LIB 535 - Using Scholarly Library Resources in Support of Graduate Research

Offered Fall: Yes Offered Winter: Yes Offered Summer: No Offered Other: No

Credits: 2
Hours (Lecture/Discussion/Lab): 2-0-0
Graded: A/F

Prerequisites: None
Co-requisites: None

This course guides graduate students through the process of locating, critically selecting, and managing scholarly sources. Emphasis also on graduate program specific scholarly writing rules of style compliance. Hands-on practice searching of online databases and other Internet resources is an integral part of the course. Issues discussed and applied include plagiarism, authorship & publishing research, using program-specific databases, organization, critical thinking, content evaluation, and copyright basics. Appropriate for any discipline at any graduate level.