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Submitted by Kelly Drifmeyer on February 7th, 2022
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Embedded library modules in online, stand-alone website used by second semester English Composition classes for freshman level students.  This set of modules is co-authored with Mario Leyva, Assistant Director, Instruction and User Services at Our Lady of the Lake University, and Forrest Davidson. All coursework and assignments are available for download; quizzes available upon request.

Relevant links: 
OLLU Library Instruction: ENGL 1314
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Library Learning Outcomes 1.) The student will be able to develop and apply keywords to conduct iterative Boolean searching in a library database. 2.) The student will be able to differentiate types of sources by analyzing the need and purposes of information sources. 3.) The student will be able to locate and choose sources based on their specific subject needs. 4.)The student will be able to analyze and critique information sources by applying evaluation criteria. 5.) The student will be able to accurately compose and / or edit a scholarly citation in their assigned citation style.

Discipline: 
Library and Information Science

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Mario Leyva
Suggested Citation: 
Drifmeyer, Kelly. "Academic Library Information Literacy Modules: First year / freshman embedded coursework." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2022. https://projectcora.org/assignment/academic-library-information-literacy-modules-first-year-freshman-embedded-coursework.
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Submitted by Sala Shierling on September 28th, 2021
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This sample activity corresponds to a chapter in the upcoming (2022) ACRL title: Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians.

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Critical Reading Activity Example - Activity 8 - Putting It All Together - Popular Source Connectiondisplayed 1089 times169.89 KB
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The student will apply practical critical reading skills to a variety of pre-sources in order to select, search, identify, and retrieve pertinent information sources.

Discipline: 
Psychology

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Suggested Citation: 
Shierling, Sala. "Critically Reading the Pre-Source (Putting It All Together - A Popular Source Connection)." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2021. https://projectcora.org/assignment/critically-reading-pre-source-putting-it-all-together-popular-source-connection.
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Submitted by Sala Shierling on September 28th, 2021
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This sample activity corresponds to a chapter in the upcoming (2022) ACRL title: Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians.

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Critical Reading Activity Example - Activity 6 - Critically Reading the Thesaurusdisplayed 996 times361.67 KB
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The student will apply practical critical reading skills to identify discipline specific terminology in order to find pertinent information sources.

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Psychology

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Shierling, Sala. "Critically Reading the Pre-Source (Database Thesaurus)." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2021. https://projectcora.org/assignment/critically-reading-pre-source-database-thesaurus.
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Submitted by Sala Shierling on September 28th, 2021
Short Description: 

This sample activity corresponds to a chapter in the upcoming (2022) ACRL title: Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians.

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Critical Reading Activity Example - Activity 5 - Critically Reading the Author Indexdisplayed 1088 times167.21 KB
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The student will apply practical critical reading skills in order identify key contributors and writings in the psychology discipline

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Psychology

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Suggested Citation: 
Shierling, Sala. "Critically Reading the Pre-Source (Author Index)." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2021. https://projectcora.org/assignment/critically-reading-pre-source-author-index.
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Submitted by Sala Shierling on September 28th, 2021
Short Description: 

This sample activity corresponds to a chapter in the upcoming (2022) ACRL title: Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians.

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Critical Reading Activity Example - Activity 4 - Abstracts(Determining secondary vs primary research)displayed 1036 times196.92 KB
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The student will apply practical critical reading skills in order to distinguish primary and secondary empirical research studies. 

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Psychology

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Suggested Citation: 
Shierling, Sala. "Critically Reading the Pre-Source (Abstract to determine secondary or primary research)." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2021. https://projectcora.org/assignment/critically-reading-pre-source-abstract-determine-secondary-or-primary-research.
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Submitted by Sala Shierling on September 28th, 2021
Short Description: 

This sample activity corresponds to a chapter in the upcoming (2022) ACRL title: Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians.

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Critical Reading Activity Example - Activity 3 - Critically Reading the Pre-Sourcedisplayed 930 times761.29 KB
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The student will apply practical critical reading skills in order to determine source pertinence for an information need.

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Psychology

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Suggested Citation: 
Shierling, Sala. "Critically Reading the Pre-Source (Full Citations)." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2021. https://projectcora.org/assignment/critically-reading-pre-source-full-citations.
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Submitted by Sala Shierling on September 28th, 2021
Short Description: 

This sample activity corresponds to a chapter in the upcoming (2022) ACRL title: Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians.

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Critical Reading Activity Example - Activity 2 - Critically Reading Brief Citationsdisplayed 945 times435.94 KB
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The student will apply practical critical reading skills in order to determine citation relevancy for a given information need.

Discipline: 
Psychology

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Suggested Citation: 
Shierling, Sala. "Critically Reading the Pre-Source (Brief Citations)." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2021. https://projectcora.org/assignment/critically-reading-pre-source-brief-citations.
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Submitted by Sala Shierling on September 28th, 2021
Short Description: 

This sample activity corresponds to a chapter in the upcoming (2022) ACRL title: Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians.

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Critical Reading Activity Example - Activity 1 - Critically Reading the Pre-Sourcedisplayed 1213 times310.47 KB
Learning Outcomes: 

The student will apply practical critical reading skills in order to determine database (information resource) relevancy to an information need.

Discipline: 
Psychology

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Suggested Citation: 
Shierling, Sala. "Critically Reading the Pre-Source (Scope Notes/Database Descriptions)." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2021. https://projectcora.org/assignment/critically-reading-pre-source-scope-notesdatabase-descriptions.
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Submitted by Nicole Hennig on September 8th, 2021
Short Description: 

Use this virtual mind-map to focus a topic and generate keywords for searching.

Relevant links: 
Mind Mapping for Focusing Your Topic
Learning Outcomes: 

Students will come up with synonyms for their topic keywords and combine them in a Boolean search.

Discipline: 
Communication StudiesEnglishHistoryLiberal Studies

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Collaborators: 
Yvonne Mery
Suggested Citation: 
Hennig, Nicole. "Mind Mapping for Focusing Your Topic." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2021. https://projectcora.org/assignment/mind-mapping-focusing-your-topic.
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Submitted by Nicole Hennig on September 8th, 2021
Short Description: 

Learn how to read a scholarly article and identify the parts.

Relevant links: 
Anatomy of a Scholarly Article
Learning Outcomes: 

The student will learn to identify each section of a scholarly paper and understand its purpose.

Discipline: 
Communication StudiesEnglishHistoryLiberal Studies

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This tutorial can serve as a stand-alone tutorial or can be used in the flipped classroom.

Collaborators: 
Yvonne Mery
Suggested Citation: 
Hennig, Nicole. "Anatomy of a Scholarly Article." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2021. https://projectcora.org/assignment/anatomy-scholarly-article.
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