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Objectives
Module 1:
Getting Started
This
module covers types of information sources you can use for your
topic. When you have completed this section of Searchpath you should be able
to:
- identify
a variety of information sources
- distinguish
between popular and scholarly periodicals
- identify
characteristics of information on the Web
- identify
characteristics of library resources
 Module 2: Choosing a Topic
This
module covers topic selection and how to identify keywords for searching
your topic. When you have completed this module you should be able to:
- broaden
or narrow a topic
- identify
keywords for a topic
- use connectors
and truncation in constructing a search
- understand
the difference between keyword and subject searching
 Module 3: Finding Books
This module
covers how to search MCAT, the U-M library catalog. When you have
completed this module you should be able to:
- recognize
that MCAT contains more than books
- find books
on a topic using a Keyword search
- find books
by title, author, or subject heading
- find journals
by using a Title search
- identify
the location of books or journals
- read a call
number and use it to find items in the library
 Module 4: Finding Articles
This module
covers how to use article indexes to identify articles on a subject.
After completing this module you should be able to:
- choose an
article index appropriate to your information needs
- use it to
identify an article on a topic
- use an index's
email function to send a record to yourself
- search MCAT
to locate the periodical that contains your article
 Module 5: Using the Web
When
you have completed this section of Searchpath, you should be able
to:
- understand
the organization of the Internet
- identify
the major types of Web sites
- use search
engines and metasearch engines to search the Web
- interpret
and evaluate Web search engine results
 Module 6: Citing Sources
This module
covers citing sources, plagiarism, and copyright. When you have
completed this module of Searchpath, you should be able to:
- recognize
different parts of a citation
- know
when to cite sources used in your work
- list ways
of avoiding plagiarism
- understand
the reasons behind copyright laws
 Module 7: Finding Images
This module covers resources for finding images and copyright issues when using the images. When you have completed this module of Searchpath, you should be able to:
- Find images in web-based search engines like Google
- Find images in other web-based image banks
- Find images in UM image databases
- Identify books in Mirlyn that contain images
- Search for images in magazines using Art Index
- Understand copyright basics
- Understand fair use of images
- Download images from the web.
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