Skyline College Library

INFORMATION LITERACY INSTRUCTION

ENGL 100 – SPRING 2010
Professor Jeff Westfall
Dennis Wolbers (Instruction Librarian)



I.  WORKSHOP TIMELINE:

Monday, April 19: In-class Workshop #1:
“Search Tool Selection and Search Strategy”

Research focus: The homeless situation in the SF Bay Area

(Meet in library classroom)


Monday, May 3: In-class Workshop #2:
“A Second Dip into Research: Tips and Tricks”

(Meet in library classroom)

 

Due to Prof. Westfall on or about May 17: Research paper

 

 


II.  TWO ONLINE TUTORIALS TO COMPLETE FOR EXTRA CREDIT:

TUTORIAL #1:

MLA Interactive Tutorial
http://content.tcc.fl.edu/library/activities/mla3/
(from Tallahassee Community College)

 

  • Allow 30 minutes to complete

  • Do the “Hot Spot” quizzes and “Labeling Activities” as you go through the tutorial

  • Complete the 10 questions in the “Final Assessment”

  • Copy and paste the entire screen containing your “Final Assessment” scored answers into an email window and send it to: Wolbers@smccd.edu

  • Type your name in the email window before you paste your scored answers.

  • Subject line in your email to Wolbers should read: “MLA Tutorial Score”

 


TUTORIAL #2:

Evaluating Internet Sites 101
http://library.albany.edu/usered/wwwdex/index.html

  • After you finish the tutorial, copy and paste the “Course Credit Acknowledgment” form into an email window and send it to me: Wolbers@smccd.edu.  Be sure to type your name in the email window before you paste the form.



III.  RESEARCH LINKS:


1) BOOKS: PLS ONLINE CATALOG

2) PERIODICALS: POWERSEARCH DATABASE

 

 3) WEBSITES: GOOGLE



 

 

IV. ONLINE TUTORIALS: (Optional)

Boolean Operators

http://lib.colostate.edu/tutorials/booleanadv_info.html


Truncation

http://lib.colostate.edu/tutorials/truncation_info.html



MLA Style
(An in-depth tutorial from Hunter College of the City University of New York)
http://library.hunter.cuny.edu/tutorials/mla/mla_tutorial.html

 

 

 

By Dennis Wolbers
last revised: 4-1-10
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA