Thursday, December 12, 2013

Literacy Guide for Adult Learners


Literacy Guide                      Population:  Adult Learners

Introduction:

·        What is a Literacy Guide?

·        Why it is beneficial to you?

·        How it works?

Finding Information:

·        What are you looking for?

·        Search Options:

o   Library sources

o   Research guides

o   Research strategies

o   Video and multi-media


·        Types of Information:

o   Books

o   Research articles

o   Scholarly Journals vs. magazines

o   Google Scholar

o   Web searching

·        Examples – situations

·        Practice Run – (a couple of questions where you practice searching for information)

Now you have the information – what next?

·        How to evaluate?

·        What bias is it written from?

·        Who is the source – are they credible?

·        Identifying the author’s viewpoints

·        Practice Run – (a couple of papers where you practice identifying the bias or viewpoint written from)

·        Use Evaluating Web Information Worksheet (see exhibit 1)

Ethical Considerations

·        What privacy issues will you run into?

·        Key points on copyright

·        How to acknowledge authorship – various styles: APA,MLA

·        Basics of citing your work

·        Examples of citations

·        References to manuals of citations

·        Practice citations – (have a couple of examples participants need to work through with correct answer so they can check for understanding)

Putting it altogether

·        Share an example that shows the process:

o   Basic question

o   Where I looked?

o   What I found?

o   Determine validity and question bias or viewpoint

o   Citing this work

 


Reference:

Miller, J. (2013). Teach library research in your own classroom.  Retrieved 12/1/2013 from: http://library.sunyacc.edu/content.php?pid=43630&sid=322448

Miller, J. (2013). Web searching: Tips, evaluation, more. Retrieved 12/1/2013 from: http://library.sunyacc.edu/content.php?pid=42604&sid=313722

 

 

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