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Research
Goals For MAP Students |
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The Master of Arts Program regards
the library research process as an integral part of the learning experience.
The mission of the College to facilitate
lifelong learning that enables "students to live productive lives while
achieving a balance between self-fulfillment and service to others" is
directly related to the required library research goals set forth for
all graduate students. Prescott College Library accepts the Information Literacy
Competency
Standards for Higher Education as defined by the Association of College & Research
Libraries in 2000. The information literate individual is able to:
- Determine the extent of information needed
- Access the needed information
effectively and efficiently
- Evaluate information and its sources
critically
- Incorporate selected information into one's knowledge
base
- Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose
- Understand
the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information,
and access and use information ethically
and legally
In applying these standards to MAP, each student
will:
- Know the literature of his/her field. The student will be familiar
with journals in the field, and will understand the publishing
and refereeing process of these journals
- Know the options for accessing
materials on pertinent and relevant
topics. The student will understand the various techniques for
locating materials, i.e., using Library of Congress Subject Headings
to locate
books, and the difference between doing Subject, Keyword, or
Topic searches. The student will be familiar with a variety of
online journal databases, and will understand the difference between
using
these databases
and using a search engine to find information on the Internet.
The student will know how to access materials through Interlibrary
Loan.
- Know how to critically evaluate material in terms of relevance
and validity according to such criteria as authorship, timeliness,
and
scholarly vs. popular source.
- Know the appropriate bibliographic
and documentation format used in his/her discipline, including
information from both
print
and electronic
sources.
- Plan and execute a search strategy showing familiarity
with a variety of sources, including online catalogs
and journal
databases,
print
indexes, the Internet, and non-library sources, including
personal contacts.
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