citation searching
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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.
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