Finding Information in The Libraries and Beyond:
Information Literacy for your Rhetoric Students
Students frequently lack the skills necessary to find, evaluate and use information to support their stand on a controversial issue or to become an advocate for a certain cause. Students might have difficulty determining when it is more appropriate to use a periodical index rather than Google, and they may also need help understanding ideas like copyright and plagiarism.
In order to find information, students need to be able to navigate both the library and the Web. Many quality indexes, journals, encyclopedias, and other resources that are part of the UI Libraries' collection are available on the Web. Some library services, such as reference, are available both in person and over the Web. See Ask a Librarian.
UI Librarians have a strong commitment to information literacy--the ability to find, evaluate and use information. First-year students can benefit greatly from instruction that helps them develop skills in locating and using information. Librarians would like to work with Rhetoric instructors and faculty as they help their students become more information literate.
In the Matching Program, Rhetoric instructors are "matched" with a librarian who will serve as library contact person or consultant. Your librarian is able to:
If you are a Rhetoric graduate instructor and have not yet been given the name of a librarian who will serve as your library resource person, contact Kathy Magarrell.
2007-08 Librarian-Rhetoric Instructor Partners
The library system offers three state-of-the-art electronic classrooms available by reservation to faculty and other instructors. For more information, or to reserve a classroom in these facilities, see below:
Information Arcade Main Library 335-6465
Information Commons Hardin Library 335-6943
If the Information Arcade Classroom is not available at the time your class meets, you could contact the secretary in the Rhetoric Office to see if there are other classrooms on campus you could use.
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more information, please contact: Kathy Magarrell, Head, Reference and Library Instruction, Main Library, The University of Iowa Libraries Tel. (319) 335-5093 |
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