Information on Federal Research Public Access Act.

Gives a nice overview of the Open Access situation.

From Educause.

Discusses the use of folksonomies in K - 12.

Discussed possibilities of folksonomy and how folksonomies and taxonomies can be used together for improved resource discovery.

Browser based bibliographic management tool with MS Word plug-in.

Discusses an experiment where students "assume increasing levels of collective responsibility for advancing their knowledge, as represented in their contributions to a communal knowledge space." "Pedagogical and technological innovations to facilitate opportunistic collaboration are discussed."

Bielaczyc, K. & Collins, A. (1999). Learning communities in classrooms: A reconceptualization of educational practices. In C. M. Reigeluth (Eds.), Instructional-design theories and models. A new paradigm of instructional theory (pp. 269-292). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaumn Associates. Discusses learning communities and outlines principles for the design of effective learning communities.

Paul Black, et al

Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam

Features Paul Black. I think this is a great video that vividly depicts ways instructors can change the way they interact with pupils to enhance student outcomes.

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to describe how plagiarism and the detection of plagiarism are interwoven with the education of international students. Design/methodology/approach - The literature searches encompassed articles on the issue of plagiarism as it affects students coming from abroad. Findings - There is a definite problem involved in the interaction of international students in a higher education setting and plagiarism. Research limitations/implications - Although no survey was done for this article, much of the information gathered regarding plagiarism is dependent on external surveys. These surveys may not always be answered truthfully despite anonymity. There is also a dearth of data on plagiarism and international students. There is some anecdotal data on the subject. Practical implications - Although plagiarism is a serious problem on academic campuses, libraries and librarians can offer substantial help in deterring and preventing plagiarism especially with regard to international students. Originality/value - Librarians, knowledgeable about citation style sheets and formats, can be very valuable to international students who lack the skills. Students can learn to improve their citation skills with the help of a librarian with good bibliographic skills.

Google tool for finding scholarly material on the web. Set library links under Scholar Preferences for most efficient use.

Joint presentation by EasyBib and OCLC on the need for information literacy and features EasyBib has incorporated to help meet that need. Include top 10 most cited sites based on EasyBib data.

A great study from Project Information Literacy on how college students evaluate and use information on the web.

Project Information Literacy is a national study about early adults and their information-seeking behaviors, competencies, and the challenges they face when conducting research in the digital age. Based in University of Washington's iSchool, the large-scale research project investigates how early adults on different college campuses conduct research for course work and how they conduct "everyday research" for use in their daily lives..