USD Information Literacy Lessons: Page 13

Why it is important for you to acquire research skills?

Information Literacy and the Lifelong Learner

What is Information Literacy?

Information Literacy Versus Information Technology Skills

Research Strategy

Rules of Thumb in Doing Research

The Research Process

Where to Find Information in Your Library

Finding Reference Books and Monographs

Finding Periodical Literature

Scholarly Journals

Popular Magazines

>> Newspapers

Trade Magazines/Journals

What to Do With an Article Citation

Additional Web Resources

What About Web Research?

A Sample Search

A Sample Search, Continued

Desire2Learn IL Exercise

Newspapers…

• Are produced by commercial publishers
• Are not peer-reviewed
• Contain articles written by journalists for non-specialists
• Communicate information of general interest, to inform, entertain, or persuade
• Contain short(er) articles written in non-technical language, with no abstracts or citations
• Contain extensive advertising
• Are usually published daily or weekly
• Are usually black and white on cheap paper
• Some newspapers are available in on-line formats—You can look up newspapers in the "Journal List" to see if the library has the paper in print and/or on-line version.

While most newspapers provide short articles with minimal background information, they are useful for providing up-to-date information on current issues. Some newspapers, like The Christian Science Monitor, are considered authoritative on subjects like international affairs. The New York Times is considered the newspaper of record for the United States.

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