Peirce College Information Literacy Tutorial

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Module 1: Selecting

Module 2: Searching

Module 3: Evaluating


Selecting a Source
Sources of Information

What do you need?

The Library & the Web
Starting with the Library
Starting with the Web
Groups on the Web
The Library on the Web

Library Databases
Popular or Scholarly?
Popular Magazines
Scholarly Journals
Magazines or Journals?

Let's get ready to research!

Quiz

Searching for Information

Brainstorm
The Thought Process

Databases
Which Database?
Subject Searching
Keyword Searching
Combining Ideas (Boolean!)
Putting Boolean to Work

Untangling the Web
Which Search Engine?
Search Strategies
Future of Searching

Your Search is Over

Quiz

Evaluating Sources

Locate It in Print
Finding Books
Finding Articles

Locate It on the Web
Dot What?
Understanding the URL

Evaluating Information
Author
Date
Publisher
Reviews
Content
SiteVision

Plagiarism

Citing
Parts of a Citation

Quiz