“HELP! I’M DROWNING IN INFORMATION SOURCES!”

A GUIDE TO GOOD RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT EVENINGJANUARY 14, 2016JANE HUANGAMY FERGUSON

WHY DO WE GIVE RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS?

WHAT OBSTACLES DO STUDENTS FACE WHEN

COMPLETING RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS?

RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT TIPSRESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE AND

HELPFUL FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR COLLEGE

FRESHMAN.

GRADUATE STUDENTS

COLLEGE FRESHMAN

GIVE ASSIGNMENTS THAT TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT RESEARCH.

“SEARCH” REALITY CHECK

GOOGLE VS. LIBRARY DATABASES – A COMPARISON OF

SEARCH INTERFACE

WEB VS. LIBRARY DATABASES – A COMPARISON

• WHEN TO USE• RELIABILITY / AUTHORITY• ACCESSIBILITY• USABILITY (SCOPE AND DEPTH)• STABILITY

LIBRARY SERVICES FOR FACULTY

• WHAT DO WE HAVE?• HTTP://LIBGUIDES.RICHLANDCOLLEGE.EDU/FACULTYANDS

TAFF

• HOW TO GET THEM?• HTTP://LIBGUIDES.RICHLANDCOLLEGE.EDU/C.PHP?G=21

8741&P=1589828

LIBRARY DATABASES – NAVIGATION

• ALPHABETICAL

• BY SUBJECT / BY COURSE / BY FORMAT

• POPULAR LIST

LIBRARY DATABASES – FEATURES

WITH EDITORIAL FEATURES – SUBJECT GUIDESTOPIC SUMMARYLEXILE LEVELS – ESL

STUDENTSTYPE OF SOURCES

WITHOUT EDITORIAL FEATURES -- EBSCO

LIBRARY DATABASES - COMMON FUNCTIONALITIES

• PRINT• SAVE (OR DOWNLOAD) (SIGN IN TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT)• EMAIL• CITE (MULTIPLE STYLES)• SHARE

LIBRARY MYSTERIES

• CAN I FIND EBOOK IN THE DATABASES?

• DO YOU HAVE THIS MAGAZINE / JOURNAL?

• DO YOU HAVE JSTO?

• DO YOU HAVE ERIC?

• DO YOU HAVE TRADE JOURNALS?

CITATION• BUILD A CITATION VS.

COPY AND PASTE?• COPY AND PASTE CITATION

• BOOKS FROM LIBRARY CATALOG BY USING WEBBRIDGE DATA

• ARTICLES FROM LIBRARY DATABASES

• CITATION STYLE: MLA, APA (LIBRARY GUIDES)

• MOBILE APPS

EVALUATING SOURCESEXAMPLES OF EXERCISES

TRAAP

T TIMELINESS

R RELEVANCE

A AUTHORITY

A ACCURACY

P PURPOSE

ASSIGNMENT AND TRAAP

• IT CAME FROM THE INTERNET !

HTTP://LIBRARYSCHOOL.LIBGUIDESCMS.COM/CONTENT.PHP?PID=595111&SID=4907103

RED LIGHT, YELLOW LIGHT

RED LIGHT: STOP. OBVIOUS BIAS

YELLOW LIGHT: SLOW DOWN. “I SEE YOUR POINT, BUT…”

GREEN LIGHT: GO. CLAIM IS SOLID.

RED AND YELLOW LIGHTS• SWEEPING

GENERALIZATION• ONE-SIDED ARGUMENTS• BOLD CLAIM, NO

ARGUMENT• BLATANT SELF-INTEREST• EXTREME CONVICTION

• NO OBVIOUS EXPERTISE• ANGRY OR EMOTIONAL

CLAIMS• FEELINGS: SEEMS

IMPLAUSIBLE, UNCERTAIN, TENTATIVE

• PLAINLY AN OPINION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• "ACRLFRAME - ACRL FRAMEWORK FOR INFORMATION LITERACY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION." - INFO. ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES, 2 FEB. 2015. WEB. 05 JAN. 2016.

• ACRL. "INFORMATION LITERACY COMPETENCY STANDARDS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION." INFORMATION LITERACY COMPETENCY STANDARDS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES, 18 JAN. 2000. WEB. 05 JAN. 2016.