Abstracts
Academic disciplines and fields of study
Almanacs & Directories
Alternate News Sources to Help in Critical Thinking
The Annotated Bibliography
APA bibliographic style
Bibliographies
Biographical Sources
CHANGE, THE 7 LEVELS OF CHANGE/THINKING
----Doing the right things (effectiveness)
----Doing the right things right (efficiency)
----Doing things better (improving)
----Doing away with things (cutting)
----Doing things other people do (copying)
----Doing things no one else is doing (different)
----Doing things that can't be done (impossible)
Chat
College skills needed for this course
College Student: An Introduction to becoming one
College, Succeeding In College: The Student Lifestyle
College, Why Go To College?
COMMUNICATING INFORMATION
----Legal considerations
----Effectiveness considerations
----Written communication
----The MLA style paper
----The APA style paper
----Other considerations
----Web presentations
----PowerPoint presentations
----Other forms of communications
----Improving your writing
----The Book Review
----The Critical Essay
----The Synopsis
----The Annotation
Computer, Operating the Computer
Copying, Doing things other people do (see CHANGE)
Copyright--see ETHICS
Copyright considerations
Copyright laws
CRITICAL THINKING
----What is it?
----Characteristics of critical thinking
----How do you do it?
--------Think in Different Terms
----Mistakes to avoid? (logical fallcies)
----What is critical thinking?
----Why we don't think straight (Sutherland)
----Teaching Critical Thinking
----Defining Critical Thinking
----Criteria for Critical Thinking
----Good thinker vs. poor thinker
----Characteristics of critical thinkers
----Logical Fallacies in thinking
----Humorous Example of Fallacious Thinking
----Strategies for Critical Thinking
----A Hidden Reality --example of need for critical thinking
----Out of Control --another example of the need for critical thinking
----Self-Deception
----Debunking
----Checklist for thinking about an issue
----How to Ask a Question
----Dissent, Civil Disobedience, Other Applications of Critical Thinking
----Alternate News Sources to Help in Critical Thinking
----Other Ways to Help Yourself Think Critically
----Applications of Critical Thinking
--------The news
--------Your life
--------Your research topic
Cutting, Doing away with things (see CHANGE)
Debunking
Decision making
Dictionaries
Different, Doing things no one else is doing (see CHANGE)
DOCUMENTATION
----The necessity of recording information
----Note taking methods
----MLA bibliographic style
--------MLA Exercises
--------APA bibliographic style
----The Annotated Bibliography
----Copyright considerations
----Not getting lost
Doing the right things (effectiveness -see CHANGE)
Doing the right things right (efficiency -see CHANGE)
Doing things better (improving -see CHANGE)
Doing away with things (cutting -see CHANGE)
Doing things other people do (copying -see CHANGE)
Doing things no one else is doing (different -see CHANGE)
Doing things that can't be done (impossible -see CHANGE)
Effectiveness, Doing the right things (see CHANGE)
Efficiency, Doing the right things right (see CHANGE)
Electronic Indexes
E-mail
Encyclopedias
ETHICS & COPYRIGHT LAW
----Definitions of information, knowledge, data, facts, etc.
----Ethics of Information
----Theories of Information Storage and Retrieval
----Theories of Information Organization
----Theories of Information Dissemination
----Copyright Law
EVALUATING INFORMATION
----The need to evaluate
----
Evaluating materials--Differentiating good from bad information
----
Evaluating online resources
----
Evaluating other sources of information
Evaluation of materials
Exams, How to take an exam
Fallacies, logical.. Mistakes to avoid
Geographical sources
Goals, The Goal System: Motivation , see also Time Management, Planning
Gopher
Government Documents
Group Dynamics, Working with Others
GROUPS, WORKING IN
----The value of working in teams
----Group dynamics
----Cooperative learning
----Tips and tricks
Guides to research
How to Ask a Question
Impossible, Doing things that can't be done (see CHANGE)
Improving, Doing things better (see CHANGE)
Indexes
INFORMATION, ACCESSING
----Establish a need
----Understand your purpose
----Narrow the topic
----"Cycling" and "soaking," the immense value of the literature review
INFORMATION ORGANIZATION
----How information is generated
----Academic disciplines and fields of study
----Guides to research
----Channels of information dissemination
--------Academic/scholarly
--------Popular
INFORMATION STUDIES
----
Information Studies, INTRODUCTION to
----
Information, What is it and why study it?
----Information, Why do we need it?
----Information, How do we use it?
INNOVATION, INNOVATIVE THINKING, THINKING "OUTSIDE THE BOX"
----Transform yourself through thinking
----The search for a meaningful life
----Why people don't think
----Improving your thinking abilities
----Become a critical thinker
----Learning to live creatively
----Eliminating constraints
----Success is a habit
Interactive databases
Internet
Learning, Lifelong
Learning, Requirements for Effective Learning
Learning, Super- (metanoia)
LIBRARIES
----Introduction to Libraries
----The Value of Knowing the Library
----History of books
----History of libraries
----Purpose of libraries
----Types of libraries
----Library humor
----PAC and ACCD libraries
----Basic Library organization & Terminology
----Classification Systems and Library Catalogs
--------Classification systems
--------Library Catalogs
--------Call Numbers
Library as source of information
Library, Information in, introduction
Lifelong Learning
Listservs
Logical fallacies, Mistakes to avoid
Manuals & Handbooks
Memory Aids
Metanoia (Super-learning)
Mistakes to avoid? (logical fallacies)
MLA bibliographic style
Motivation, The Goal System: Motivation , see also Time Management, Planning
News Sources, Alternate.. to Help in Critical Thinking
Newspaper Indexes
Note taking methods
Note-taking, Taking Notes In Class
Not getting lost
Online, as source of information
ONLINE INFORMATION
----The Internet
----E-mail
----Listservs
----Chat
----Interactive databases
----Telnet
----Gopher
----The World Wide Web
--------How it works
--------Resources available
--------Methods for searching
--------Evaluation of sites and information
--------Web Copyright issues
Online resources, Evaluating quality of
PC, Operating the Computer
Planning Effectively , see also Goals, Time Management
Post-Test, Course
Pre-Test, Course
Print Indexes
PROBLEM SOLVING
----Intro.
----Defining the issue
----Clarifying your purpose
----Setting criteria
----Establishing priorities
----Searching for solutions
----Testing the Alternatives
----Troubleshooting
Question analysis; how to ask a question
Question, How to Ask a Question
Reading for learning
RECORDING INFORMATION
----The necessity of recording information
----Note taking methods
----MLA bibliographic style
--------MLA Exercises
--------APA bibliographic style
----The Annotated Bibliography
----Copyright considerations
----Not getting lost
REFERENCE MATERIALS
----Introduction to using reference materials
----General encyclopedias
----Specialized subject encyclopedias
----Indexes
----Abstracts
----Using Print Indexes
----Using Electronic Indexes
----Using Newspaper Indexes
----Bibliographies
----Dictionaries
----Yearbooks
----Manuals & Handbooks
----Biographical Sources
----Geographical sources
----Almanacs & Directories
----Government Documents
----Subject reference sources
Research. For the whole topic, see Course Readings
Research, Guides to
RESEARCH PAPER, THE
----From research to paper ("soaking in the literature")
----The necessity of an outline
----Moving information from notes to outline
----Creating a coherent whole
----The necessity of re-writing
RESEARCH PROCESS
----An overview of the process
----Strategy
----Keeping track of what's been done
----Topic selection
--------Analysis of information needs
--------Evaluation of information sources
----Paradigms and models for research papers
----Managing research results
--------Control of research records
--------Copyright laws
--------Documentation
----When are you finished?
Research strategy
SCIENTIFIC/ANALYTICAL METHOD
----How to solve any problem
SEARCH STRATEGIES
----Question analysis; how to ask a question
----Research strategy
----Evaluation of materials
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
----Library
----Online
----Other Sources
Student: An Introduction to becoming one
Study Environment (place): Your Desk and Files
Studying, Introduction & Basic Skills Needed
Succeeding In College: The Student Lifestyle
Super-Learning (Metanoia)
SYNTHESIZING
----Combining alternatives
----The Quaker approach to decisions
----3-sigma thinking tools
----Mind mapping
----Mind shift
SYSTEMS THINKING
----Metanoia
Taking Notes In Class
Telnet
Textbook, using the
Thinking. For the whole topic, see Course Readings
Time Management , see also Goals, Planning
Topic selection
Topic, Your research topic
Vocabulary, Learning
Web, as source of information
WEB INFORMATION
----The Internet
----E-mail
----Listservs
----Chat
----Interactive databases
----Telnet
----Gopher
----The World Wide Web
--------How it works
--------Resources available
--------Methods for searching
--------Evaluation of sites and information
--------Web Copyright issues
Web resources, Evaluating quality of
Web, Using the Web
When are you finished?
Working with Others, Group Dynamics
World Wide Web
----How it works
----Resources available
----Methods for searching
----Evaluation of sites and information
----Web Copyright issues
Writing, see COMMUNICATION INFORMATION
Yearbooks
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