Information Literacy Resources

Synthesizing information and organizing your thoughts are important steps in effectively sharing the results of your research efforts. As you begin to think about scholarly articles as being part of a larger scholarly conversation, it's important to develop your "conversational" skills as a scholar.

Learning Objectives:

• Researchers will understand the importance of creating an outline
• Researchers will understand the difference between a literal audience and an implied audience
• Researchers will understand how to arrange their argument in a way that is likely to prove most persuasive to their implied audience
• Researchers will recognize and understand the importance of an introduction, context, definitions, refutation of counterarguments, subclaims and evidence, and a conclusion

Video Playlist Includes:

• Beyond the five-paragraph essay (1:22)
• Two audiences (2:06)
• Introduction (2:06)
• Context (1:18)
• Definitions (1:02)
• Subclaims and evidence (1:36)
• TELL ME MORE: Subclaims and evidence (2:29)
• Refutation of counterarguments (2:46)
• TELL ME MORE: Refutation of counterarguments (2:41)
• Conclusion (1:49)