Course Specific Research Support for HST 202: Home
History of the United States 1840-1914 course outcomes related to research skills:
- HST 202 CCOGIdentify and investigate historical theses, evaluate information and its sources, and use appropriate reasoning to construct evidence-based arguments on historical issues.
Other indicators of required research or information seeking:
From the Outcome and Assessment Strategies:
"Research projects."
From the Course Content:
Analyze and evaluate primary and secondary sources
- Connect evidence to its relevant historical context
- Analyze and evaluate written, artistic, or other evidence
- Assess the motivation and purpose of evidence
Bridging competencies to support research and information seeking at this level:
- Define a research topic in a hierarchical fashion, broad to specific
- Differentiate between databases for relevance to topic
- Differentiate key words from subject headings
- Use reference tools for building background knowledge
Corresponding research and information seeking outcomes for HST 202
1. Gather reliable secondary sources for background information
2. Use search strategies familiar to historians
3. Choose primary sources and historical documents for use in essays
Librarian Instructional Objectives:
1. Define general indicators of credibility
2. Compare and evaluate open web and sources from databases for historicity and validity
3. Use specialized search engines, library databases and journal browsing to locate sources that historians would use
Placement of courses on an Information Literacy Continuum
Courses | Instructional Stages | Student's Developmental Stage |
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Connecting to College |
1. I know where the library is located and about some of the services provided. |
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Information Seeking |
2. I can identify a topic, and identify useful information sources to read about it. |
HST 100 |
Information
Literacy Skills
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3. I can develop a topic statement, locate and use library sources, and begin informational research. |
HST101H
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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. |
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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. |
History courses with outcomes related to research and information seeking
Librarian Liaison to the History SAC (Subject Area Committee)
- Contact: Veronica Vichit-VadakanLibrarian, at the Cascade campus
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To update Course outcomes, contact: Pam Kessinger