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Teach Information Literacy & Critical Thinking

Clay Gediman&

Esther GrassianPierce College Library

18 Sep 2015

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Agenda

Website Evaluation Topic Broadening & Narrowing Database Selection &

Searching Avoiding Plagiarism OERs + Online & In-Person

Help Guide: Teach Information

Literacy Questions Welcome!

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Guide: Information Literacy...

https://sites.google.com/site/teachinfolit/

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“Hoax, Scholarly Research, Personal Opinion? You Decide!”

https://goo.gl/Ww6O8S

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Topic Broadening/Narrowing

“Focus” by Dimitris Kalogeropoylos, September 30, 2008.https://www.flickr.com/photos/dkalo/2902351751/

CC:By-SA

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Topic Broadening

Hispanic women 85 and older in L.A. need protection from abuse in nursing homes.

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Key Topic Words

Hispanic Women 85 and older L.A. Abuse Nursing homes

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Related Words/Concepts

Hispanic women: Latin*; Chican*

85 and older: Senior Citizen*; Elderly

L.A.: California; Los Angeles Abuse: Neglect; Violen* Nursing homes: Long-Term

Care

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Topic Narrowing

Broad topic: Immigration Limiters…

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Topic Narrowing

Broad topic: Immigration Limiters…

Timeframe: 1940s – 1950s Geographic Region: California Person/Group: Braceros Event/Aspect: Living conditions

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Topic Sentence/Argument

“Poor living conditions for Braceros did not improve over a 10-year period they worked in California, from the 1940s to the 1950s.”

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Legalizing Marijuana Form small groups Pick 2 or more limiters (5 min.):

Timeframe Geographical Region Person/Group Event/Aspect

Write a topic sentence or argument Report to the class...

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Your LACCD Library! 

“Children who text frequently are good

readers.”

“Texting boy,” September 17, 2011 http://goo.gl/7XoGPX CC:BY

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Which Database?

Subject Matter? Time Period? Publications?

Academic Search Complete

Topics: Arts & Humanities, Sciences, Social Sciences

Materials: Magazines & Journals + more (13,200 publications)

Time: 1887 - present

Let’s try it...

“elmo (#16044)” by mark sebastian, December 18, 2006https://www.flickr.com/photos/markjsebastian/325820210/ CC:BY-SA

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“Children who text frequently are good

readers.”

“Texting boy,” September 17, 2011 http://goo.gl/7XoGPX CC:BY

Evaluate Results!

Get Copies

Click on:

OR

Print:

OR

Email to yourself:

Don’t pay for articles!

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Key Points Pick Useful Database Can search, display, save Look for…

Online Help Boolean Operators Truncation (Wild Card) Symbols Descriptors/Subjects (controlled

vocab) DON’T PAY FOR ARTICLES!!

Avoiding Plagiarism

“Plagiarism: Don’t Do It”

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OERs + Online Student Help

OER Guide 24/7 Reference Chat ½ hour Research Appointments Subject Guides

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Questions?

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Help for Instructors…

Sign up for Instruction Sessions Teach Information Literacy & Critic

al Thinking!

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Review

Information Illiteracy Information Literacy Exercises Online & In-Person Student Help Help for Instructors