citation searching

Citation Searching:a presentation for UVM Libraries

Graham SherriffDecember 11, 2014

Looking for Oswald Cooper

ACRL Information Literacy2000 Standards:

1.2. on understanding the production and organization of information

2.1. on formulating an appropriate research plan

3. on evaluating information and its sources

2014 Framework (draft 3):

Authority is Constructed

Information Creation as a Process

Information has Value

Research as Inquiry

Scholarship is a Conversation

Searching, browsing or mining?

Design goalsEffective learning: video tutorials

• Mayer’s “multimedia principle” • styles of learning• Cognitive Load Theory• confirmed by data

Effective learning: interactive tutorials

• Active Learning Theory• Cognitive Load Theory• Sweller’s “Completion Effect”• research needed

Maximum return on investment• time, money, skills• versatility

Florida engineering students, 1944.

The video: on Vimeo

The tutorial: on EDpuzzle

Designing the design

Production notes

Content: how much detail?

Audio: pace voiceover for millennials or for diverse needs?

Interactivity: which platform?

Production notes: video tutorial

Reflections

Effective learning• Learners will demonstrate their ability to apply the principal methods of citation

searching to find additional sources relevant to their topic.• Student feedback

Return on investment• Low costs … high returns?

Sources & CreditsReferences:

Booth, C. (2011). Reflective teaching, effective learning: instructional literacy for library educators. Chicago: American Library Association Editions.

Mayer, R. E. (2001). Multimedia learning. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press.

Mery, Y., DeFrain, E., Kline, E., & Sult, L. (2014). Evaluating the effectiveness of tools for online database instruction. Communications in Information Literacy, 8(1), 70–81.

Oehrli, J. A., Piacentine, J., Peters, A., & Nanamaker, B. (2011). Do screencasts really work? Assessing student learning through instructional screencasts. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/conferences/confsandpreconfs/national/2011/papers/do_screencasts_work.pdf

Pressley, L. (2008). Using videos to reach site visitors: a toolkit for today’s student. Computers in Libraries, 28(6), 18–22.

Images:

“De Land pool. Aircraft construction class…” at http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/oem2002004051/pp/

“Down in a Colorado gold mine--taking out ore, Eagle River Canyon, Colorado, U.S.A.” at http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97509719/

“edit_room1” at http://www.meda201.medadada.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/edit_room1.jpg

“objects in mirror” by Constance Abram at https://www.flickr.com/photos/constance182/4697778898

“Oswald Cooper 1” at http://luc.devroye.org/oswald-cooper-1-226x300.jpg

“Scream” at https://daveandhiscriticisms.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/scream.jpg

“Selections from My CD Collection (Various)” by Jazz Guy at https://www.flickr.com/photos/flickr4jazz/14452530063