Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction to Basic Research Skills

Think Guide for Chapter 1: Topic Narrowing Exercise

Chapter 2. Finding Search Words

Think Guide for Chapter 2: Finding Search Words

Chapter 3. Search Strategies

Think Guide for Chapter 3: Search Strategies

Chapter 4. Fact Finding: Words, Concepts, Events, Places

Chapter 5. Fact Finding: People, Reviews, Criticism

Chapter 6. Finding Books, Maps, Reference Sources

Chapter 7. Searching and Evaluating Internet Sources

Think Guide for Chapter 7: Evaluation of Web Sources

Chapter 8. Finding Magazine and Newspaper Articles

Chapter 9. Citing in Style and Summarizing

Annotated Bibliography: For our educators

Appendices

Appendix 1: Dewey Decimal Classification

Appendix 2: Acceptable User Agreement

Appendix 3: Lesson Plan: Examples for Collaborative Projects

Appendix 4: Pre-test: A baseline for information literacy skills

Appendix 5: Scoring Rubrics: Examples for information literacy projects

Appendix 6: Post-test: An example for take home final quiz

Appendix 7: Metacognition: Questions to help the teachers get insight into students' level of awareness

Appendix 8: Online Databases: A checklist for evaluating online services

Appendix 9: Citing in Style

Appendix 10: Summarizing Information Sources

Appendix 11: Sources

Index