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First Year Experience Toolkit

Suggested FYE Learning Outcomes for all FYE students

The following learning outcomes were developed by a PALNI Task Force as an ideal set of learning outcomes for all first year students across PALNI.

  1. Students will be familiar with library building locations and service points.
  2. Students will be familiar with services offered to them on the library website.
  3. Students will know whom to go to for help with their library research and feel comfortable approaching librarians and library staff.
  4. Students will be able to effectively navigate library resources to find appropriate sources for an assignment. 
  5. Students will be introduced to the advantages of using interlibrary loan and other resource sharing systems.
  6. Students will be aware of their total information network. 
  7. Students will be able to identify keywords from a given topic and construct an effective search strategy. 
  8. Students will be able to distinguish between credible information types in order to select sources whose authority, currency and purpose are relevant to their information needs.
  9. Students will be introduced to the value of the information provided by the library, both financial and intellectual. 
  10. Students recognize the necessity of attribution in order to engage ethically and legally in scholarly conversation.
     

Toolkit Resources

To assist PALNI librarians with meeting the needs of first-year students, we have created this toolkit with a variety of resources. Each resource can be associated with the following learning outcomes or is designed for faculty outreach.