Current Writing Lab English 100 tutorial objectives

Tutorial 1:  original

• Identify a variety of information sources including:

  books, encyclopedias, periodicals, databases, and the Web.

• Learn how to tell the differences between popular and scholarly information.

• Recognize that library collections are located in buildings and also on the Web

• Know where to look for the type of information you need.

• Realize that the "best" sources of information will change depending on what information you are trying to find.

• Learn how to cite your sources of information

   

  (to do: revised langauge to reflect measurable objectives):

• Identify a variety of information sources including: books, encyclopedias, periodicals, databases, and the Web.

• Differentiate between popular and scholarly information.

• Recognize the difference between library collections that are located in buildings and those that are located "on the Web"

• Develop a strategy to search for various types of information, based on what you need to know.

• Discuss Realize that the "best" sources of information will change depending on what information you are trying to find.

• Cite a wide variety of sources of information 

Plagiarism objectives needed:

Tutorial 2: original

• Realize that the best sources of information will change depending on what information you are trying to find.

• Recognize the types of periodical literature and how to distinguish between popular magazines and scholarly journals.

• Identify the characteristics of information from library resources

• Recognize that library collections are located in buildings and also on the Web

• Understand the basics of citing periodical articles as sources of information.

Tutorial 3: original

• Realize that the best sources of information will change depending on what information you are trying to find.
• Identify the characteristics of information found on the Web and how to evaluate information from the Web.
• Identify the characteristics of information from library resources
• Recognize that library collections are located in buildings and also on the Web
• Know where to look for the type of information you need.  
• Understand the basics of citing sources of information

Note:  the end of the tutorial has these:

• Identify the types and sources of information available to you in the library, through the library on the web and on the web, including: books, reference books, periodical literature (magazines, newspapers and scholarly journals), and webpages.  
• The identify the characteristics of information found on the Web and how and why to evaluate information found on the Web.  Recognize how this information is different from information available throught the library. 
• Recognize that library collections are located in buildings and also on the Web and know how to access and use periodical databases through the library's Web site. 
• Realize that the best sources of information will change depending on what information you are trying to find. 
• Understand where and how to look for the type of information you need.  

• Understand how to cite your sources of information.

Credible sources count (objectives needed)