Priority Outcomes for English 2010 01/09/2003

From 2010 Exercise:

• Students will be able to identify, find, use and evaluate library and Internet information resources for academic research 

  • Students will be better able to critically identify and evaluate information sources

• Students will also be able to effectively use key resources 

  • Article databases 

    • Students will be able to use the Academic Search Elite article database to find full text articles and article citations

  • Stewart Library catalog

    • Students will be better able to use the library catalog to find a book or the location of an article in Stewart library

  • Web search engines 

From ACRL List

1.1.3. Explores general information sources to increase familiarity with the topic

1.2.3. Identifies the value and differences of potential resources in a variety of formats (e.g., multimedia, database, website, data set, audio/visual, book)

1.2.4. Identifies the purpose and audience of potential resources (e.g., popular vs. scholarly, current vs. historical)

2.2.2. Identifies keywords, synonyms and related terms for the information needed

2.3.1.Uses various search systems to retrieve information in a variety of formats

3.2.1. Examines and compares information from various sources in order to evaluate reliability, validity, accuracy, authority, timeliness, and point of view or bias