Information literacy is the set of skills required to find, evaluate, and use information.

Tips for Writing Research Paper

What is a scholarly article?

What is considered a primary resource in this discipline?

How can I thoroughly search the scholarly literature on my subject?

How do I evaluate a resource's appropriateness for this assignment?

How does scholarly communication function within this discipline?

What sort of information is most appropriate for answering my question?

By the end of your Library Instruction Session for English 102, students should: 

• Be introduced to methods for developing and organizing your research
• Understand a research assignment as a series of tasks: exploring, finding, reading, evaluating, interpreting, synthesizing
• Understand how language conveys and constructs knowledge and establishes or disrupts authority
• Be able to engage in multiple modes of library research
• Understand research as a process of gathering, assessing, interpreting, and using information sources
• Understand the basics of Literary Criticism
• Learn to use technology to facilitate research and drafting
• Be reflective about research and writing processes