Calabasas Library Research Resources and Methods
Information Competency Ability to Locate, Evaluate, and Use information in its variety of formats. Use information to create the questions that become a thesis. Use information to substantiate a position in a rhetorical argument. Information competencies assist critical thinking.
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Assignment EXAMPLES: State Reports, Science, Biographies.. Middle Ages, Renaissance Current Issues: Solar Power, Electric car Independent Study projects History projects Library Pathfinders are information maps that lead patrons to relevant sources on a particular topic. Our print and computer resources include both materials available in the library and online resources such as databases and recommended websites.
Research Methods A Paper or Online 4 step process
Library Catalog as map, term finder
Infotrac Database Subscription database Full Text articles Subject headings A-Z Quantities Specialized Terms
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Thank You to our Partners in Learning! Library catalog as link to the title page: Author, Title, Publisher, Place of publication, Publication date. Library catalog as source for Key words. Dewey as numeric information code. Time to Browse, Methods to remember. No Internet vs. Subscription databases and...