Research Guides: Education
LSEE - Information Literacy
LSEE - Information Literacy
Information literacy (the ability to find, evaluate and use information) is a current CSU and HSU initiative. Implementation of information literacy within the LSEE major has historically occurred on a somewhat haphazard and irregular basis since the late 1970s. We are currently formalizing these offerings into an iterative and integrative series of instructional modules to be accomplished within the upperdivision LSEE major course requirements as an integral part of the program philosophy and purpose. Click on the course for the Information Competency Module.
Third Year Courses
- English 424. Introduction to the journals of the discipline of education, both paper and online, and the basic level journal indexes. Introduction to the HSU Library Research Guides: Education web page and especially the guide Library Research in Education. Serves also as review of skills presumably acquired in lower division courses, e.g., use of the catalog to find books and journals, citing styles, plagiarism and other topics covered by the HSU Library Research Roadmap modules.
- Math 308B. Analysis and use of the ERIC database, based on the mathematical concepts underlying database construction and searching. Emphasis on search strategy and controlled vocabulary.
- History 311. Use of the Reference Collection, principally subject encyclopedias as scholarly compilations of the literature of a subject or discipline, e.g., Encyclopedia of Philosophy, International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, Encyclopedia of Religion, Dictionary of the History of Ideas, Britannica (9th, 11th, current/online), Chronology of World History, etc. Emphasis on ethical uses of information.
- Geography 470. Finding and using government information, particularly demographic information, both in paper form and online.
Fourth Year Courses
- English 323. Finding biographical and critical information about authors of children's literature in reference works, journals and internet sources, using the HSU Library Research Guides: Children's Literature. Using appropriate sources to identify children's books about particular themes and/or cultural groups.
- Science 431. Evaluating Internet resources using the HSU Library Curriculum Guides: General web page. This page is designed to offer two compare/contrast sets of links for the explicit purpose of evaluating education internet resources which evaluate education internet resources.
- LSEE 411. Advanced use of HSU Library Research Guides: Education web page based on specific course and student needs; linked to the California Frameworks and Standards.