A lively discussion of the problems students' face when doing scholarly research and share ideas/best practices on how information literacy resources can help.
Transforming Research by Teaching Core Information Literacy Principles, ProQuest Day at ALA Annual 2014
1. TRANSFORMING RESEARCH BY
TEACHING CORE INFORMATION
LITERACY PRINCIPLES
Adam Blackwell
Senior Market Development Manager (GPS)
ProQuest
ALA (June 27, 2014)
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1) Couldn’t choose good topics
2) Didn’t know where to find information
3) Couldn’t evaluate sources
4) Didn’t know how to convert information into evidence
5) Couldn’t help plagiarizing
6) Didn’t know how to revise
The same old problems again and again and again
10. Problem
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“. . . the sheer act of just getting
started on research assignments and
defining a research inquiry was
overwhelming for students—more so
than any of the subsequent steps in
the research process.”
http://projectinfolit.org/images/pdfs/pil_
fall2010_survey_fullreport1.pdf
12. Problem
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“Many instructors require students to use
scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles
for college research papers. However,
students [don’t know] what a scholarly
article looks like.”
http://www2.yk.psu.edu/sites/bee11/start-
in-the-library/child/