GenEd 300 Crook

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General Education 300, Accessing Information for Research; recommended for science majors
Spring 2010, Linda Crook: Preliminary
Primary course objective: Improving information literacy skills, especially critical evaluation of information resources.

Contents 1 Recommended Resources 1.1 Key resources 1.2 Citation Generators and Style Guides 1.3 Possible Resources for Class Sessions or Homework 2 Syllabus 3 Course Schedule: TBD 4 Assignments: TBD. Possibly along these lines:

Recommended Resources

Key resources

• WSU Libraries Home: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/
• WSU Libraries Resources for Research: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/general/research.html
• WSU Worldcat
  
• Create a Worldcat Account
  
• WSU Worldcat Wiki
  

Citation Generators and Style Guides

• MLA Quick Reference Guide: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/electric/quickguides/docs/mla2.html
• MLA Citation Style Guide: Electronic Resources: http://www.systems.wsu.edu/bin/libdocs/style/MLA-Estyle.pdf
• MLA Citation Style Guide: Print Resources: http://www.systems.wsu.edu/bin/libdocs/style/MLA-Pstyle.pdf
• Bibliographic Software Options
• Zotero
• Endnote Web

Possible Resources for Class Sessions or Homework

• What is an Annotation?
• Plagiarism: Long Handout
• Plagiarism: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/plagiarism/
• Resources for detecting online plagiarism: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/general/plagpage.html
• Plagiarism: http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
• Plagiarism: http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/plagiarism/ (University of Alberta)
• Plagiarism: http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html (Indiana University)
• Plagiarism: http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/cyberplag/cyberplagstudent.html (Penn State University)
• Plagiarism: http://www.chem.uky.edu/courses/common/plagiarism.html#Example (University of Kentucky)
• Plagiarism: http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/using-sources/how-not-to-plagiarize (University of Toronto)
• Plagiarism: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html (Purdue University)

• Information timeline: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/usered/instrpages/flowinfo/flowinfo.html
  
• Structure of scientific literature: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/electric/trainingmods/Gened300/academic_disciplines/disciplines4.htm
  
• Types of Periodicals
• Peer Reviewed Journals, Refereed Journals, Juried Journals
• Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Sources
• Keyword Search Strategy

• Dewey Decimal Classification (Owen 3rd Floor): http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/summaries/
  
• Library of Congress Classification (Owen 4th-6th Floor): http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/
  
• Explanation of the Superintendent of Documents Classification System (Owen 3rd Floor): http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/explain.html
• WSU Online Writing Lab: http://owl.wsu.edu/
  
• Assignment Calculator: http://www.lib.umn.edu/help/calculator/
  

• http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/usered/instrpages/refdefs/refdefs.html
  
• http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/electric/trainingmods/gened300/reference/index.htm
  

• Searching WSU Worldcat
  
• UP WorldCat Searching Tips
  
• Netlibrary- http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/electric/trainingmods/netlibrary/
  
• FindIt- http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/usered/viewlets/findit.html
  
• Gen Ed 300 Sample List in WSU Worldcat - http://washingtonstate.worldcat.org/profiles/lindacrook/lists/1023186
  
• Donuts - another sample list in WSU Worldcat - http://washingtonstate.worldcat.org/profiles/lindacrook/lists/785786
  

• Database structure - http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/electric/trainingmods/gened300/database_structure/
  
• Database search commands tutorial - http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/electric/trainingmods/gened300/database_evaluation/advanced.htm
  
• http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/usered/tutorials/choosingsearchwords/
  
• http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/searchit/search_terms.mp3
  
• http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/searchit/searchingwithand.mp3
  
• http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/searchit/searchingwithandor.mp3
  
• Basic Search Techniques handout - http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/hsl/linda/basicsearchtechniques.pdf

• Indexes/databases- http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/electric/trainingmods/gened300/database_evaluation/index.htm
  
• SearchIt A-Z: tutorial - http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/usered/viewlets/find_a_database.htm or audio- http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/searchit/searchitaz.mp3
  
• Searchit by subject: tutorial - http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/usered/viewlets/databases_by_subject.htm or audio- http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/searchit/searchitsubj.mp3

• popular vs. scholarly http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/usered/instrpages/popschol/popschol.html
  
• types of periodicals http://www.systems.wsu.edu/bin/libdocs/instruction/PeriodicalTypes.pdf

• SciFinder Web Login
• Create a login for SciFinder Scholar http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/scifinder/help/CASwho.html
• SciFinder: From Fairy Gloves to Nanocrystals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQwmlGEI8GM&NR=1
• Chemical Abstracts Service and SciFinder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryxv3SN91hM
• SciFinder Help Guides http://www.cas.org/support/scifi/index.html
• SciFinder: The Paper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEUXJ7ydpKI&feature=channel_page
• SciFinder: The Party http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_WoAR9GdCQ&feature=channel_page
• Investigating search engines http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/usered/instrpages/searcheng/searcheng.html
• Connotea Free online reference management for all researchers, clinicians and scientists.
• Zotero a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself.

• Anatomy of a Scholarly Article
  
• http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/webevaluation/
  
• http://www.systems.wsu.edu/bin/libdocs/instruction/web_evaluation.pdf

• Library Instruction classes: Zotero, EndNote, EndNote Web, more: http://www.hrs.wsu.edu/Library+Instruction+Page

Syllabus

Accessing Information for Research in Science & Technology
Spring Semester 2010

Course: Gen Ed 300
Section:
Schedule:
Calendar:
Classroom: Owen 465 (seminar) and 319D (computer lab)
Instructor: Linda Crook
Office: Owen 127
Office Hours:
Phone: (509) 335-7601
Email: lcrook@wsu.edu

Course Objectives:
This course focuses on scholarly communication in science and technology as well as concepts, skills and strategies for accessing information in scientific, engineering and technological disciplines. Knowledge and skills in these areas will enable you to become a more informed, skillful user of an entire range of research tools and options, as well as provide you a framework for gathering information in whatever situation you encounter throughout your life.

By the end of the course you should be able to:

• Determine the kind and amount of information you need in a given situation.
• Describe the process of scholarly research and scholarly communication or discourse.
• Describe the characteristics of various information types and formats.
• Use the library catalog and databases, along with the Internet, to find relevant information in multiple formats.
• Correctly acknowledge your sources of information according to standard style manuals.

Emphasis will be on

• Critical evaluation of the quality of information resources.

Course Schedule: TBD

Assignments: TBD. Possibly along these lines:

WSU WorldCat Assignment

Using WSU WorldCat, http://washingtonstate.worldcat.org/, create a list of at least 5 items about the subject (TBD). You must include at least 2 books, at least 2 articles, and at least 1 item of another media type (ebooks, DVDs, visual material, etc).
Email the url of your list to Linda at lcrook@wsu.edu by TBD.

Annotated bibliography

Prepare an annotated bibliography using proper citation style. The bibliography must include a variety of sources and show a high level of critical analysis.

Critical reviews

Use the "4Z" method from Career advice: Let's review to write 500 word reviews of:
something important in your field, either a book or a journal article
a resource you find very useful
a resource you find unhelpful, incorrect, and/or misleading
a website