A) Basic Catalog Instruction: Participants will learn how to find a book,
read a call #, read an item record, and the locations of the various library
collections.
B) Database searching: Covers how to locate the right database for a
particular subject area, basic database searching, database tools, and basic
search strategies.
C) Advanced Research: An advanced class on boolean logic, field searching,
database interfaces, evaluating information, and how to use style guides.
D) Graduate: Addresses subject specific research at the graduate level, the
information timeline, and how to use advanced search tools.
E) Library Tour: A short, guided tour of the library and its facilities.
Information Literacy
is defined by ACRL as: “The set of skills needed to find, retrieve,
analyze, and use information (“Introduction to
Information Literacy,”
Association of College & Research Libraries, 2008).”
“Ultimately, information literate people
are those who have learned how to learn. They know how to learn because
they know how knowledge is organized, how to find information, and how
to use information in such a way that others can learn from them. They
are people prepared for lifelong learning, because they can always find
the information needed for any task or decision at hand (“American
Library Association Presidential Committee on Information Literacy,”
Association of College &
Research Libraries, January 10, 1989, Washington, D.C.).”
