Information Literacy TutorialUniversity of Wisconsin Parkside
|
|
|
This is a very clear and simple but thorough introduction to all that a beginning college student should know, from searching basics, to finding books and articles, to web searching and evaluating.
There is minimal interaction, but there is some; at certain points in the tutorial, you cannot proceed without making a choice, which is then shown as correct or incorrect with some explanations of why each is so.
There is a very handy review section with each module, which clearly presents the topics in outline form, with links to go back to the section and review specific parts. Anyone can proceed through the tutorials, but only students can login to take the quizzes.
A narrow and unobtrusive header follows throughout the tutorial, so that one can exit or change course at any point. The pages are clean looking and orderly, usually with few sentences per page, and occasional examples. One might wish for more examples throughout.
|
Beginning Your Search |
Building Research Skills |
Finding Books |
|
|
|
|
|
Finding Periodical Articles |
Searching the WEB |
Evaluating Sources |
|
|
|
|
| Topics Covered | |
| Understanding information needed | ? |
| Narrowing research topic | Yes - Module 2 |
| Database definition | Yes - Module 1 |
| Catalog Searching | Yes - Module 3 |
| Article Searching | Yes - Module 4 |
| Keyword searching | Yes - Module 3 |
| Boolean searching | Yes - Module 2 |
| Controlled vocabulary | Yes - Module 3 |
| Primary vs. Secondary Resources | ? |
| Scholarly vs. Popular Materials | Yes - Module 4 |
| Peer Review | ? |
| Evaluating Sources | Yes - Module 6 |
| Locating Materials | Yes - Module 1 |
| Organization of Library Materials | ? |
| LC Call Number System | ? |
| Citing Sources | Yes - Module 4 |
| Plagiarism | Yes - Module 6 |
| Reference Resources | Yes - Module 1 |
| How to get Reference Help | ? |
| Web Searching | |
| Understanding the Internet/Web (what it does and doesn't do) | No Yes |
| Search Engines vs. Subject Directories | No Yes |
| Evaluating Internet Resources | No Yes |
| Web search operators (+/-) | No Yes |
| Web vs. other resources (content) | No Yes |
| Look | |
| Wordy vs. Terse | Not too wordy |
| Use of Graphics | Just a few |
| Interactivity | |
| Passive vs. Active User | Some of both |
| Ongoing Testing/Quiz | Yes - within and at the end of each module |
| Navigation | |
| Clear vs. Confusing | Clear |
| Technology | |
| Minimum Browser Requirements | Yes |
| Sound Card | No |
| Java | No |
| Shockwave | No |
| Assessment | |
| Pre-test | Yes |
| Post-test | Yes |
| Users Registered | Yes |
| Feedback | |
| Ongoing vs. At the end | Both |
| Printable Certificate | Yes |
| Credits | |
| In-house vs. licensed code |
"The Information Literacy Tutorial is based on the Information
Success Tutorial developed by Nancy Steinhoff and Stefan Smith at the University of
Wisconsin-LaCrosse's Murphy Library. The Instruction Team at the UW-Parkside
Library is extremely grateful to Stefan and Nancy and to Murphy Library for granting us
permission to adapt their fine tutorial."
From http://www.uwp.edu/academic/mathematics/ |