Course Catalog Description

LRES 101. Information Literacy Skills for College-Level Research (1 cr, graded)

Introduction to the Library's resources and development of information literacy skills through innovative methods designed to support college-level research and lifelong learning. See below for more details on course learning objectives. 


Library Resources 101 (LRES 101)

Sections

Fall 2021

Section 1 (8 weeks during the second half of semester 100% Online)

100% Online
Instructor: Dave Dettman 
Office: ALB 104A • Phone: 346-4206 • Email: ddettman@uwsp.edu
Syllabus: Available on Canvas one week before class starts. Please contact the instructor if you have any questions about the course. 

Spring 2022

Section 1 (In-Person 16 weeks)*

Instructor: Dave Dettman 
Office: ALB 104A • Phone: 346-4206 • Email: ddettman@uwsp.edu
Syllabus: Available on Canvas one week before class starts. Please contact the instructor if you have any questions about the course. 

Section 2 (8 weeks during the second half of semester 100% Online)

Instructor: Troy Espe 
Office: ALB 104C • Phone: 346-4443 • Email: tespe@uwsp.edu
Syllabus: Syllabus: Available on Canvas one week before class starts. Please contact the instructor if you have any questions about the course. 

*When taught In-Person this class moves to different locations throughout the semester. Please consult your syllabus or check the syllabus posted on the instructor's office door.

Learning Objectives

Accessing Information

  • Selecting information sources: students will be able to distinguish among various kinds of information retrieval systems and select those most appropriate for the research need.
    • Information discovery systems
    • Catalogs, article indexes and databases
    • Web search engines
  • Search techniques: students will be able to employ search strategies appropriate to the information retrieval systems selected.
    • Understands and uses advanced search
    • Understands and uses Boolean operators, understands and uses truncation
    • Understands search limits and uses them appropriately
    • Performs field searching
    • Understands how to refine searches
    • Identifies key terms and concepts
  • Retrieving information sources: students will be able to retrieve information sources of various kinds.
    • Determines availability of an information source at UWSP
    • Employs alternatives when an information source is not available at UWSP
    • Manages information effectively

Evaluating information

  • Students will be able to determine the reliability, validity, accuracy, authority, timeliness, and point of view or bias of information sources.
  • Students will be able to explain the meaning of "peer-reviewed" and determine whether a journal is peer-reviewed.

What students are saying about LRES101…

"I did not realize how much my library skills were lacking until I took this course."

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"Great for help with your other courses…"