Engaging Students through ResearchAlan Bogage04/13

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

•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

Assignments:

▫ 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• Periodical databases – 20,000+ journals !• Online reference • Image and audio • Streaming video• Statistics• E-books• Library Research Guides• Internet

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•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 diplomacyhttp://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

•Liaisons•Library instruction/tours•Tutorials•Embedded librarians