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Course Aims:

Intended Learning Outcomes:

Course Content: (Main topics, Sub topics)

Literature surveys in major disciplines; Social Sciences, Humanities and Science and Technology: Major sources in these disciplines, printed, human, organizational, online and digital; Rudimentary literature survey on selected classical sources in English and Sinhala Literature and Sri Lankan historical sources. Basic literature survey on selected historical and classical sources in South Asia. 

Teaching /Learning Activities: 

Lectures/ Tutorials/ Presentations/ Practical sessions/ Creative activities

Assessment Strategy:

Continuous Assessment

50%

Final Assessment

50%

Details:

Quizzes 10%, Assignment 20%, Attendance

Individual Assignment

Class Test 10%

Quiz

Theory

60%

Practical

NA

Other
 (specify)

NA

60

Recommended Reading:

• Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, Bron Taylor Editor (2005), Continuum, New York.

• Goonatilake, H. A. I. (1983), A Bibliography of Ceylon. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

• International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, N. J. Smelser and P. B.

• Baltes Editors (2001), Pergamon Press, Oxford. Jennerich, E. Z. & Jennerich, E. J. (1997), The Reference Interview: As a  

• Creative Art, 2^nd ed., Libraries Unlimited, Colorado.

• Jo Bell, W. (2000), Evaluating Reference Services: A Practical Guide, American Library Association, Chicago.

• Katz, W. A. (2002), Introduction to Reference Work Vol. 1: Basic Information Services, 8^th ed., McGraw Hill, New York.  

• McDougald, D. & Bowie, M. (1997), Information Services for Secondary Schools, Greenwood Press, Westport.

• McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, (2002), McGraw Hill, Princeton