance of valuing personal transformation, truthfulness, and trustworthiness when completing your work. Learn about when to use an AI disclosure statement, when to create citations for AI generated text, and when to simply not use AI at all.
DATE: Friday, September 12, 2025
TIME: 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
LOCATION: BASC Atrium
AI in College: How Can I Use AI Effectively and Responsibly? (Chapel/Life Credit Eligible)
(View presentation slides here.)
Learn how to use AI tools effectively and responsibly in your academic work while maintaining integrity. This session will cover the importance of valuing personal transformation, truthfulness, and trustworthiness when completing your work. We will discuss topics such as the cognitive and emotional risks of using AI, AI disclosure statements, citations for AI generated text, prompt engineering, and AI data privacy issues. In addition, this session will explore how to use two top AI systems for academic research purposes: Google Gemini and Consensus AI.
DATE: Friday, September 26, 2025
TIME: 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
LOCATION: BASC Atrium
Library Orientation Webinars
Library Orientation Webinar - September 5, 2025
- How to use CU Search, ProQuest, and Academic Search Complete
- Citing library sources in APA and MLA format
- Avoiding plagiarism
- Paraphrasing sources appropriately
Library Orientation Webinar - April 2, 2025
- Search tips for using CU Search and the new Academic Search Complete interface.
- Searching EBSCO Databases Simultaneously
- Finding Statistics, Data, & Analysis: Government & Non-Government Sources
- Evaluating Source Credibility
- Stop AI Plagiarism
Library Orientation Webinar - January 29, 2025
- Resources on Our Homepage
- Evaluating Source Credibility + Intro to Boolean & Advanced Searching
- How to Use CU Search
- How to Use Academic Search Complete (new interface)
Disinformation, Source Evaluation, and Library Databases - October 30, 2024
- Tips for evaluating sources, avoiding disinformation, and using database tools and other online services