Student Learning Objectives for the InfoPower Tutorial

Information Cycle

  • The timeline for producing scholarly information
  • The resources available throughout the information cycle
  • The types of information used and produced in different disciplines
  • Identify what type of source is best depending on the information needed
  • Identify the differences between primary and secondary sources

Investigating

  • Learn how to analyze an assignment
  • Know the features of an effective thesis statement

Searching

  • Employ efficient database searching techniques: keyword and subject searches
  • Learn how to join search terms using AND, OR, NOT and their effect on a search
  • Learn how to solve common search problems, such as too few or too many results

Locating

  • Learn how to find the full text of articles from a database
  • Learn how to locate a print book in the library

Evaluating

  • Evaluate information in terms of currency, authority, accuracy, relevance, and purpose.
  • Know the key differences between popular and scholarly resources

Utilizing

  • How to use information ethically
  • How to recognize and avoid plagiarism

This version of InfoPower has been replace by a Canvas module. It is available in Canvas Commons.
Questions? contact Bernd.Becker@sjsu.edu