This course is designed to prepare students with academic level research skills necessary to create search strategies, locate resources, identify formats, evaluate search results, understand APA and other citation styles, and avoid plagiarism.
Prerequisite or Corequisite
None.
Prerequisites
None.
Quarters Offered
Fall,
Winter,
Spring
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the following knowledge or skills:
- Analyze and select appropriate resources from a variety of information systems, including the library catalog, library databases, and internet sources.
- Identify and create search strategies using keywords, truncation, Boolean Logic on various information platforms.
- Recognize relationships with library professionals as guidance, assistance, and support for ongoing academic success.
- Critically evaluate information for currency, relevancy, accuracy, authority, and purpose in context of research inquiry.
- Demonstrate the ability to understand and formally respond to research writing with critical analysis and understanding.
- Synthesize research results from a variety of sources, formats, and viewpoints into an annotated research evaluation
Program Outcomes
PO5: Students will be able to solve problems by gathering, interpreting, combining and/or applying information from multiple sources
Institutional Outcomes
IO1: Students will be able to communicate clearly and effectively.
Course Content Outline
- Introduction to libraries and information resources
- Discuss academic integrity and plagiarism
- Introduce citation and documentation with an emphasis on APA Style 7th Edition
- Formulate a research question
- Create search strategies, broaden keywords, and narrow topics
- Discuss information formats and evaluation
- Overview of Internet research
- Demonstration and evaluation of databases
- Select, locate, and retrieve resources
- Create an annotated bibliography that incorporates academic level research methodology