LIBI 100: Library Research Fundamentals Syllabus

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Syllabus Summary  

Course Description: 

Learning how to research is critical to your success in college and beneficial to your life. Through your college career, you will be expected to consult outside sources and think critically about the information that you find. Professors will expect you to find academically rigorous and factual information to complete your research projects and presentations. You will also find that strong research skills will support your professional and personal life too. This class is cumulative, meaning that what you learn one week will build on ideas that you encountered the week before.

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding for different types of information resources available through libraries and the Internet, their use, and how they are organized
• Identify an effective research topic and research question
• Identify the type of resources which help to answer your research question or topic
• Effectively search, locate, and evaluate information resources to answer the research question/topic
• Cite and annotate the sources you use in your work using APA or MLA

Textbook Information: 

There is no textbook required for this course. Assigned readings will be provided in electronic formats on our course site in Canvas at no additional charge.

Meet Your Instructor:  

Susan Hoang, MLIS
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In addition to teaching this course, I'm also a Librarian at Santa Ana College’s Nealley Library. I’m been at SAC for the last 2.5 years after spending 4 years of snowy winters in Minnesota. I’m originally from CA and enjoy cooking in my Instant Pot, hiking (I just finished a wilderness class and went snow backpacking), walking all the stairs in Los Angeles, exploring all the counties in California, biking and

Teaching Philosophy:
What is important to me is that you develop effective research processes relevant to your academic, professional, and personal goals. Developing research skills, much like reading and writing, is a lifelong pursuit. People’s needs for different types of information is ever evolving, and one’s research skills can always be improved upon and expanded, regardless of their academic background and experience. This course is cumulative and designed to introduce you to the intricacies of research in a step-by-step or scaffolded manner leading up to the final project. Therefore, in order to be successful in this class and develop your research abilities holistically and in a conscientious manner, you will need to complete all of the readings, assignments, and activities by the deadlines indicated in our course site on Canvas.  I see us as a learning community where we work together, share ideas, and learn from each other as supportive colleagues. We each bring a unique set of valuable knowledge and experience to this class.