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Faith Ward

The-3-Click-Dilemma: are library databases nearing the tipping point of obsolescence? - 0 views

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reseaching skills web searching databases

shared by Faith Ward on 25 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • Faith Ward on 25 Aug 13
     
    I had an interesting conversation with a faculty member last week that went something like this: "Brian, I want you to know that it's getting harder for me to get students to use the library- especially the databases- anything beyond three clicks is just too many." A very interesting post discussing the practical facets of student searching. This made me *think* a lot.
Faith Ward

As Researchers Turn to Google, Libraries Navigate the Messy World of Discovery Tools - 0 views

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research web searching databases

shared by Faith Ward on 22 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • Faith Ward on 22 Apr 14
     
    Many professors and students gravitate to Google as a gateway to research. Libraries want to offer them a comparably simple and broad experience for searching academic content. Instead of bewildering users with a bevy of specialized databases-books here, articles there-many libraries now offer one-stop search boxes that comb entire collections, Google style. The reality of the roll-out is that it is messy.
Renee Hawkins

Education Week: Teaching Students Better Online Research Skills - 3 views

www.edweek.org/...32el-studentresearch.h32.html

education teaching students online research skills

shared by Renee Hawkins on 28 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • "Saturn-car"
    • Renee Hawkins
      Renee Hawkins on 28 Jul 13
       
      Actually - what worked is Saturn -car. You don't need quotes but you do need to place a space after the word Saturn and before the "-".
  • Finding the right search engine or database is also an important step in conducting online research,
  • Google Scholar
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  • Google Books
  • type in a key word and the word "kid" after it. Doing so pulls up results for younger students.
  • checking whether its URL ends in a .com, .org, .gov, or .edu.
  • a lesson called "Whodunit," which takes students to various sites and has them answer questions about who wrote the information, what their credentials are, and who is sponsoring the site.
  • a checklist to help students decide whether sites are credible. It includes questions such as: Are there dead links? Do images support the stated facts? Are there links and references to other websites, and resources and experts that corroborate the information?
  • language comes on too strong and the attempt is to persuade readers how to think
  • teaching a media-literacy unit
  • "If you don't take time to do it, the kids aren't going to be giving you their best work,"
  • integrated searching into her classroom by creating a classroom job of "searcher." That student's responsibility was to search the Internet for answers to questions that would come up during the day's class. Ms. Shaw used that approach as an opportunity to talk about strategies for good online research.
    • Renee Hawkins
      Renee Hawkins on 28 Jul 13
       
      A great idea! Indirect instruction plus careful modeling in class. Then outsource discussion questions as a homework assignment to the class "searcher." Eventually students will teach one another the skills.
  • Teachers should give credit to the process of searching, not just for the final product, she added. Students can turn in search logs or annotated bibliographies to emphasize that process.
  • it's vital to reinforce those skills repeatedly in working with students.
  • Every context is different.
  • predict the results they expect to see when they type in search terms,
  • November 2012, the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project released a study that surveyed 2,067 Advanced Placement and National Writing Project teachers.
  • You need precise words
  • while most teachers agreed that the Internet provides a wealth of information to students, they also said students often don't have the digital-literacy skills to wade through that information.
  • skim search results for words that pop up, especially unfamiliar words.
  • For instance, if a student wanted to find information on immigrants who send money back to their home countries, the term "remittances"
  • quotation marks around their search terms to get results that include the exact wording
  • minus sign eliminates something from a search.
Dante Beretta

Citation Analysis for the Modern Instructor: An Integrated Review of Emerging Research - 0 views

www.thejeo.com/...Piotrowski.pdf

shared by Dante Beretta on 19 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • Dante Beretta on 19 Aug 13
     
    While this article focuses on citation analysis and its impact in higher education, it discusses specific databases and the problem of keeping up with the boom in online information sources. It also provides a glimpse of the cutting edge of research about research.
Faith Ward

Study Ties College Success to Students' Exposure to a High School Librarian - The Digit... - 0 views

www.thedigitalshift.com/...tudy-ties-college-success-libr

research information literacy

shared by Faith Ward on 05 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Faith Ward on 05 Oct 14
     
    Attention, educators: training high school students early in digital research, partnering them with a school librarian, and providing time to practice skills can instill a high level of confidence during college. This triple play of digital literacy education was affirmed by preliminary observations of a study underway by EBSCO Information Service s, an online database provider.
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