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Selecting Articles for Academic Assignments

30 minutes
Students will learn how to:

• Identify different types of articles
• Recognize tools you can use to find academic articles
• Interpret the intended purpose of each type of article
• Understand how to distinguish which type of article is best for a given assignment.

Recognizing a Research Study

30 minutes
Students will be able to:

• define research,
• identify the structure or parts of a research study,
• identify authoritative works,
• identify publishing or distribution status,
• identify sponsoring organizations.

Focusing an Information Search

30 minutes
Objective: Using advanced search strategies in a library database, students will be able to demontrate how to focus an information search by applying strategies that include:

• exact phrases,
• subject terms,
• combining subject terms and keyword terms,
• and truncation.

NOTE: THIS MODULES WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE THROUGH SPRING 2022.

Evaluating Web Sites

20 minutes
Students will be able to:

• utilize lateral reading techniques.
• identify the authority of information providers.
• evaluate the accuracy of claims.
• identify bias in coverage.
• evaluate the depth and completeness of coverage.
• evaluate currency based on your information needs.

Creating a Search Strategy

20 minutes
Students will be able to:

• identify the process to develop a search strategy,
• identify keyword terms,
• select appropriate resources,
• identify techniques for effective searching.

Conducting a Literature Review

30 minutes
Students will be able to:

• Contextualize research questions within the scholarly conversation.
• Differentiate between types of literature reviews.
• Identify how to locate appropriate sources for inclusion in a literature review.
• Synthesize research from multiple sources.

Citing Sources Using MLA Style (9^th ed.)

30 minutes
Students will be able to:

• cite journal articles, books, websites, and videos
• create in-text citations
• format Works Cited lists

Citing Sources Using APA Style (7^th ed.)

20 minutes

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• Articulate why citing sources is important
• Identify when something is common knowledge
• Format “References” lists in APA style
• Cite journal articles, books, webpages and videos in APA Style

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Please note that if the module was assigned for credit, you should not use the ‘generic’ set of modules.