Module 1 - Selecting

Select: to choose in preference because of a special quality or value.

While at Calhoun you will need to research information for your papers and other assignments. Once you graduate you will most likely continue to research to make informed decisions in your job and your home. The skills you have and continue to develop will make the process of finding information for your assignments, your work and your life much easier.

Print and online resources licensed for Calhoun students and freely available resources offered on the Web create an almost endless amount of information accessible to you. With all of these choices, where do you begin?

This module will focus on the different sources of information, where to find these sources, and how to select the best ones for your research.

After completing this Module 1 of TILT, you should be able to:

Identify a variety of information sources
Recognize that appropriate sources of information will change depending on your needs
Identify characteristics of free information accessible on the Web
Identify characteristics of licensed library resources accessible on the Web
Recognize that library collections are located in buildings and online
List reasons to search Library online databases
Distinguish between popular magazines and peer-reviewed/scholarly journals

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Last updated: 14 September 2023