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Can You Trust It? Evaluating Sources
Students learn five questions for judging a source, apply them to four described sources about homework, rate each as strong or weak, and explain why.
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Catalog Entries and Call Numbers: Find It on the Shelf
Students read made-up library catalog entries, use the general Dewey ranges to predict where books belong, and practice putting call numbers in shelf order.
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Parts of a Book: Book Detective
Students use sample book pages (title page, copyright page, table of contents, glossary and index) to answer questions and learn what each part of a book is for.
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Say It in Your Own Words and Cite It
Students compare four attempts to rewrite a source sentence, learn why paraphrasing and citing matter, and practice writing and alphabetizing simple citations.