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 Module 1: Starting Smart
This module covers types of information sources you can use for your topic. When you have completed this section of Searchpath you should be able to:
- identify a variety of information sources
- distinguish between popular and scholarly periodicals
- identify characteristics of information on the Web
- identify characteristics of library resources
 Module 2: Choosing a Topic
This module covers topic selection and how to identify keywords to search your topic. When you have completed this module you should be able to:
- broaden or narrow a topic
- identify keywords for a topic
- use connectors and truncation in constructing a search
- understand the difference between keyword and subject searching
 Module 3: Finding Books
This module covers how to search the library catalog. When you have completed this module you should be able to:
- recognize that the catalog contains more than books
- find books on a topic using a Keyword search
- find books by title, author, or subject heading
- find journals by using a Title search
- identify the location of books or journals
- read a call number and use it to find items in the library
 Module 4: Finding Articles
This module covers how to use article indexes to identify articles on a subject. After completing this module you should be able to:
- choose an article index appropriate to your information need
- use it to identify an article on a topic
- use an index's email function to send a record to yourself
- search the library catalog to locate the periodical that contains your article
 Module 5: Using the Web
When you have completed this section of Searchpath, you should be able to
- understand the organization of the Internet
- identify the major types of Web sites
- use search engines and metasearch engines to search the Web
- interpret and evaluate Web search engine results
 Module 6: Citing Sources
This module covers citing sources, plagiarism, and copyright. When you have completed this module of Searchpath, you should be able to
- recognize different parts of a citation
- describe when to cite sources used in your work
- list ways to avoid plagiarism
- understand the reasons for copyright
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