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 Starting Smart
Discover... Starting Smart covers types of information sources you can use for your topic.
When you have completed it you should be able to:
- identify a variety of information sources
- identify characteristics of library resources
- identify characteristics of information on the Web
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Choosing a Topic
Discover... Choosing a Topic covers topic selection and how to identify keywords to search your topic.
When you have completed it, you should be able to:
- broaden or narrow a topic
- identify keywords for a topic
- understand the difference between keyword and subject searching
- use connectors and truncation in constructing a search
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Searching the Library Catalogue
Discover... Searching the Library Catalogue covers searching the Library Catalogue.
When you have completed it, you should be able to:
- explain that the Library Catalogue contains more than books
- find books on a topic using basic search by keyword
- find books by title, author, or subject heading
- find journals by using a periodical title search
- identify the location of books or journals
- read a call number and use it to find items in the library
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Searching Article Databases
Discover... Searching Article Databases covers how to use article databases to identify articles on a subject.
When you have completed it, you should be able to:
- choose an article database appropriate to your information need
- use an article database to identify an article on a topic
- use a database's e-mail function to send a record to yourself
- identify and locate the full text of articles
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Searching the Web
Discover... Searching the Web covers how to search the Internet for Websites.
When you have completed it, you should be able to:
- understand the organization of the Internet
- identify the major types of Websites
- use subject directories, search engines, and metasearch engines to search the Web
- interpret Web search engine results
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Evaluating Information
Discover... Evaluating Information covers how to evaluate the information you find.
When you have completed it, you should be able to:
- explain why you should never make assumptions about information
- describe the criteria used for evaluating information sources
- explain the difference between scholarly and popular articles
- recognize potential problems with Internet sources
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Citing Sources
Discover... Citing Sources covers citing sources, plagiarism, and copyright.
When you have completed it, you should be able to:
- recognize different parts of a citation
- describe when to cite sources used in your work
- list ways to avoid plagiarism
- understand the reasons for copyright
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