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Gather:
1. Students identify a wide range of potential resources to answer a question.
a. Students understand where and how information is created, including an understanding of scientific methods.
b. Students understand different research methods used in each discipline.
c. Students understand that theories and sources are continually changed and updated.
d. Students understand the difference between scholarly, popular, and trade publications in print or digital format
e. Students distinguish between primary and secondary sources, including techniques for verifying the authenticity of primary documents found on the Internet.
2. Students find information in print, non-print, and digital resources.
a. Students use advanced search options in library catalog and databases
- Students search for information using keyword (Boolean operators, truncation, adjacency, proximity, wild cards)
- Students search for information using controlled vocabulary (subject headings)
-Students create enduring (saved) searches and bibliographies within catalogs and databases.
b. Students retrieve information sources, demonstrating an understanding of various library classification systems. (Dewey, Library of Congress, and other schemes)
c. Students use advanced features of Internet search engines.
-Students find sites that link to a particular site.
-Students use specialized search engines (For example, use Alexa to find related sites, Scirus for scientific information)
-Students use the hierarchy of an URL to navigate a site.
-Students evaluate search results, demonstrating an understanding of how search engines determine rank or relevancy.
-Students search for information on web sites using “tags” and hierarchical directories
3. Students access and retrieve resources form local, regional, state, and national libraries through interlibrary loan (MnLINK.)
4. Students evaluate information sources, considering currency, accuracy, validity, relevance, completeness, bias, intended audience, and purpose.
5. Students read, listen, and view to analyze and identify important ideas and supporting evidence in an information source, using logic and informed judgment to accept or reject information.
6. Students summarize and record information using a variety of methods.
7. Students note direct quotations.
8. Students use a standard format, specific to the discipline, to record bibliographic information for sources used.
9. Students design experiments, surveys, interviews etc. as needed.
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