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Teaching Information Literacy: 35 Practical, Standards-Based Exercises for College Students » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Joanna M. Burkhardt
ISBN-13: 9780838908549, ISBN-10: 0838908543
Format: Paperback
Publisher: American Library Association
Date Published: July 2003
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Joanna M. Burkhardt

Book Synopsis

"This book, tied to the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, provides, hands-on tools for reference and instruction librarians at colleges and community colleges as well as for others appointed to teach students how to conduct research." Each exercise addresses one or more of the nationally accepted ACRL benchmark standards for information literacy education. The exercises promote conceptual and applied skills via active learning, problem-based learning, and resource-based learning. Ready to use and easy to modify, these 35 lessons can be used as a full semester course or as a single focused seminar or work shop. Covering the basics of planning, collecting, and evaluating, the exercises show how to access books and bibliographic information as well as periodicals and indexes, in addition to online sources.

Table of Contents

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Ch. 1Information Explosion1
Ch. 2Getting Ready for Research17
Ch. 3The Chain of Information32
Ch. 4Issues of the Information Age37
Ch. 5Books and Catalogs48
Ch. 6Periodicals and Indexes59
Ch. 7The Web and Scholarly Research72
Ch. 8Other Tools for Research79
Ch. 9The Paper Trail Project86
App. AInformation Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education97
App. BFor Further Reading102
Index103

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