Bringing Research

Back from the (Un)Dead

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Zombies and Discovery Learning

Christina DentCate Hirschbiel &Esther Roth-KatzEmerson College

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WR121Research Workshop

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Zombie Apocalypse

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InformationOverload?

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Mission #2:Become anInformation

Overlord

Possible Topics• How are cell phones impacting family relations?

• Sex in Young Adult novels

• How has gaining success as an amateur musician changed thanks to YouTube?

• Is divorce a failure?

• What are the health risks of e-cigarettes and how is this conveyed to consumers?

• M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender is a bad representation of the original animated series

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Mission #3: Share Information

Discuss Your Findings from Mission 2• Advanced Search Features

• Ways you modified keywords for better results

• What resources you found (books, articles, other resources) and how you found them

• Which search tools you liked or disliked, and why

What’s changed?

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Why zombies?

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Assessment

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Questions?

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• Modify keywords, synonyms, and related topics that describe the research question to get better results

• Use the most common features of information retrieval systems to locate and retrieve relevant resources

• Assess the quantity, quality, and relevance of search results to determine whether alternative information retrieval systems or investigative methods should be used

Students will be able to:

Image Credits“Zombies 018” by Thierry Ehrmann http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4118/4754600652_43a4992557_b.jpg

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“Coffee and Moleskine III” by Lost in Scotlandhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/bap824/113733270

“Zombie Walk 2012” by Gianluca Ramalho Misiti http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmisiti/8149602686

“Overwhelmed” by Alex Welchhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/71800805@N05/6843683831

“Sharing Chocolate” by OakleyOriginalshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/oakleyoriginals/8478450243

“Change Happens” by Adam Bartlett http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2089/2432704579_9538d46671_b.jpg

“Zombies YT Poster 2” by Marc-André Caron http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8314/8074323871_863770659d_b.jpg

“Measuring Cup” by homespothqhttp://farm9.staticflickr.com/8388/8560786322_f3d0c031b9_b.jpg

“A Zombie-Mummy Trinket Guarding Questions” by Raymond Brysonhttp://farm4.staticflickr.com/3802/9652431108_c93dd3a4c7_b.jpg

Select Bibliography

Hiebert, Jean, and Shelly Theriault. “BLASTing the Zombies!” College & Research Libraries News 73.9 (2012): 540–569. Print.Johnson, Margeaux, Amy G. Buhler, and Chris Hillman. “The Library Is Undead: Information Seeking During the Zombie Apocalypse.” Journal of Library Innovation 1.2 (2010): 29–43. PDF.Kelley, Michael. “Using the Living Dead To Teach Information Literacy.” LibraryJournal.com 30 Mar. 2011.Stahura, Dawn, and Erin Milanese. “Teaching with Zombies.” College & Research Libraries News 74.7 (2013): 354–356. Print.Tay, Aaron. “Zombies and Libraries - How Are Libraries Using the Zombie Theme?” Musings about librarianship 27 May 2013. Web. 2 Dec. 2013.Tompkins, Jane. "Pedagogy of the Distressed." College English 52.6 (1990): 653-660. Print.