We can help! We offer popular credit courses in information literacy skills, critical approaches to research, and field experience in libraries or archives. Our courses are taught by faculty librarians with expertise in information literacy and research strategies to meet your educational and life-long learning goals.
What UWSP students say about Library for-credit courses...
"I took this course to satisfy the critical thinking General Education requirement and WOW am I glad I did. I was able to apply what I was learning right away to the research I needed to do to be successful in other courses."
"I am a second-semester sophomore and I wish I would have taken this class as a first-semester freshman. I know I would have done better in my classes during my first three semesters if I had known then what I know about library resources and services."
Course Catalog Description
LRES 101. Information Literacy Skills for College-Level Research (1 cr, graded)
Introduction to the Library's resources and development of research skills through innovative methods designed to support college-level research and lifelong learning. Explore topics like mis, dis, and malformation and learn strategies to apply to information resources to determine credibility.
Course Catalog Description
Effective use of information resources and services in a variety of academic disciplines and professions. Topics include information cycle and timeline; comparing, contrasting, and selecting information resources; types and characteristics of information sources; effective information research planning; search techniques, evaluation criteria, disinformation, and ethical use of information.
Additional Details
Through the lenses of the nonfiction true crime genre, conspiracy theories, and cults we will explore research techniques using a wide variety of types of sources to build a solid information literacy foundation with skills that you can apply to any subject you are doing research regardless of discipline.
Course Catalog Description
Prerequisite: Instructor Consent
Course Description: Supervised field experience in the UWSP library or archives. Credits are determined by the time spent on course-related activities and the nature of assigned tasks (1-3).
Required Readings: These will vary with the emphasis of each internship.
Questions About LR 101 or LR 150? Contact Dave Dettman
Office: CCC 421 • Phone: 346-4206
Questions about an internship in Archives? Contact Kyle Neill
Office: ALB 520A • Phone: 346-3893