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Knowing how to access information – the best available information – is essential to student success. Members of the faculty expect students to apply academic excellence to exploring, selecting, analyzing, and applying sources of information. Through a series of practical exercises and experiences, students learn to conduct independent searches for social science information. They develop systematic approaches to identification and retrieval of data, research, opinion, and more. Students apply criteria to judging the quality of the information they find. They learn, too, how to incorporate quality information into papers, articles, and presentations they prepare for their courses and workplace.