Integrating Research Literaciesinto Penn courses to support young scholars

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Penn faculty are among the top researchers in the world, making amazing discoveries across disciplines

http://www.upenn.edu/researchdir

Under faculty guidance, Penn students are engaged in research-intensive, cross-disciplinary courses

Without a firm grounding in research information literacies, success can be elusive for young scholars

Penn librarians are here to help. This is what we do!

We can help you…

1. Develop course assignments

2. Plan & facilitate in-class activities

3. Design your Canvas course

4. Pilot Library Lounge (new!)

with these 4 literacies in mind

Distinguish

source typesDetermine authority & credibility

By the end of a research-intensive course, students should be able to:

Implement

search strategies

Build arguments

Explain how primary,

secondary & background

resources support a

research claim

Evaluate the reliability of online sources by examining claims & author experience

Improve a search for secondary criticism using

metadata from a results listIdentify ways to engage with a secondary source to form an argument

Using fresh approaches, librarians can help faculty design engaging course activities & assignments that help students acquire essential research literacies.

Examples (1) Distinguish source types, (2) Determine authority & credibility, (3) Implement search strategies & (4) Build arguments

3D models & physical prototypes

Maps

Comics & infographics

Data set analysis Service learning

Online or in-class debates

beyond the research paper

This is your library

For more info, contact:

SamKirk@upenn.edu

or

KimEke@upenn.edu

Ask about our

Library Lounge Pilot

Teaching, Research, and Learning Services penntrl.wordpress.com

Help young scholars

gain research skills!