ABSTRACT
Washington State University received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to offer a pilot two-semester World Civilization course as part of the general education core curriculum. Two reference librarians were selected as members of the interdisciplinary faculty group to design the course, to relate it to the required Freshman Composition (English 101) course and to ensure the integration of basic library use skills. The two librarians were asked to develop library/classroom integrated assignments to meet course objectives and to serve as models for those teaching the course. The focus of the assignment is on selection and evaluation of information sources that approach a topic from a particular viewpoint (i.e., liberal, conservative, or middle-of-the-road), provide a popular or a scholarly treatment of the topic, and reflect a targeted audience approach (e.g., layperson or professional).
