1. Calabasas Library Research Resources and Methods

2. 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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4. 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.

5. Research Methods
A Paper or Online 4 step process

6. Library Catalog as map, term finder

7. Infotrac Database Subscription database Full Text articles
Subject headings
A-Z
Quantities
Specialized Terms

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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...