Doing Library Research

Tutorial- Outline by Topic

version 2, 6/22/06

Topic
Skill Sets

Introduction

  • Video clip of Library Director
  • About the libraries
  • About the services
  • About this tutorial
.
Basics

Practicalities

  • Connecting to eResources
  • Getting help
.

Finding Information

  • Developing a research strategy
  • Selecting finding tools
  • Selecting search terms & constructing a search
  • Evaluating and revising search results
  • Retrieving sources (or "I have my citations, now what?" )
  • Documenting sources (or "Document what you find")
SS1, SS4, SS5, SS6, SS8, SS9, SS11
Advanced

Scholarly Communication

  • Definition, publishing models, trends, issues
  • Identifying & distinguishing among types of sources
  • Understanding information retrieval systems
  • Evaluating and selecting sources
SS2, SS3, SS7, SS10

Economic, Legal and Social Issues

  • Intellectual property, copyright, intellectual freedom
  • Information as a commodity, as a public good
  • Plagiarism
  • Right to Privacy
SS12

 

 

     
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