3 Students learn appropriate methods for effective research, including assessment of the validity of resources and the ability to master resources in an online environment.

Deficient    Developing    Accomplished    Exemplary

All students must take either INFO 285: Applied Research Methods or MARA 285: Research Methods in Records Management and Archival Science. The courses cover fundamental principles, processes, values and roles of research for professional application in information organizations. Students  become critical consumers of research products and learn the basic skills of evaluating, planning, designing, executing, and applying research. In addition to a general research methods class, which examines a variety of research methodologies, the iSchool offers a number of applied or specialized sections of INFO 285 such as action research, evaluating programs and services, survey research.

Several library resources and services are available specifically for the students in the program:

• Dedicated library liaisons provide services for the program’s online students:
• Library support for online students:
  King Library orientation
• A special tutorial dedicated to iSchool students
  https://sjsu.libwizard.com/f/LOTSS-Module-1
• A plagiarism tutorial for graduate students
  https://library.sjsu.edu/video/plagiarism-graduate-level
• A LibGuide for iSchool students
  https://libguides.sjsu.edu/LIS

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