Using Information
Unit Learning Objectives
- Organize and manage sources effectively by recognizing citation components, applying tracking strategies, and using citation tools to support the research and writing process.
- Interpret and evaluate scholarly articles by identifying key sections, assessing relevance, and tracing citations to understand the broader academic conversation.
- Integrate sources into academic writing through appropriate use of summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting, while distinguishing between these techniques and applying synthesis to support original arguments.
Unit Overview
This unit helps you build the skills you need to work with sources as you research and write. You’ll learn how scholarly articles are structured and why they’re useful, along with tips for reading them more efficiently. We’ll show you how to follow citations to better understand your topic and see how scholars are talking about it. You’ll also learn how to keep your sources organized, spot key parts of a citation, and use sources responsibly through summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting. Plus, we’ll talk about how to bring ideas together through synthesis and point you to campus resources, like the UW-Green Bay Learning Center and Library’s Research Help services, for extra help with writing and citations.
This unit contains content that may help fulfill the UW-Green Bay Core Curriculum Learning Outcomes for Information Literacy, specifically:
IL 3: Students will give credit to the original ideas of others through proper attribution and citation and contribute to the scholarly conversation at an appropriate level.
