Transcript Engaging Students through Research

Engaging Students through
Research
Alan Bogage
04/13
Information literacy
An information literate individual is able to:
• Determine the extent of information needed
• Access the needed information effectively and
efficiently
• Evaluate information and its sources critically
• Use information effectively to accomplish a specific
purpose
• Understand the economic, legal, and social issues
surrounding the use of information, and access and
use information ethically and legally
Why research?
• COMAR – General Education requirement:
Demonstrate information literacy.
• Carroll CC - General Education goal
• “Just a good idea”
• Real world skill – employers value
• Information literacy rubric
“Seven Principles for Good Practice in
Undergraduate Education”– Chickering and Gamson
• Principle 2: Good Practice Encourages Cooperation
Among Students
Principle 3: Good Practice Encourages Active Learning
• Principle 5: Good Practice Emphasizes Time on Task
• Principle 6: Good Practice Communicates High
Expectations
• Principle 7: Good Practice Respects Diverse Talents and
Ways of Learning
Chickering, Arthur and Zelda F. Gamson. Seven Principles for Good Practice in
Undergraduate Education. 1987.
Objectives
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Hands on practice with research tools
Ideas for application of research assignments
Media resources
Ebooks overview and access
Research assignments
• Support class discussion, supplements textbooks – have students locate an
article or research on today’s readings or topics
• Knowledge base – students share research, teach one another – build a wiki
• Relate “theoretical” classroom topic to “real life” – (e.g. statistics, financial
literacy, careers, employers, undergraduate research)
• Historical research – newspaper databases – not just History
• Pro/con, debates – editorials, op-eds
• Exercise critical thinking skills - evaluation of a product, process,
argument, issue, event, etc. (synthesis, analysis, application)
• Prepare students for transfer or employment
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Annotated bibliographies
Essays (persuasive)
Discussion board entries (Blackboard)
Class blog/wiki (Blackboard, etc.) – aka knowledge base
Wikipedia check
Google - advanced search
Compare/contrast web with journal literature
Compare/contrast products, claims, etc.
Compare contrast popular article with scholarly
Evaluate a website based on rubric
Locate primary resources
Locate statistics to support a claim
Build presentations
Employ media
Locate background information on an organization/business/career as
though preparing for a job interview with the organization
Online research tools
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Periodical databases – 20,000+ journals !
Online reference
Image and audio
Streaming video
Statistics
E-books
Library Research Guides
Internet
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Invisible, Hidden, or Deep Web
• the content not accessible through a search on
general search engines
• the content of databases. Information stored in
databases is accessible only by query.
• Content available on sites protected by passwords or
other restrictions.
• Special content not presented as Web pages, such as
full text articles and books (Note – Google books,
Google scholar)
• Dynamically-changing, updated content, such as
airline flights.
• Some social media
Periodical literature – databases
• Discipline specific databases
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ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source
ProQuest Education Journals
Literature Resource Center
ProQuest Psychology Journals
Health Source – Academic
Historical resources
• ProQuest Newspapers - includes the Baltimore Sun, Christian
Science Monitor, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and
Washington Post
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Baltimore Sun coverage is from 1837-1986
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times coverage is from 1851-2009
• County Times Archive, 1933-1989 - provided by Carroll County
Public Library. There are gaps in coverage. Digitization is from old
microfilm reels so article readability will vary.
Primary resources
• American Memory:
Library of Congress print and media
archive - memory.loc.gov
• U.S. National Archives - www.archives.gov/research/
• Avalon Project: law, history and diplomacy
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp
• EuroDocs: Western European Primary Historical Documents eudocs.lib.byu.edu
• *NYU Library – primary source guide http://nyu.libguides.com/content.php?pid=38530&sid=611969
Social problems/issues
▫ Congressional Quarterly Researcher
▫ Opposing Viewpoints in Context
▫ Hot Topics web sites – library guide to quality
websites
▫ Newspaper op-ed (“document type”)
Statistics
• Statistics research guide
Library subject research guides
• “libguides” – growing, popular format
• Subject research guides
Media
•TED! – technology,
entertainment, design
•http://ted.com
Streaming media
• Films on Demand – Films for the Humanities and Social Sciences
• Ambrose films – history, biology films
• Annenberg Foundation – streamed instructional media via
learner.org – requires setting up free account - accessible via
college online library catalog –
http://catalog.carr.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=crco#focus or
www.learner.org
• Snagfilms – collection of documentaries (www.snagfilms.com)
• SuTree - aggregator of instructional & educational videos
• Hulu – TV shows, clips, and news (www.hulu.com)
• Connexions – educational modules (some video) www.cnx.org
• YouTube - EDU
• Khan Academy
• MIT open courseware - ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/av/
Television
• The History Channel - www.history.com
• Public Broadcasting Service -pbs.org
▫ NOVA - www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/
• The Discovery Channel - dsc.discovery.com
• CNN Student News - ww.cnn.com/studentnews
• iCue - video from the NBC News Archives - www.icue.com
Research assignments – media
• Create learning objects using clips from films –
link to in Blackboard
• Locate images to illustrate topics for
presentations/essays/posters/projects
• Enhance presentations/projects with
images/music
• Assign supplemental viewing
• Student presentations/sharing
e-books
• Library Online catalog
• Library e-books page
• Various publishers:
▫ Ebrary – 18,000+ titles, accessible from online catalog or vendor
▫ Gale Virtual Reference Library – reference/encyclopedia
resources
▫ ABC-CLIO/Greenwood ebook collection
▫ STAT!Ref Online Electronic Medical Library 37 medical/allied health/nursing texts – including DSM IV
▫ STAT!Ref Nursing Collection Supplement - full-text searching of
nursing texts – including Anatomy and Physiology.
E-books assignment suggestions
• Accept e-books as “book” for annotated
bibliographies, works cited lists, research
• Encourage use of ebooks for research
• Investigate e-book resources in your discipline
• Use e-book selections as supplementary
readings in Blackboard
E-resources
▫ Reference Resources research guide
Concerns
• Clarify what resources are acceptable (web site,
e-book, periodical article)
• Blogs?
• Wikipedia?
• How many of what kind of resource?
Turnitin
• Plagiarism detection resource
• Bb building block
• Call Distance Learning office or Librarians for
assistance
MLA & APA formats
• Library documentation resources
• Be aware of changes to both styles – new
editions
• Reflected in Library handouts, web pages, and
NoodleBib
Library assistance
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Liaisons
Library instruction/tours
Tutorials
Embedded librarians