Lib 127 Outcomes
Summer 2005
Students who successfully complete Lib 127 will be able to:
1. Recognize the value of information in personal, work and academic settings.
2. Articulate information needs by formulating a research question and developing effective search strategies.
3. Understand and differentiate between information resources and services available through libraries, other non-profit agencies, and for-profit interests.
4. Locate and retrieve required information using all appropriate resources and services.
5. Critically evaluate retrieved information based on standard criteria.
6. Present retrieved information in appropriate formats.
Specific skills include:
a) effectively using library classification systems to locate materials.
b) distinguish between catalogs, databases, indexes, and the internet as examples of the complex nature of the information environment and select appropriate resources for the topic and discipline at hand.
c) develop search strategies using boolean commands, field searching, proximity commands, truncation, and controlled language.