HE 1006

Research and Information Literacy

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

This course will provide an introduction to doing academic research in college. Students will learn to critically analyze sources found on the web and make distinctions between scholarly and non-scholarly materials. Students will identify a topic and learn search strategies and methods for finding materials in various formats, using information databases such as the library catalog, and print and electronic sources. Assignments will be hands-on and the final product will be an annotated bibliography and a presentation of their research to the class. 

When Offered Summer.

• Read more effectively and efficiently.
• Demonstrate increased ability to apply reading strategies to the text in their college courses.
• Develop more flexibility as a reader.
• Critically think about what they read.
• Recognize different types of text and describe appropriate uses for them.

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