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Objectives
Lesson
1: Starting Smart
This
lesson covers types of information sources you can use for your
topic. When you have completed this section of Sidney you should be able
to:
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key concepts of information literacy |
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variety of information sources |
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characteristics of information on the Web |
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characteristics of library resources |
Lesson 2: Choosing a Topic
This
lesson covers topic selection and how to identify keywords to search
your topic. When you have completed this lesson you should be able to:
| broaden or
narrow a topic |
| identify
keywords for a topic |
| use connectors
and truncation to construct a search |
| understand
the difference between keyword and subject searching |
Lesson 3:
Using
the Library's Catalog
This
lesson covers how to search the Library Catalog. When
you have completed this lesson you should be able to:
| find
books on a topic using a Keyword search |
| find
books by title, author, or subject heading |
| identify
the location and availability of books or media |
| read
a call number and use it to find items in the library
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| find
an item placed on reserve using a course number or professor's
name |
| recognize
that the Library's Catalog contains more than books |
Lesson 4: Finding Articles
This lesson
covers how to use periodical databases to identify articles on a subject.
After completing this lesson you should be able to:
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identify between popular and scholarly periodicals |
| choose a
periodical database appropriate to your information need |
| use it to
locate articles on your topic |
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use an index's email function to send a record |
Lesson 5: Using the Web
When
you have completed this section of Sidney, you should be able
to
| understand
the organization of the Internet |
| identify
the major types of Web sites |
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use search engines to search the Web |
| interpret
and evaluate Web search engine results |
Lesson 6: Citing Sources
This lesson
covers citing sources, plagiarism, and copyright. When you have
completed this lesson of Sidney, you should be able to
| recognize
different parts of a citation |
| describe
when to cite sources used in your work |
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know ways to avoid plagiarism |
| understand
the reasons for copyright |
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