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Information Literacy: What do you already know?

Goals

Understand what information is needed to complete your research assignment.

  • Formulate questions based on the information needed.

Use keywords to access that information.

  • Identify and use keywords, synonyms and related terms for the information needed.

Evaluate potential sources.

  • For authority, reliability, credibility, purpose, viewpoint, and suitability.

Draw conclusions based upon information gathered.

Welcome, ECON 150 Students!

This guide is designed to help you find, use, and cite resources for your ECON 150 assignments.

In particular, this guide focuses on researching:

  • Careers (job outlooks, salaries, etc.)
    • See the Web Sources and Find Books pages.
  • Unemployment
    • See the Find Books and Find Articles & More pages.