LIB7 Information Competency in Literature & the Fine Arts

LIB7: Information Competency in
Literature & the Fine Arts

Welcome to the Hartnell College Information Competency Class web site. This site contains links to useful information competency tutorials, course handouts and assignments, as well as additional materials.

Course Textbook: The College Student's Research Companion by Arlene Rodda Quaratiello

Course Learning Outcomes:

The student will:

evaluate the scope and level of information needed.
identify and locate available materials and services.
formulate context-based search strategies.
utilize available sources to retrieve relevant information.
interpret and evaluate the retrieved information.
organize the information for effective use.
cite and arrange the information in a standard format.

Week 1: Getting Started

This week we will begin by reading chapters one and eight in the textbook, explore the following tutorials, and complete our first assignment. This will allow us to fulfill learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Online Tutorials:

Useful Handouts:

What is information literacy?
The Research Paper: Getting Started
Search Strategy: The Basics

Assessment:

Assignment One

Week 2: The Online Catalog

This week we will read chapters two and three in the textbook, explore the following tutorials, and complete a short assignment. This will allow us to fulfill learning outcomes 2, 3, and 4.

Online Tutorials:

How to find books in the Hartnell Library using the online catalog
Combination Searching in the Hartnell Online Catalog
Boolean Searching Tutorial

Handouts:

Organizing Your Research
Finding Books in the Library

Assessment:

Assignment 2

Week 3: Database Search Basics

This week we will read chapters five, six and seven in the textbook, explore the following tutorials, and complete a short assignment. This will allow us to fulfill learning outcomes 2, 3 and 4.

Online tutorials:

Virtual Field Trips :

Handouts:

How to Find Literary Criticism

Assessment:

Assignment 3

Week 4: Reference Books, Periodicals and Periodical Indexes

This week we will read chapter four in the textbook, explore the following tutorials, then complete a short assignment. This will allow us to fulfill learning outcome 4.

Online Tutorials:

Handouts:

Scholarly Journal Articles vs. Popular Magazine Articles

Assessment:

Assignment 4

Week 5: Evaluating Information

This week we will read chapter nine in the textbook, go on a virtual field trip to explore resources found at the Internet Public Library and Library of Congress web sites, view the following tutorials, and complete a short assignment. This will allow us to fulfill learning outcomes 1-5.

Online Tutorials:

Virtual Field Trips:

Handouts:

Evaluate Information and Its Sources

Assessment:

Assignment 5: Complete the Quick Quiz

Week 6: Selecting a Topic & Citing Your Sources

Congratulations! You have now finished reading the class textbook and have explored many online resources. This week we will learn more about the ethical use of information and how to cite our sources, view the final online tutorials, and complete a final project that will demonstrate your mastery of all learning outcomes for the course.

Online Tutorials:

Choosing a Topic
Refining a Topic
Copyright and Citing Your Sources
How to Cite Information
How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography

Handouts:

Using Information in a Legal and Ethical Manner
Making Information Part of Your Own Understanding
How to Cite Information Using MLA Format

Assessment:

Final Project: Annotated Bibliography