Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 SGPP Catalog and Handbook 
    
2017-2018 SGPP Catalog and Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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EL651 Educational Information Literacy (1 cr.)


This course is designed for Saint Mary’s University students enrolled in education-related graduate programs. Topics covered include structured, efficient research strategies; print and electronic information sources; information and source evaluation; and intellectual freedom, copyright, and plagiarism.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

  1. Design and implement effective research strategies, and choose research tools best suited to satisfy any information need.
  2. Identify and retrieve information from credible, authoritative sources relevant to their needs.
  3. Use technology to enhance searching and assist in information evaluation.
  4. Evaluate information and its sources, based on an understanding of credibility, purpose, bias, authorship, intellectual content, and authenticity.
  5. Use and understand library research and reference tools, and information organization and classification.
  6. Analyze information production and the social, political, and ethical results of its creation.
  7. Understand the consequences of accidental and intentional plagiarism.
  8. Utilize and understand APA citation style.
     



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