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Contents

  1. IMPORTANT NOTICE

  2. I. Week 1: Introducing Information Literacy

    1. 1. "5 Components of Information Literacy" Video Tutorial

    2. 2. Week 1 Discussion Board Assignment: Getting to Know One Another and Building Community

    3. 3. The Danger of a Single Story

    4. 4. Week 1 Journal Assignment:  "The Danger of a Single Story"

    5. 5. Week 1 Supplementary Content

  3. II. Week 2: Introducing Research as a Process & Critical Reading Skills

    1. 6. Effective Reading

    2. 7. Week 2 Journal Assignment: Exploring Your Background as a Reader

    3. 8. Determining Information Needs Tutorial

    4. 9. Field Trip and Discussion Board Assignment: Exploring Your Local Library

  4. III. Week 3: Introducing Reference and Background Information Sources

    1. 10. Week 3 Discussion Board Assignment: Your Reading Comprehension Strategies

    2. 11. Reference Information Seeking Assignment

    3. 12. Using Reference Sources Tutorial

    4. 13. Week 3 Research Activity: Using Wikipedia for Academic Research

  5. IV. Week 4: Print and E-Book Sources

    1. 14. Finding Books Assignment

    2. 15. Book Share Discussion Board Assignment

    3. 16. Using Books for Research (Tutorial)

    4. 17. Supplementary Content

  6. V. Week 5: Periodical Information Sources and Library Databases

    1. 18. Articles Exploration Assignment

    2. 19. Week 5 Discussion Board Assignment: Article Share and Research Update

    3. 20. An Introduction to Periodicals

    4. 21. Databases Overview

    5. 22. Implementing a Search Strategy

    6. 23. Reading Strategies for Scholarly Articles

  7. VI. Week 6: Free Internet Sources

    1. 24. Week 6 Journal Assignment: Reflecting on “Evaluating Information” Reading and "Culture and Information Literacy" Video

    2. 25. Internet Exploration Assignment

    3. 26. Week 6 Discussion Board Assignment: Open Access

    4. 27. Using the Internet

    5. 28. Evaluating Information

    6. 29. Evaluating Information Reading

    7. 30. Culture and Information Literacy

    8. 31. An Introduction to Open Access Reading

    9. 32. Supplementary Content

  8. VII. Week 7: Citing Sources

    1. 33. Week 7 Discussion Board Assignment: Intellectual Property and Citing Information Sources

    2. 34. Citing Sources

    3. 35. Definitions

    4. 36. Copyright and Intellectual Property Toolkit: Other Types of IP

    5. 37. Fair Use

    6. 38. Public Domain

    7. 39. Copyright and Intellectual Property Toolkit: Creative Commons, Copyleft, and Other Licenses

    8. 40. Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property – Background Brief

    9. 41. Week 7: Choose Your own Citation Adventure (Research Assignment)

    10. 42. APA Citation Guide: Welcome

    11. 43. MLA Citation Guide (MLA 8th Edition): Welcome

  9. VIII. Week 8: Developing Critical Research Questions and Sharing Research Findings

    1. 44. Developing a Research Question (Tutorial)

    2. 45. Final Culminating Project