Library 150 Information Literacy & Research Skills E. Chisato Uyeki Fall 2006: Week 1 September...

Library 150 Information Literacy & Research Skills

E. Chisato Uyeki

Fall 2006: Week 1September 22, 2006

Getting Started Introductions

3x5 cards Review Syllabus Library Services, Mission, & Library Web

3x5 cards Name Major & grade level

Email Telephone Number(s)

Why you are taking Library 150 and what you hope to learn

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3x5 cards E. Chisato Uyeki (Chisa) MLIS and

BA in Women’s Studies

cuyeki@calstatela.edu 323-343-4824

Information Literacy skills and knowledge needs and interests of LIBR 150 students

Support students in learning and being empowered in information access, retrieval, and evaluation

Searching and Researching Evolving and dynamic process Often time consuming Can be frustrating Good planning and note taking pays off in

the long run

Finding what you are looking for:1) Know what it is you are looking for2) Look in the right place

The Research Process Read and understand the assignment Choose a topic (know what you are looking for) Develop a research statement or question Identify the type of information that is needed

i.e., statistics, background, analysis, personal stories Understand & identify appropriate resources

(knowing where to look) General background info- books, magazines,

newspaper articles Analysis and Research- scholarly journals and books Firsthand Accounts and Original Evidence- primary

resources

The Research Process (more) Choose the right tool to find the resources

(Also knowing where to look) Books = Catalog Articles = Databases and bibliographies Not sure = Ask a librarian

Develop a strong search query Decide on search terms (including alternate terms) and

how to combine Search Evaluate search results Revise search depending upon the results Locate the items that you need

Choosing Topics Interesting? Do pre-searching to help decide Not too narrow and not too broad A good match with the assignment

Narrowing a Topic Too broad?

Automobiles in America is too broad The role and representation of automobiles

in Beat Literature is manageable Narrow your focus

Time period Place Person/Group Concept/Event/Aspect

Research Question and Keywords

Research Question (the topic as a question) and then choose keywords:

How did the automobile affect the rapid growth of US metropolises and changes in lifestyle?

Research Question and Keywords

Research Question (the topic as a question) and then choose keywords:

How did the automobile affect the rapid growth of US metropolises and changes in lifestyle?

Sample research statement or question: How did the automobile affect the rapid growth of US metropolises and changes in lifestyle?

Key concepts for sample research statement: Automobile Metropolises Lifestyle Rapid growth

Helpful alternate terms for the sample key concepts: Automobile, automobiles, car Metropolises, cities, city, suburbs, communities Lifestyle, mobility, freedom, and luxury Rapid growth, development

In Class Exercise Complete the first 4 steps

Academic Disciplines

Branches of knowledge which are taught or researched at the college or university level

Ways of organizing knowledge Provide particular perspectives Have evolved & changed over time

Intersections have spurred new fields & interdisciplinary studies

Often grouped into Science, Humanities, & Social Sciences Communicate through the discipline specific

scholarly literature, associations and learned societies

Major Disciplines

Humanities Social Sciences Natural Science

Languages& literatureReligionPhilosophy Visual ArtsHistory …

SociologyAnthropologyEconomics Political ScienceCriminal Justices Psychology …

BiologyBotany PhysicsChemistryAstronomy Mathematics

Different Disciplines Mean Different

Ways of knowledge creation Vocabularies Methods of information dissemination Information cycles Research strategies / sites of investigation

Information Cycles

How Information Becomes Knowledge

Idea Background research Research plan Research Communicate findings Findings made available (Indexing) Interpretation by others In Encyclopedia, textbook, popular materials

Disciplinary Perspectives : Automobile

Humanities Visual Arts -- Product design History -- The impact of automobile on changes of lifestyles

Social Science Criminal Justice – Motor Vehicle Codes Sociology – Automobile ownership and resulting social change

Science Physics – car making materials Chemistry -- Carbon dioxide in gas

Humanities Methods of information dissemination

Historians: letters, newspapers, photos, manuscripts, archives, books, journals articles …

Research strategies / sites of investigation Libraries, museums, archives …

Research Goals Analysis and interpretation of works or evidence to

learn broad truths Retrospective

Current, 20, 100, 2000 …

Social Sciences Methods of Investigation

Varies-experiments, tests, surveys, fieldwork, case studies …

Research strategies / sites of investigation Libraries, field, lab …

Research Goals Varies

Retrospective Current, and some retrospective

Natural Sciences Methods of Investigation

Varies-experiments, tests, Research strategies / sites of investigation

Laboratories, libraries … Research Goals

Verifiable data, experimental results Retrospective

Last 5 years

In Class Exercise Complete final step- disciplines