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GEL 101 Library Module

Judith Downie, Librarian, for Shelli Douglass' class
Office: KEL 3424   Phone: (760)750-4374   Email: jdownie@csusm.edu
Hours: By appointment or drop-in when my door is open

Library Module Meets in KEL 2303

Instruction Evaluation


Syllabus -Spring 2007- for Library Module (Word)


Assignment Guidelines


Homework Due Dates (due at beginning of class)

  • Due 2/19 -- Subject headings exercise using the Library Catalog (see example (Word)
  • Due 2/23 -- One scholarly article (printed in full) we will be using this in class, no points earned if you don't have a scholarly article or it isn't printed out!
  • Due 2/26 -- in class--annotation of article (not a summary or abstract!) Follow the Annotated Bibliography model (item 1) AND turn in your printed full-text scholarly article with 3 key ideas highlighted!!!
    • 2/26 by 5 PM-- Plagiarism Tutorial Checkpoints
  • Due 3/2 at beginning of class -- Annotated Bibliography as discussed in syllabus and described under "Assignment Guidelines"


Plagiarism Tutorial  (as noted above, due by 5 PM on 2/26)

Plagiarism Tutorial Your name AND email address are required. I must receive all THREE checkpoints in order to earn credit.  Full credit of 15 points is given only for all checkpoints being completely correct. (It is a good idea to email to yourself from the VIEW RESULTS screen as a backup.)


Helps

Campus Read Page on the Kite Runner (lots of links to information on Afghanistan)
Word 2003 Viewer (free download) for those without Microsoft Word on home computers
Search Strategies Worksheet (Word)

Day 1

Assignment Calculator (University of Minnesota)

Thesis Builder

Day 2

Guess the Google

Day 5

Characteristics of Popular Magazines and Scholarly Journals (Word)

Day 6

Objective and Subjective Annotations (Word)

Plagiarism and Paraphrasing (Powerpoint)

Day 7

Reading an APA-Style Citation (Word)

Landmark Son of Citation Machine

CSUSM Quick Summary of APA Style Citations

Diana Hacker's APA Style Citation in Text and References

Day 8

Five Criteria for Evaluating a Website (Word)
 

After the Library Module (when final annotated bibliography goes to Professor Douglass.)
Your corrected draft from the library module should be included with your final bibliography and demonstrate improvement in your formatting.
Your annotations for Professor Douglass will be objective, not analytical as seen in this sample!

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