Teach Information Literacy

& Critical Thinking

Clay Gediman
&

Esther Grassian
Pierce 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

Guide: Information
Literacy...
https://sites.google.com/site/teachinfolit/

Hoax, Scholarly Research,

Personal Opinion? You
Decide!
https://goo.gl/Ww6O8S

Topic
Broadening/Narrowing

Focus by Dimitris Kalogeropoylos, September 30, 2008.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dkalo/2902351751/
CC:By-SA

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!

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Children who text

frequently are good
readers.

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

Which Database?

Subject Matter?
Time Period?
Publications?

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Academic Search
Complete

Topics: Arts & Humanities,

Sciences, Social Sciences
Materials: Magazines & Journals +
more (13,200 publications)
Time: 1887 - present

Lets try it...

elmo (#16044) by mark sebastian, December 18, 2006

https://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:

Dont pay for articles!

Key Points

Pick Useful Database

Can search, display, save
Look for

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

DONT PAY FOR ARTICLES!!

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Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarism: Dont Do It

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OERs + Online Student

Help

OER Guide
24/7 Reference Chat
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 & Critica
l Thinking!

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Review

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

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