Worksheet for Information Literacy and Technology in Philosophy
Welcome,
Philosophy Majors!
The BSU Core Curriculum
states that: “Each
major must identify the means by which its students will achieve competence in information literacy and technology as appropriate to the
discipline.” As part of your work this
semester in PHIL301, you must print out and complete this checklist, and
submit it to the department chair.
1.
Print information literacy requirement:
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Using The Philosopher’s Index, in
Maxwell Library, locate citations for two essays or books published in the last
24 months, one of which is written BY either John
Cooper or Terence Irwin,
the other of which is on the subject of either Aristotle’s conception of the soul
or
Plato’s theory of mind.
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Find an older journal article in Maxwell Library’s journal collection
on one of the same topics.
ð
Find the sections in Maxwell where
philosophy books are located, physically go there, and find a book relating to
this topic.
2.
Smart navigation skills for
internet research requirement:
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Using internet
search engines, find an article on Aristotle on
causation which you have good
reason for thinking is authoritative.
ð
Identify the
criteria by which you made this determination.
3. On-line resource requirement 1:
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Find
Plato’s Cratylus
in an on-line text repository.
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Also find
bibliographical information pertaining to ancient
philosophy.
4. On-line resources requirement 2:
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Locate three
on-line guides to philosophy, and rank them by reliability and
comprehensiveness.
5. On-line resources requirement 3:
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Go to http://www.epistemelinks.com/index.aspx
and http://www.philosophypages.com/index.htm
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On one of the two
sites, find something which pertains to ancient philosophy this semester, and
ascertain its reliability.
6. Journal requirement:
Find a philosophy journal which has
an on-line presence, and identify the submission requirements for both paper
and electronic submission.
7. Communication requirement:
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Find the website
of the American Philosophical Association.
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Find any blog
written by a philosopher or philosophers.
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Find the BSU
Philosophy Club’s Blackboard site and post a message to the discussion board in
the Ancient Philosophy thread.
8. Answer the following questions:
a. what is a .pdf file, and how would you make one?
b. what is html, and how would you use it?