Course Specific Research Support for CG 140B: Home

The purpose of this page is to link curriculum requirements, for developmentally-appropriate and discipline-specific research skills, to matching library instruction and information literacy support outcomes.

Career and Life Planning course outcomes related to research skills:

Other indicators of required research or information seeking:

From the Course Description:

"Covers how to research career information."

From the Outcome and Assessment Strategies:

"Presentations and reports related to information gained through career information sources."

From the Course Content:

"Research occupational/career information using various methods (informational interviews, career resource center, internet)."

 

Bridging competencies to support research and information seeking at this level:

  • Understand how describe an area interest,  to define a topic to search for, and alternative search terms
  • Skim result lists to locate relevant sources, when search terms are not in the titles or abstracts
  • Use metacognition to adapt topic definition and search strategy

Librarian Instructional Objectives:

1. Select databases for vocational and career information

2. Track elements for attributing sources

Corresponding research and information seeking outcomes for CG140B

1. Navigate library website to locate various information searching tools including online catalog, article databases and electronic reference tools

2. Locate library database descriptions and learn their interfaces

3. Identify bibliographic information required for citations, from various types of sources

4. Differentiate citations from sources, locating generated citations or use a citation generator

Placement of courses on an Information Literacy Continuum

Courses Instructional Stages Student's Developmental Stage

CG 101
CG 135T
CG 145

Connecting to 
College

1. I know where the library is located and about some of the services provided.

CG 105
CG111A
CG 130
CG130H
​CG140A
CG140B 
CG140C
CG 209

 

Information Seeking

2. I can identify a topic, and identify useful information sources to read about it.

 

Information
Literacy Skills

3. I can develop a topic statement, locate and use library sources, and begin  informational research.

 

 

 

Academic or Career/
Technical Related

4. I evaluate the sources I have found for relevancy to my field, and I know who some of the experts are.

 
Inquiry and Exploration for
Research

5. I can identify pro- and con-positions on a topic. I can identify the perspectives of various experts in a field.

 
Discipline- or Area
of Study Specific

6. I can support my position on an issue with evidence. I can accurately summarize the scholarly or professional conversation.

 

Librarian Liaison to the Advisors' SAC (Subject Area Committee)

Contact: Torie Scott,  Librarian at the Cascade campus

Librarian subject collectors for: Developmental Education

Campus Librarians, supporting College Survival related subjects research

For information about this page:

To update Course outcomes, contact: Pam Kessinger