Potential Learning Outcomes for Library Instruction Sessions
I recommend a maximum of 3 outcomes per session.
- Students will identify and articulate a research question.
- Students will identify keywords that represent a research topic and use keywords to find useful information sources.
- Students will identify databases and resources relevant to their major field of study.
- Students will find known items via title or author on the web or in a database.
- Students will observe scholarly communication conventions in a discipline.
- Students will find information from appropriate resources.
- Students will evaluate information sources for relevance, authority, perspective, currency.
- Students will analyze a resource's arguments and research methods.
- Students will cite and document sources appropriately for their discipline.
- Students will use information ethically.
- Students will articulate a research plan including a range of methods and strategies.