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Student Learning outcomes

Students will learn how to

Communicate with PJC Librarians through

•Virtual Reference Desk
•E-mail
•Ask A Librarian
• Search the PJC Library Catalog to find books & e-books
•Implement Boolean Operators in databases to Narrow Search Results
•Locate Journal Articles
•Full-text
•Peer-reviewed (Understand authority as it relates to research)
•Identify & use an appropriate citation format
•Evaluate Internet Sources by using Information literacy
•Improve Your Information Seeking Behavior to continue ongoing scholarly conversation (Carncross 249)

Library Tutorials (videos)

Boolean Operators

•The AND operator
This operator can be used to link two or more terms together to limit your search.
•The OR operator
This operator can be used to broaden your search results.
•The NOT operator
This operator can be used to narrow your search results and help you exclude terms you don't need.

Information literary

Information Literacy Framework

1.Authority Is Constructed and Contextual
2.Information Creation Is a Process
3.Information Has Value
4.Research Is an On-Going Process
5.Scholarship Is a College-Level Conversation
6.Searching Is Strategic Exploration