Use of online catalog



Common Learning Outcomes for First Year Information Literacy

| |Use of online catalog |Citation |Understanding Development of |Evaluation of Sources |Database Use and other |What is Information |

| | | |Research Strategy | |online materials | |

|Novice |Cannot identify the |Does not document sources and|Unable to identify the formats |Does not analyze; |Cannot identify any |Believes all information to be |

| |catalog; regularly asks |does not understand the need.|needed. Does not know who or when |accepts all information|database. Relies mainly on|equally valid. |

| |for assistance using and |Cannot write or identify the |to ask for help. Uses one source |as equally valid. |Google. | |

| |locating items. |elements of a citation. |(probably Google) for everything. | | | |

| | |Does not understand |Does not understand how much time | | | |

| | |plagiarism. |research takes. Cannot understand | | | |

| | | |research need. | | | |

|Practitioner |Understands what is in the|Knows what information is |Understands that there are |Understands that search|Can identify some |Understands difference between |

| |database; knows what the |needed to write a citation; |different types of formats. Knows |engines do not vet web |database(s), but does not |opinion and fact, may not be |

| |call number is. Can |knows when to cite. |when to ask for help. Knows to use|pages, but may not |always use them. Asks for |able to distinguish that |

| |differentiate between |Rudimentary understanding of |more than one source. Understands |understand that |help to choose appropriate|difference. |

| |reference, circulating, |plagiarism. |that good research takes time. |analysis of other |database. Uses Google when| |

| |and other collections. | |Needs help formulating question. |resources is also |appropriate. | |

| | | | |necessary. | | |

|Expert |Understands catalog |Can write an appropriate |Selects proper formats for |Analyzes all resources |Uses appropriate database |Understands and can identify |

| |record. Understands |citation in the style needed;|information needs. Uses a variety |for accuracy. |for research need. |bias/opinion. Recognizes that |

| |different search skills |understands and respects |of resources effectively. Uses | |Understands the value of a|there is a difference between |

| |(e.g. keyword, subject, |intellectual property. |Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) | |subscription database. |popular and scholarly material.|

| |browse). Understands how |Understands that they are |effectively. Modifies strategy as | | | |

| |to use subject terms. |contributing to the |research progresses; breaks down | | | |

| | |knowledge-base of the field. |tasks into manageable time pieces.| | | |

Created by: Ms. Mary Adams, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Dr. Gabriela Adler, Bristol Community College; Ms. Susan Berteaux, Massachusetts Maritime Academy; Dr. Marcia Dinneen, Bridgewater State College; Ms. Jean Marie Fraser, Cape Cod Community College; Ms. Pamela Hayes-Bohanan, Bridgewater State College Ms. Jennifer Rudolph, Massasoit Community College – based on standards created by the Association of College and Research Libraries

Spring 2006

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