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Here are some links to web sites and activities to help you build your basic information literacy skills:

GETTING READY TO DO RESEARCH 

• Use the Information Timeline.pdf to help you choose appropriate sources

• Search the Library's  Online Catalog to find some background reading on your topic OR --if you are new to the College--try this tutorial created by CCP Library Faculty Member Jacquelyn Knuckle (works best with Internet Explorer--and remember to turn on your speakers or use headphones for the audio) 

SELECTING SOURCES TO SEARCH: THE "FREE WEB" VS. THE "FEE-BASED WEB"

• Should you use the Wikipedia? (take a look at this video)

• FINDING SOURCES: USING THE WEB WISELY-- use the CRAAP test!  try this tutorial created by CCP Library Faculty Member Jacquelyn Knuckle (works best with Internet Explorer--and remember to turn on your speakers or use headphones)

   

• EVALUATING SOURCES: WHAT TYPES OF INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE? are they objective or subjective?  See: infotypes.pdf

• Some Points to Ponder--

• Do you think you know the difference between Propaganda and Scholarship? [forthcoming]
• Do you know where to find web sites to help sort out censorship and bias in what you read?

• Here are some other tools for  EVALUATING PUBLIC WEB SITES

Still Stuck?  See the General Guides in the sidebar to the right....

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WHERE CAN YOU FIND GOOD SOURCES FOR ARTICLES--ONES YOU CAN TRUST?

• HINT:Try the Library's Article Databases

   

•  More food for thought: Do you know how the time it takes to publish a newspaper or magazine differs from how that of a journal? AND--what does 'scholarly' or 'peer-reviewed' mean?  

 

•  Still unsure?   view this  Example or try this tutorial

 

• BASIC SEARCH GUIDE FOR EBSCOhost

                    Is A Publication Scholarly? try this tutorial I created 

(works best with Internet Explorer--and  remember to turn on your speakers or use headphones)

•  BASIC SEARCH GUIDE FOR JSTOR

   

• Need more help with searching?  try these search tips:searchtips.pdf
• What is Boolean searching? try the Boolean Machine http://kathyschrock.net/rbs3K/boolean/

Still Stuck?  See the General Guides in the sidebar to the right....

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 CITING YOUR SOURCES: WHY DO IT?    take a look at this video

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