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  • Module 1: A Very Brief History of Information
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  • Module 3: Politics and the Legal Landscape of Information
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  • Module 6: Organizing Information
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Quote/Paraphrase/Summarize Exercise

by LIS101 | Mar 5, 2019 | Assignments, Lesson Plans, working with sources | 0 comments

By:  Sara Stigberg and Katelin Karlin Librarians, Harold Washington College Chicago, IL Background Shawn claims to have no memory of stabbing his father. His mother describes waking up to her husband screaming; his father remembers being unable to identify his...

Wikipedia and Accuracy–at any given moment

by LIS101 | Feb 8, 2019 | Readings, Webpages, Wiki | 0 comments

A quick Google search will return many hits imploring that Wikipedia is as accurate as any traditional encyclopedia.  Nature first compared Wikipedia to Encyclopedia Britannica in 2005 and found the two sources comparably reliable.  Other sources disagree and state...

LIS 101 Overview: Information, Power, and Problems

by LIS101 | Sep 19, 2018 | lecture notes, Lesson Plans, Readings | 0 comments

This overview of the materials in this class discusses generally: Why we see things differently. Why we don’t like to be wrong. Why it is dangerous to question authority. Where we got the letter A. The morbidity of Puritan children’s books. How culture and...

Propaganda in Contemporary Society

by LIS101 | Sep 11, 2018 | Blogs, libguides, Research Skills | 0 comments

Propaganda is used to support a narrative in the public’s debate about how the world works, what everything means, and how we should think and act.   In order to create and disseminate propaganda, these are the steps a propagandist might take. Incidentally, I am using...

Questions for Understanding Information Artifacts

by LIS101 | Jun 17, 2016 | Readings, Research Skills | 0 comments

An information artifact is anything through which people communicate, such as a text, an image, a piece of graphic design, or a video. By asking critical questions as you engage it, you can develop a deeper understanding of an artifact’s context, aim, and meaning. To...

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