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Objective:
Uses background sources (e.g., encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries,
thesauri, textbooks) to identify discipline-specific terminology
that describes a given topic.
Explains what controlled vocabulary is and why it is used.
Identifies search terms likely to be useful for a research topic
in relevant controlled vocabulary lists.
Identifies when and where controlled vocabulary is used in a
bibliographic record, and then successfully searches for additional
information using that vocabulary.
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Practice:
Identify a specialized tool in their discipline and have students
develop a list of terms that would be found in this tool. Then
have them try it to see if they were right. Explain the need
for controlled vocabulary as a searching “short-cut”.
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