ESL 007

ESL 007

Class assignment: Students need to find information about a variety of topics for their informational speeches.

Concepts to Be Covered in Library Instruction (developed in consultation with instructor):

Introduction to the library (where to get library card, hours, where to ask for help)

Finding and Using Reference Books

· Reference vs. circulating books

· Using call numbers to find a book on the shelf

· Finding information in encyclopedias and more specialized reference books (index)

Why we need to look for other sources of information; how types of sources (i.e., books, magazines) differ

Finding Information in Circulating Books [get topics in advance and have a cart of books set aside for the class with books at an appropriate reading level]

· Selecting books from the cart likely to have information on their topics (e.g., if their topic is air pollution, a book titled The Environment might be useful)

· Using the Table of Contents and the Index

Finding and evaluating magazine and newspaper (periodical) articles

· Selecting search terms

· Using AND and “ “

· Searching in SIRS

· Understanding results page

· Printing/e-mailing articles

· Evaluating periodical articles

Identifying citation elements for books and periodicals

Finding and Evaluating Web Pages (if time)

· Using Subject Directories

· Evaluating Web pages using criteria

Handouts/Exercises:

Handout: List of Reference books (with call numbers) suitable for topics and reading level. Handout Example 1 (Word document), Handout Example 2 (Word document)

Exercise: After learning about reference books, students will find one of the books on their topic, find an article, and write the page number down on their handout.

Handout: SIRS handout (Word document)

Handout/Exercise: Evaluating Articles In pairs, find and evaluate an article, noting citation information.

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