- Unit 1: Welcome to Your Information Environment
- Class Lecture
- Activity
- Readings: Login to WebCT and read the LALT 101 Course Syllabus , Information Cycles, Information Timeline , What is Del.icio.us? , Wikipedia "del.icio.us" , Sample Del.icio.us Site
- Unit 2: Managing Your Information Environment
- Class Lecture
- Activity
- Readings: AUC Library Website , AUC Library Catalog , Library Classification Systems , Call Number Tutorial , Library Organization
- Unit 3: RefWorks
- Class Lecture
- Activity
- Readings: RefWorks FAQ
- Unit 4: Finding News Articles
- Class Lecture
- Activity
- Readings: Databases Coverage , Selecting Keywords , Creating a Search Query
- Unit 5: Verifying Information – Finding Facts and Background Information
- Class Lecture
- Activity
- Readings: Reference Works
- Midterm Knowledge Review
- Unit 6: Academic Disciplines, Scholarship, and Sources
- Class Lecture
- Activity
- Readings: Wikipedia "List of academic disciplines" , Database Coverage , Popular and Scholarly Communication , Popular Magazines , Journals
- Unit 7: Finding Opposing Viewpoints
- Class Lecture
- Activity
- Readings: Using a Topic to Generate a Question , Broadening , Narrowing , Broadening and Narrowing Vocabulary
- Unit 8: Critical Reading and Evaluating for Library Research
- Class Lecture
- Activity
- Readings: Credibility , Usefulness , Citations , Reading Citations
- Unit 9: Ethical Use of Information
- Class Lecture
- Activity
- Readings: AUC Academic Integrity Policy
- Unit 10: Putting it all Together
- Begin work on Portfolio
- Unit 11: In Class Peer Review
- Activity
- Final Quiz
- Extra Materials
