1. SDCC Senior Project Course HD 495 Learning Outcome: Write a Literature Review on a Selected Topic Your Information Literacy Journal--- Contains your prior library instruction Handouts -- Tutorials -- Links Is a log of your prior sources Contains your reflection on your research strategies ----- can help you achieve these goals

2. SDCC Senior Project

3. Information Literacy Objectives:  Recognize and articulate information need  Identify relevant resource tools  Locate sources  Organize Sources  Evaluate information  Apply information effectively Throughout your college career you have been reflecting on all of these objectives in your Information Literacy Journal

4. SDCC Senior Project Use Our Library Web Site Catalog Interlibrary Loan Library Guides Refworks

5. SDCC Senior Project Use Library Licensed Databases EBSCO -- ProQuest -- PsycINFO 1. Create search strategy-search terms Narrow results using field searches 2. Identify primary sources 3. Locate peer reviewed refereed journals 4. Link directly to Refworks Here is link to a good PsycINFO tutorial http://www.library.gsu.edu/tutorials/port/

6. SDCC Senior Project Website Evaluation A quick review of website evaluation: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html A tutorial on field searching is at: http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson9.shtml

7. SDCC Senior Project APA Citation Style When to cite, quote or paraphrase--Plagarism http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/ Website help for APA style: http://webster.commnet.edu/apa/index.htm Course Text Book: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition American Psychological Association

8. SDCC Senior Project Rubric for Information Literacy Student Competency Levels ACRL StandardSDCC ObjectiveExtraordinary Grade of A Sufficient B- Deficient Fail I. Determines the nature and extent of the information needed. 1. Recognize and articulate information need Describes criteria used to make information decisions and choices Revises research question Cannot define their research question II. Accesses needed information effectively and efficiently. 2. Identify relevant resource tools Selects among various technologies the most appropriate one for the task of extracting the needed information Selects a few appropriate sources Cannot determine which resources to use III. Evaluates information and its sources critically and incorporates selected information into his or her knowledge base and value system. 3. Locate sourcesReviews information retrieval sources and search strategy and expands to include others as needed Uses one database for sources Cannot formulate a search strategy IV. Individually or as a member of a group, uses information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose. 4. Organize sourcesJournal reflects on past successes, failures, and alternative strategies Maintains a journal related to information seeking Journal is unorganized and incomplete V. Understands many of the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information and accesses and uses information ethically and legally. 5. Evaluate information Selects an appropriate documentation style and uses it (APA) consistently to cite sources. Uses APA with Some errors Shows no consistency in citing sources 6. Apply information effectively Uses a variety of sources of high quality Uses average sources Uses questionable sources

9. SDCC Senior Project Oral Presentation Evaluation Form 250 points Speaker_________________________________________________ Evaluation Criteria: 1, Poor____ 2. Weak___ 3. Satisfactory___ 4. Good___ 5. Excellent___ Introduction (Was topic introduced too early?)_____________________________________ Body of Presentation (Main points clear?)________________________________________ Main points supported?______________________________________________________ Main points organized?______________________________________________________ Language accurate and clear?________________________________________________ Conclusion________________________________________________________________ Reinforced central idea______________________________________________________ Delivery Maintained eye contact with audience___________________________________ Avoided distracting mannerisms_______________________________________________ Communicated enthusiasm for topic____________________________________________ Completed with time limit_____________________________________________________ Power Point Creative and supports oral portion of presentation_______________________