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An introduction to doing college level research at Duquesne
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Information Literacy for Adult Learners
CPRG 105: Lesson 1 Doing College Level Research
Our Mission:
How to DoCollege Level
Research
Our Mission:
How to Do Research
AtDuquesne
What IS Information Literacy?
What your professors expect:
Checklist of College Student Skills: These are the information literacy skills that college professors expect college-bound students to have.
GENERAL
o Know what they don’t know o Know whom to ask for research help o Understand library jargon, e.g., “peer-reviewed”
RESEARCH PROCESS & QUESTIONS
o Follow research process steps, e.g., Badke model o Estimate time required for research, e.g., time for Inter Library loan o Define a research question or topic that’s not shallow or “pop”
SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION
o Find different formats of information o Understand that Web search engines rarely locate college-appropriate information o Distinguish between OPACs and online databases o Conduct effective searches using –
o Keywords, alternate search terms o Boolean operators, e.g., AND and OR o Controlled vocabulary, subject headings o Field searching, e.g., author, title
o Interpret search results, e.g., book chapters vs. articles o Find full text articles o Find books using Library of Congress (LC) classification, not Dewey o Use reference (and e-reference) books in the library o Regroup when first attempts to find resources don’t work, e.g., try a different database or try
different search terms or search strings EVALUATING INFORMATION
o Weed through search results to find relevant and accurate information o Evaluate information using standard evaluation criteria, e.g., the CARS model o Distinguish between popular and scholarly articles o Disregard inadequate or inaccurate information
Weekly Reflection - Checklist
Tools you’ll be using:
Different Emphasis:
Cycle of Information
Types of Sources
Scholarly vs. Popular
Intro to Citation
Gumberg Library Website
Topics for this Lesson
Information Cycle
Information CycleTurn on
the News
Newspapers
Magazines
Scholarly
Journals
Event Happens
Books
Types of Sources
Websites Books Articles
Scholarly
Popular
Journal articles/ Scholarly books
Written by experts
Based on research
Longer, harder to read
Magazines,Newspapers,Most websites
Written by anyone
Based on opinion/Reporting
Shorter, easier to read
Your professors will say…I want you to
use Peer Reviewed
Scholarly Journal Articles!
1.Subject matter expert writes an
article. 2. Submits it to a scholarly journal .
3. Article is reviewed by
scholars who are also subject matter
experts on this topic (i.e., peers).
4. If accepted, article is then
published in the scholarly journal.
Peer Review:
Intro to Citation“To cite,or not to cite… THAT is the
question!”
Yes, but…
Librarian
HOW to cite is usually more of a problem!
Why different citation styles?
In this course, we will use:
MLA, 7th edition APA, 6th edition
MLA/APA Style Guide:
Gumberg Library, Duquesne University 08/01/12
1
A Style Comparison: MLA vs. APA NOTE: Citations in a Works Cited list (MLA) or a Reference list (APA) should be double spaced and formatted with hanging indents.
Category MLA APA Overview of Style: The Modern Language Association (MLA)
provides a way for citing sources that is used in the liberal arts and most humanities courses. English uses MLA. The liberal arts and humanities place emphasis on authorship.
The American Psychological Association (APA) provides a way for citing sources that is used in psychology and most social science courses. At Duquesne, Business, Education, and Nursing also use APA style. These areas place emphasis on the date a work was created.
Current Edition: 7th edition 6th edition AUTHOR FORMAT: Single author Badke, William. Badke, W. Two authors Smith, John A., and Susan B. Jones. Smith, J. A., & Jones, S. B. Three authors Smith, John A., Susan B. Jones, and
Thomas C. Wesson. Smith, J. A., Jones, S. B., & Wesson, T. C.
Four to seven authors Smith, John A., et al. Smith, J. A., Jones, S. B., Wesson, T. C., & Clark, W. D. More than seven authors Smith, John A., et al.
NOTE: Use first author followed by et al. for four or more authors.
Smith, J. A., Jones, S. B., Wesson, T. C., Clark, W. D., Duncan, R. E., Ewell, S. F., . . . Godard, T. P. NOTE: You list the first seven authors, then three spaced ellipses, and then the LAST author’s name.
Corporate/organization author American Library Association. American Library Association.
Our Style Bible
AUTHOR Information
TITLE Information
Publication DATE
PUBLISHING Information
All citation styles include:
# 1 – Intro to Citation
# 2 – In-text Citations
# 3 – How to cite a WEB SOURCE # 4 – How to cite a SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLE
# 5 – How to cite a NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE/ TRADE PUBLICATION ARTICLE # 6 – How to cite BOOK/eBOOK
# 7 – How to cite a CHAPTER/SECTION in a BOOK/eBOOK
#8 – How to format a BIBLIOGRAPHY
Citation Practice:
Bibliography
MLA Style APA Style
Library website is…
Library Website:http://www.duq.edu/library
Get familiar with our website!
Homework Assignment