Credit Courses
The following courses were taught recently and will be offered again; check the Schedule of Classes to find out when. Faculty can also contact a subject specialist librarian for assistance with Fiat Lux classes.
Fiat Lux: How to Stop Just Googling... and Find the Really Good Stuff!
With so many search results in Google for any topic, important questions arise: Are these items accurate, complete, authoritative, and up to date? What is their purpose and point of view? Who is the intended audience? General Web search tools find free sites in the "visible Web," some of which may be useful but many not. Hiding in the "invisible Web" are important databases like PsycINFO, Modern Language Association Bibliography, and PubMed, which list scholarly research materials that may support or refute what can be found through general Web search tools. This one-unit course will help students save time, prepare better papers, and become more powerful information researchers. Topics include researching secrets, tips, and tricks to help students identify, locate, evaluate, and use quality research materials effectively and responsibly. The course supports GE Cluster social sciences- and humanities-oriented research papers; it is open to freshmen only.
English Composition 123: Information Literacy and Research Skills
This one-unit course will help students become information literate by learning how to identify, locate, critically evaluate, and use print and electronic information effectively and ethically. It is closely interwoven with Writing Programs courses that have information- or research-related assignments. It can be taken P/NP or for a letter grade; the prerequisite is satisfaction of the Writing I requirement.
