Questions and formulates task:

• Uses question /assignment as given by professor.

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Constructs information seeking strategies:

• Uses keywords as found in question or assignment

• Uses the online catalog and general Periodical database; Google

• Knows difference between title, author, and keyword searching; knows the difference between library catalog and online databases

• Understands the difference between popular and scholarly literature/ information

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Locates and accesses information:

• Locates items in the library collection using the a classification system (LC or Dewey)

• Understands the parts of journal citations

• Identifies items with full-text in an online database

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Evaluates and manages information relative to need:

• Uses information as found with little evaluation

• Saves printed copies of articles, etc.

• Understands that all information found on the internet is not equal

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Synthesizes information:

• Summarizes information found in multiple sources.

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Applies information responsibly:

• Uses quotations and foot- or end-notes; knows what plagiarism is

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Evaluates process:

• The paper is done!

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