First Year Seminar Information Literacy Goals

Identifies key library services (circulation, information/reference, reserve, Web/software/hardware availability)
Distinguishes between the library catalog, databases, and the free Web as sources of information and can get to these resources
Understands that content differs by information format (books, newspaper articles, advertisements, scientific studies)
Understands that content varies in quality and can be evaluated using certain criteria (authority, purpose, date of publication, point of view)
Understands the Boolean AND as tool in database searching
Conducts author, title, and word searches for books in Sage catalog
Locates books and journal titles using Sage catalog
Understands that library databases are the first best sources for journal articles
Identifies key subject-related resources and indexes