By the time they graduate, students will be able to:
1. Understand the role the library can play in their success
- Find the library and locate service points and physical collections and study spaces
- Identify and navigate to key services and resources on the library website (research guides, catalog search, intro to research guide)
- Develop self-awareness and confidence ins skills and ask for help when needed
2. Understand research as a process of inquiry and critical thinking
- Consider the research process as open ended exploration and engagement with information
- Value the skills, time, and resources needed to produce knowledge
- Formulate a research question of an appropriate scope for assignment
- Conduct background research to break down broad or complex research questions and focus topic
- Understand how information is created and disseminated
3. Identify and evaluate suitable sources
- Identify appropriate source types based on research questions and assignment requirements
- Critically evaluate information to assess credibility
4. Conduct searches strategically
- Identify relevant search terms and key concepts from a given topic
- Select appropriate search tools that lead to needed information
- Use search techniques to construct queries and modify results
- Retrieve sources by using search tools
5. Use and communicate information appropriately
- Understand how to use sources ethically as well as the value of citing information in scholarly conversation
- Synthesize information from varying sources to create new knowledge, ideas, or understanding
- Understand the legal and societal importance of copyright
6. Recognize that information has value
- Understand that information has value and recognize why some individuals or groups may be underrepresented or marginalized within systems that create and distribute information
- Make informed choices related to the privacy and publication of their personal information
