5/5/2024 5:53:26 AM	LIR 770 Course Outline as of Fall 2019	Reinstated Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  LIR 770	Title:  LIBRARY RESEARCH SKILLS
Full Title:  Library Research Skills Lab
Last Reviewed:2/25/2019

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	0	Lecture Scheduled	0		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	0
Minimum	0	Lab Scheduled	0		1 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	10.00			Contact DHR	175.00
		Contact Total	10.00			Contact Total	175.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  0.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 175.00

Title 5 Category:  Non-Credit
Grading:  Non-Credit Course
Repeatability:  27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  LIBSC 770

Catalog Description:

An open-entry/open-exit class for students who seek supplementary research instruction intended to strengthen skills and reinforce mastery of concepts taught in a referring course or courses. Instruction directly supports research learning objectives and assignments from multiple courses required in the GE and CE patterns including but not limited to AGRI 10, ANTHRO 1, ART 1.1, ART 1.2, ART 2.3, ASL 3, BIO 10, CHEM 1A, CHEM 1B, CHILD 10, COMM 1, COMM 7, COUN 10, CS 5, EMC 133B, ENGL 50, ENGL 1A, ENGL 5, ENVS 12, ESL 100, ESL 10, FDNT 10, HIST 17.1, HIST 18.1, MICRO 5, NR 75C-D, PHIL 3, PHIL 5, POLS 1, PSYCH 1A, PSYCH 1B, PSYCH 3, PSYCH 30, SOC 2, and SOC 5.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

An open-entry/open-exit class for students who seek supplementary research instruction intended to strengthen skills and reinforce mastery of concepts taught in a referring course or courses. Instruction directly supports research learning objectives and assignments from multiple courses required in the GE and CE patterns including but not limited to AGRI 10, ANTHRO 1, ART 1.1, ART 1.2, ART 2.3, ASL 3, BIO 10, CHEM 1A, CHEM 1B, CHILD 10, COMM 1, COMM 7, COUN 10, CS 5, EMC 133B, ENGL 50, ENGL 1A, ENGL 5, ENVS 12, ESL 100, ESL 10, FDNT 10, HIST 17.1, HIST 18.1, MICRO 5, NR 75C-D, PHIL 3, PHIL 5, POLS 1, PSYCH 1A, PSYCH 1B, PSYCH 3, PSYCH 30, SOC 2, and SOC 5.

(Non-Credit Course)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Demonstrate increased skill and knowledge in locating, analyzing, and synthesizing research

    that is specific to the subject area and/or courses for which students sought assistance.

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Develop confidence with the recursive and exploratory process of academic research

    contextualized to the learning objectives and assignments of the referring course(s).

2. Incorporate scholarly research practices obtained through individualized library instruction to

    identify and critically analyze multiple diverse sources of information.

3. Select, synthesize, and integrate research materials into assignments with understanding of the

    ethical implications of source attribution to avoid plagiarism.

Topics and Scope

I. Topics will include and relate to referring course content from across the curriculum as

    appropriate to student needs.

II. Students will receive specific instruction on use of complex academic library research

    databases and information discovery systems including interpretation and

    management of search results.

III. The contextualized instruction session will cover scholarly research practices of inquiry,

    search techniques, critical analysis of relevance and authority, managing sources and

    discipline specific documentation style.

IV. Strategies will include increasing familiarity with a research topic, and distinguishing

    between factual, interpretive, popular, scholarly primary, secondary, evidence-based

    and other information types.

Assignments:

Supplemental work on referring courses' assignments

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 0 - 0%
None
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 0%
None
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 100 - 100%
Improved ability to complete referring courses’ assignments

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Instructor prepared materials

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