Doing Library Research

Tutorial- Outline by Topic

version 3,  9/5/06

Topic (Project SAILS Skill Set #)

Introduction

  • Video clip of Library Director
  • About the Libraries
  • About Services
  • About this Tutorial
Basics

Practicalities

Doing Research

Advanced

Scholarly Communication

  • Definition, Publishing Models, Trends, Issues (SS2)
  • Identifying & Distinguishing Among Types of Sources (SS3)
  • Understanding Information Retrieval Systems (SS7)
  • Evaluating and Selecting Sources (SS10)

Economic, Legal and Social Issues (SS12)

  • Intellectual Property
  • Copyright
  • Intellectual Freedom
  • Information as a Commodity versus as a Public Good
  • Plagiarism
  • Right to Privacy

 

 

     
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