First thoughts on ways to re-divide module content

Given Bill Allen's (the BIO 206L prof who Roxanne has been working with) desire to have fewer, shorter modules, here are my first thoughts on how we could re-divide the material.

Current modules are:
• Introduction to Scientific Literature
• Using Databases Effectively
• Where and How to Search

Future tutorials could be:
1. Kinds of scientific literature and how literature fits into the research process (this would be a longer module)
2. Scholarly vs. Popular Articles (short)
3. Review vs. Research Articles (short)
4. Using Databases 1: Search Terms (keywords & controlled vocabulary)
5. Using Databases 2: Connecting Terms (Boolean operators, ways to limit your search)
6. Databases vs. the Library Catalog
7. Searching in PubMed

The “Using Databases Effectively” module seems most difficult to divide. "Introduction to Scientific Literature" could be divided into only two tutorials. It might make sense to do the searching PubMed module after the two database modules as a way to bring those concepts together. Then after they’ve talked about databases in depth for several weeks, they could discuss when not to use databases – when to use the library catalog instead.