Course Specific Research Support for CG 135T: 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 Encounters: Transportation course outcomes related to research skills:

Other indicators of required research or information seeking:

From the Course Description:

"Includes lectures covering how to research information about targeted careers and the realities of the world of work."

From the Outcomes Assessment Strategies:

  • Utilize electronic and print career resources to research and report on occupations relevant to the programs included.
  • Research and identify training programs for specific occupations.

 

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

Corresponding research and information seeking outcomes for CG135T

  1. Navigate library website to locate sources, including books and articles, for trade occupations
  2. Evaluate sources for relevance and currency
  3. Identify useful trade organizations for job openings and training opportunities

Librarian Instructional Objectives:

  •  Locate and use databases for vocational and career information
  • Identify producers of current and reliable career information
  • Track elements for attributing sources

Knowledge Practices and Dispositions

Oregon Library Standards Learning Goals

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To update Course outcomes, contact: Pam Kessinger