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Standard 1-Outcome 1E

Standard One - Outcome 1E

Standard One
The information literate student determines the nature and extent of the information needed.

Performance Indicators

1. The information literate student defines and articulates the need for information.

Outcomes Include:

E. Identifies key concepts and terms that describe the information need.

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Objective:

Lists terms that may be useful for locating information on a topic.

Identifies and uses appropriate general or subject-specific sources to discover terminology related to an information need.

Decides when a research topic has multiple facets or may need to be put into a broader context.

Identifies more specific concepts that comprise a research topic.

Practice:

Use technology to help identify key concepts. Jump in with a few key words. Use the abstracts/records from databases to add to the list of keywords and concepts.”

Have students generate synonyms and broader and narrower terms and discuss how their results would be different if they pitched different terms.





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