These are the learning objectives for the second level of our Information Literacy program, taught jointly to ENG 200 students by instructors and librarians:
- Analyzing the aspects of a topic (e.g. through concept mapping), formulating a research question
- Using Boolean operators, nesting, and truncation
- Refining search using database limiters
- Distinguishing popular from scholarly sources
- Finding scholarly articles in general and subject databases
- Using reference databases to find aspects of a topic, further reading
- Using Meredith's "Books and More" tool and its features to find books, and using call numbers to find books
- Applying lateral reading methods to evaluate source quality, using article abstracts to discern relevance
- Extracting information from scholarly articles by understanding their structure
- Using citation creator tools in research databases
- How to use interdisciplinary and subject-specific databases
The overarching ACRL Frame for this level is "Searching as a Strategic Exploration".
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