CAS 100, CIS 101, CP 101: Library Research Tutorial   Tags: cas100, cis101, cp101, freshman_seminar, library_guide  

Welcome to the University of South Alabama University Library's Library Research Tutorial. This tutorial consists of four modules designed to help you develop your information-seeking and evaluation skills for your classes at USA.

To use this tutorial, begin with Module 1 and continue in order. Each module builds on the previous one. You do not have to complete all four modules in one sitting. This tutorial may take several hours to complete.

Contents:

Module 1: Orientation to the University Library
Module 2: Types of Information
Module 3: Developing a Research Strategy
Module 4: Using Information Ethically

If you are completing this tutorial as a class assignment, submit the appropriate assignment from the Assignment tab.

This tutorial is designed to address the information literacy competency standards created by the Association of College & Research Libraries.

An information literate student:

1. determines the nature and extent of the information needed
2. accesses needed information effectively and efficiently
3. evaluates information and its sources critically and incorporates selected information into his or her knowledge base and value system
4. uses information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose
5. understands many of the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information and accesses and uses information ethically and legally

Adapted for the University of South Alabama from:

• Go for the Gold by James Madison University Libraries
• General Library Research Tutorial of Bloomsburg University Pennsylvania's Harvey A. Andruss Library
• Teaching Information Literacy: 35 Practical, Standards-Based Exercises for College Students by Joanna M. Burkhardt, Mary C. MacDonald, and Andreé J. Rathemacher (Chicago: American Library Association, 2003)