LBR 105 Students: You will complete your coursework through Blackboard, where actual assignments and exams will vary from the samples on this page. Adobe Flash and Java will be required for some of the mini-lectures.
Course
Objectives & Prerequisites
Reading
Materials, Lectures & Learning Tools
Overview
of Assignments & Exams
Grading,
Withdrawals & Incompletes
ELI
Policies & Procedures
Introductory Letter Assignment
Turn in Introductory Letter Assignment
Unit One: Select a Topic
In this unit, you will:
-select a topic
of interest to you, and
-use reference
sources to refine that topic into a manageable research topic you will use
throughout the rest of the course.
Assignments:
Read "Choosing
a Topic"
Watch
Mini-Lecture "Refine
Your Topic" 
[text
version]
Turn in Unit One Assignment: Select
a Topic
Unit Two: Sources of Information
In this unit, you will:
-learn about different
types of information sources,
-learn to choose
and analyze the appropriateness of different information sources
for your topic, and
-learn about
MLA and APA source citation.
Assignments:
Watch Presentation:
"The
Information Cycle" (from Penn State University)
[text
version]
Read : "Types
of Information Sources"
Watch Mini-Lecture: "Citing
Your Sources"
[text
version]
Read Unit
2 Review
Turn In Unit
Two Assignment: Sources of Information
In this unit, you will learn:
-what is and is not
available on the Web,
-characteristics
of web search tools,
-web search strategies,
-how to evaluate
a web site for academic purposes, and
-how to create
a citation for web sites and web pages, in MLA or APA style.
Assignments:
Read "Introduction
to the Internet"
Watch Mini-Lecture: "Web
Search Tools"
[text
version]
Watch Mini-Lecture: "Web
Search Strategies"
[text
version]
Read "Web
Site Evaluation Criteria"
Watch Demonstration: "Citing
Web Sources" [text
version]
Practice -- Web Citation
Scrambles: MLA
Style APA
Style
Read Unit
3 Review
Turn in Unit
3 Assignment: Web Sites
Turn in Unit
3 Exam: Web Sites
In this unit, you will learn:
-how to use the Library
Catalog to search for books on your topic,
-how to find
books on the shelf using a call number,
-how to look
for the information you need in a book,
-how to evaluate
a book,
-how to create
a citation for a book, in MLA or APA style.
Assignments:
Watch Mini-Lectures:
"What Is the Library Catalog"
[text version]
"Problem
Solving: Not Enough Results"
[text
version]
"Problem
Solving: Too Many Results"
[text
version]
"Looking
at Your Results"
[text
version]
Read "How
to Find Books Using Call Numbers" (includes call number game)
Read "How
to Evaluate a Book"
Watch Demonstration
"How to Create a Citation for a Book" [text
version]
Practice -- Book Citation Scrambles: MLA
Style APA
Style
Read Unit
4 Review
Turn in Unit
4 Assignments: Books
Complete Unit
4 Exam: Books
In this unit, you will learn:
- how to find periodical
(magazine, journal and newspaper) articles on your topic,
-how to find
a periodical article when all you have is a citation,
-the difference
between magazines and journals
-how to evaluate
a periodical article, and
-how to create
a citation for a periodical article, in MLA or APA style.
Assignments:
Read "Introduction
to Periodicals"
Watch Mini-Lecture "Searching
for Periodical Articles - Basic Search Strategies"
[text
version]
Watch
Mini-Lecture "Searching
for Periodical Articles - Refine Your Search"
[text
version]
Watch
Mini-Lecture "Where's
the Complete Text of the Article?"
[text
version]
Read "Evaluating
Periodical Articles"
Read "Citing
Periodical Articles"
Practice -- Magazine
Citation Scrambles: MLA
Style APA
Style
Read Unit 5 Review
Turn in Unit
5 Assignment: Periodicals
Complete Unit
5 Exam: Periodicals
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