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| GST 126 Researching the Electronic Library | |||||||||||||
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| An introduction to effective research techniques using Library electronic resources. Emphasis will be placed upon skills necessary for the identification, retrieval, and evaluation of information for general and specific topics. Students will acquire the competencies necessary to develop an effective search strategy and find research materials, including references to journal articles, full text articles in electronic format, government publications and books. | |||||||||||||
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| GST153 Research on the Internet | |||||||||||||
| 2 Units | |||||||||||||
| An introduction to the information resources available on the Internet for research purposes. Emphasis will be placed upon the identification, retrieval and evaluation of information for general and specific topics. Student will develop general knowledge of the Internet, navigation skills, effective search strategy skills, familiarity with Internet finding tools, evaluation methodologies and other Internet research skills. | |||||||||||||
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| INST420 Electronic Legal Research | |||||||||||||
| 2 Units | |||||||||||||
An introduction to legal research using Westlaw Campus, LexisNexis Academic and the Internet. Emphasis will be placed upon search strategy development, mastery of search tools, identification of resources and retrieval of pertinent sources. Students will develop familiarity and skills related to search strategy, search software, Internet navigation, research sites and other legal research skills. Students also will learn how to find federal and state bills, laws, legal codes, administrative regulations, administrative codes, and court decisions. INST 420 is an electronic course so there are no class meetings. The course consists of online lessons, guides and tutorials plus exercises to learn the concepts and skills covered in the descriptive materials. All course material is available electronically. Assignments are submitted to the instructor electronically. Course carries credit for Environmental Resource Management and Political Science. Prerequisite: Upper division standing or permission of instructor.
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