Instruction
Library 110
Library 110 is a one-credit hour class designed to teach basic information literacy skills to first year and transfer students. The course familiarizes students with an array of online information resources and introduces them to specific UNL Libraries services and resources.
The objectives of the course include enabling students to:
- Recognize features common to databases and search engines, as well as understand the impact of different kinds of searches on the information retrieved.
- Carefully evaluate and analyze online information sources for quality and usefulness.
- Identify which resources will be most useful for specific research needs.
- Generate terms appropriate to specific research as well as refining search strategies.
- Search the UNL Libraries Catalog to find materials and interpret information found there.
- Locate library service points and materials, as well as understand different services the University Libraries provide.
Library 110 is offered five times during the academic year. Two non-concurrent 7-week classes (consisting of numerous sections) are held during fall and spring semesters. One class is held during the 5-week summer session.
Library 110 is largely independent-study in nature, and students are responsible for accessing and working through web-based units that cover topics and skills related to the course. Each unit contains text as well as graphical material and graded exercises.
For additional information about the course, contact Susan Leach at sleach1@unl.edu or in the Library Instruction Office (N201 Love Library/(402)472-0703). Signe Boudreau, the LI110 Professor-of-Record, can also be contacted through the Library Instruction Office
