Information Literacy for Mathematics
I = introduce; R = reinforce; M = master
Mathematical Literature |
Writing Seminar |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Know how to locate math resources to find background information using secondary and tertiary literature |
NA |
NA |
NA |
I |
R - M |
Know how to use databases to search the literature by using text, author, and bibliographic queries |
NA |
NA |
NA |
I |
R - M |
Know how to find conference proceedings, lectures series, and preprints |
NA |
NA |
NA |
I |
R - M |
Know search strategies (how to refine answer sets, use controlled vocabularies etc.) |
NA |
I |
I |
R |
R - M |
Know how to obtain full articles from citations |
NA |
I |
I |
R |
R - M |
Know how to find related information by consulting references or endnotes |
NA |
I |
I |
R |
R - M |
Know how to find more recent articles related to an article by using cited reference searches |
NA |
I |
I |
R |
R - M |
Know how to locate translations for math works in a language other than English |
NA |
NA |
NA |
I |
R - M |
Know how to find historical math repositories |
NA |
NA |
NA |
I |
R - M |
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Ethical Use of Information |
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Know how to document sources using the appropriate citation style |
I |
I |
I |
R |
M |
Know how to use a bibliographic management software such as BibTeX etc. |
I |
I |
I |
R |
M |
Use best practices to avoid plagiarism, e.g. know how to paraphrase and summarize |
I |
I |
R |
R |
M |
Know fair use guidelines governing the use of works under copyright |
I |
I |
I |
R |
M |