Your Handout for this Session
Your Librarian for this Session
Aisha Conner-Gaten
she/her/hers
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EXT 5578
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Subjects: Accounting, Business Administration, Computer Applications & Business Office Technology, Computer Science - Information Systems, English as a Second Language, Entrepreneurship, Information Competency & Library Science, Library Workshop Program, Linguistics, Medical Office Administration, Real Estate
Welcome to ESL 151!
WELCOME TO THE Spring 2025 ESL 151 CampusGuide with Prof. McGrath.
This guide will help you complete the argumentative research paper on a current debate or controversial issue. You will choose a topic and find 5-8 sources for your argument.
In this library session, you will:
- identify background sources
- find online sources
- evaluate a source using the SIFT & PICK method
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CampusGuide Outline
- Sources and Credibility
- Sources in the Library and Online
- Evaluating Sources in the Library and Online
Take 2 minutes to think and write on your handout about the last time you needed to find information or answer a question about something.
- First, think about "How do you usually find information online?” and write down what you normally do.
- Second, ask yourself “How do you know if it’s good information?" and write down your own definition of "good information".
We will then take 2 minutes to share out some of the answers. You don't have to share but it is helpful to reflect on your current research process (how you find and make sense of information online).