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University of Maryland Libraries
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Authority is Constructed and Contextual
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Understands importance of evaluating information and demonstrates self-awareness of individual biasesacknowledgement of information evaluation as conceptarticulates the rationale or importance of evaluating the credibility of a sourcedemonstrates the value of evaluating a source, and indicates an understanding of the role of self-bias in the process
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Information Creation as Process
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Matches an information need with an appropriate resourceacknowledgement of resources available for researchidentifies a type, purpose, or title of a specific resourcearticulates how a specific resource address their individual information need
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Information Has Value
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Respects the original ideas of others acknowledgement of attribution methodsarticulates the importance of attributionarticulates the importance of attribution and identifies resources for help
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Research as Inquiry
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Value intellectual curiosity in developing questions; Consider research as open-ended exploration and engagement with informationacknowledgement of research as conceptacknowledgement of research as processarticulates the iterative process of developing / defining a research question
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Scholarship as Conversation
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Seek out conversations taking place in their research areaacknowledgement that there are different points of view on a topicarticulates the need to incorporate different points of viewdemonstrates the value of incorporating different points of view
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Searching as Strategic Exploration
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Design and refine search strategies as necessaryacknowledgement of search strategies for narrowing or broadeningarticulates specific search strategies (such as key terms, subject thesaurus, etc...)demonstrates awareness of search strategies and how they can aid in student research
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Seek guidance from experts such as librarians, researchers, and professionalsacknowledgement of assistance availableacknowledgement of assistance available, and identifies ways to get in contact with appropriate professionalsarticulates specific ways appropriate professionals can support students
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UMD Libraries
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