Students list what they already know about a topic. They then list the questions they still have about the topic that are most interesting to them. Students know that searching is a process. Students Identify keywords and related terms. Students can put terms and ideas together using Boolean logic to construct an effective and efficient search.
Students investigate the scope, content and organization of information sources.
This gives students an overview of how to navigate from our gateway as well as introduces students to different types of tools, catalog, databases, etc. We believe every Gen Ed student can benefit from knowing how to use and search a particular index as well as knowing the strategies that are transferable from one index to another. Applies criteria for evaluating information Students examine and compare information from various sources in order to evaluate reliability, validity, accuracy, authority, timeliness and point of view or bias. When students discover the differences between a popular and a scholarly work, they are learning how to evaluate information. When they select an index that covers the material on their topic, they are learning how to evaluate information.