English II Library Core Competencies
The English 2 student will:
- be reminded of and be comfortable with the competencies set forth for English I students
- understand the difference between scholarly/peer-reviewed sources and popular sources
- recognize more advanced search strategies of catalogs, subscription databases, and web search engines
- recognize and use thesaurus features of catalogs and subscription databases
- understand that search results may be presented according to various ordering principles
- use abstracts and reference notes from scholarly sources to expand or refine a search
- recognize gaps in information and determine whether the search should be refined
- distinguish between scholarly and popular information and appropriateness for the information need
- recognize omission or bias in the coverage of a topic
- understand annotated bibliographies and using citation management tools to
help create them
