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LIS 120 - Beyond Google: Information Literacy and Research Methods

3 Credits, 3 Contact Hours
3 lecture periods 0 lab periods

Development of skills needed to find, evaluate, use and communicate information using a wide variety of resources such as print resources, Library databases, internet resources and other sites to understand how they all fit together when doing academic research. Includes Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, and Google Docs; becoming more proficient using these tools for academic coursework. Also includes exercises designed to help students become more efficient in research and class assignments to develop lifelong learning skills.


Course Learning Outcomes
  1. Summarize Information Literacy and why it is important.
  2. Determine different types of resources and how those resources are organized.
  3. Demonstrate how to communicate using various presentation tools, which could include: formatting a research paper, preparing an oral presentation, properly citing information, and/or creating annotated bibliographies.
  4. Demonstrate how to access information and cite sources.
Outline:
  1. What is Information Literacy?
  2. Locating and identifying information
    1. Various types of information
    2. Various formats of information
  3. Organization of Information
    1. Library resources
      1. Catalog

a. Print

b. Digital

  1. Subscription Databases
  2. Internet
    1. Internet vs. the Word Wide Web (Web)
    2. Search tools
    3. Invisible Web
    4. Internet Resources
  1. Evaluation of Information Resources
    1. Evaluation Sources
    2. Evaluating Criteria
  2. Communication and Presentation Tools
    1. Google Docs
      1. Formatting a document in MLA
      2. Creating and editing Tables
      3. Inserting Images
      4. Creating an annotated bibliography
      5. Sharing your document
    2. Word
      1. Formatting a paper in MLA
      2. Using the Paragraph tool
      3. Creating and editing Tables
      4. Inserting images
      5. Creating a citation page
      6. Create an annotated bibliography
      7. How to share a Word Document
    3. PowerPoint
      1. Setting up a PowerPoint presentation
        1. Selecting a theme
        2. Formatting font, margins, bullets
        3. Inserting images
        4. Inserting multimedia
  3. Information Access
    1. Develop a research plan
    2. Search strategies
      1. Background information
      2. Keywords and Subject terms
      3. Advanced Search Tools
      4. Boolean Operators
      5. Refining Search Strategies
    3. Retrieval techniques and tools
  4. Ethical Information Communication and Presentation
    1. Preventing Plagiarism
      1. Copyright and Intellectual Property
    2. Written and oral communication requirements
    3. Source citation and annotation
      1. Investigating the different formats (MLA, APA, Chicago)

Effective Term:
Full Academic Year 2017/2018