First Year Seminar library instruction is designed to help you do the following:
- Find the routes to books, articles and library services on the Library Home Page
- Understand where various types of publications appear in an Information Cycle*
- Know when reference and background materials will assist your research process
- Perform multiple-term searches in HamCAT
- Differentiate among records for books and articles in HamCAT
- Locate books and full-text articles
- Evaluate the sources you uncover for:
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audience
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authority
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bias
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purpose
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relevance
Student competency in these skills is measured by the library tutorial, in-class activities, and assignments provided by the FYSEM professor for this course.
*Image from Thompson River University Information Cycle Guide