INFO 390 - Scholarly Communication & Knowledge Creation

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D
Overview of library research methods emphasizing: history and context of scholarly communication; effectively reading, evaluating, and synthesizing scholarly publications; appropriately select and using data collected using different methods; limitations, strengths, and aims of methods; identifying methods used in scholarly communication.

Prerequisites: GE Areas A1, A2, A3, and B4 and INFO 250 or INFO 200 with grade C-/CR or better.
Possible Instructional Methods: Hybrid or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-D - Upper Division Social Sciences
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Critically analyze the complexity within scholarly communication, especially the creation, distribution, use, value, and attribution of information sources, and its intersections with power structures and imbalances.
Develop a comprehensive search strategy that incorporates topic scoping; effectively navigating sources of information such as library collections and databases; applying evaluation criteria; and using evidence to support a scholarly argument.
Analyze and describe the strengths, weaknesses, and practical applications of a variety of research methods in the social and behavioral sciences
Read and analyze scholarly publications to determine which research methods were applied and how the chosen research methods impacted the collection of data

UD-D. Upper-division Social Sciences Learning Outcomes

analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.