Engaging Students through Research

1. Engaging Students through Research Alan Bogage 04/13

3. Information literacy An information literate individual is able to: • Determine the extent of information needed • Access the needed information effectively and efficiently • Evaluate information and its sources critically • Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose • Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally

4. Why research? • COMAR – General Education requirement: Demonstrate information literacy. • Carroll CC - General Education goal • “Just a good idea” • Real world skill – employers value • Information literacy rubric

5. “Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education”– Chickering and Gamson • Principle 2: Good Practice Encourages Cooperation Among StudentsPrinciple 3: Good Practice Encourages Active Learning • Principle 5: Good Practice Emphasizes Time on Task • Principle 6: Good Practice Communicates High Expectations • Principle 7: Good Practice Respects Diverse Talents and Ways of Learning Chickering, Arthur and Zelda F. Gamson. Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education. 1987.

6. Objectives • Hands on practice with research tools • Ideas for application of research assignments • Media resources • Ebooks overview and access

7. Research assignments • Support class discussion, supplements textbooks – have students locate an article or research on today’s readings or topics • Knowledge base – students share research, teach one another – build a wiki • Relate “theoretical” classroom topic to “real life” – (e.g. statistics, financial literacy, careers, employers, undergraduate research) • Historical research – newspaper databases – not just History • Pro/con, debates – editorials, op-eds • Exercise critical thinking skills - evaluation of a product, process, argument, issue, event, etc. (synthesis, analysis, application) • Prepare students for transfer or employment

8. Assignments: • Annotated bibliographies • Essays (persuasive) • Discussion board entries (Blackboard) • Class blog/wiki (Blackboard, etc.) – aka knowledge base • Wikipedia check • Google - advanced search • Compare/contrast web with journal literature • Compare/contrast products, claims, etc. • Compare contrast popular article with scholarly • Evaluate a website based on rubric • Locate primary resources • Locate statistics to support a claim • Build presentations • Employ media • Locate background information on an organization/business/career as though preparing for a job interview with the organization

9. Online research tools • Periodical databases – 20,000+ journals ! • Online reference • Image and audio • Streaming video • Statistics • E-books • Library Research Guides • Internet

10. Invisible, Hidden, or Deep Web • the content not accessible through a search on general search engines • the content of databases. Information stored in databases is accessible only by query. • Content available on sites protected by passwords or other restrictions. • Special content not presented as Web pages, such as full text articles and books (Note – Google books, Google scholar) • Dynamically-changing, updated content, such as airline flights. • Some social media

11. Periodical literature – databases • Discipline specific databases • ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source • ProQuestEducation Journals • Literature Resource Center • ProQuestPsychology Journals • Health Source – Academic

12. Historical resources • ProQuestNewspapers - includes the Baltimore Sun, Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Baltimore Sun - coverage is from 1837-1986 • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times - coverage is from 1851-2009 • County Times Archive, 1933-1989- provided by Carroll County Public Library. There are gaps in coverage. Digitization is from old microfilm reels so article readability will vary.

13. Primary resources • American Memory:Library of Congress print and media archive - memory.loc.gov • U.S. National Archives - www.archives.gov/research/ • Avalon Project:law, history and diplomacyhttp://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp • EuroDocs:Western European Primary Historical Documents - eudocs.lib.byu.edu • *NYU Library – primary source guide - http://nyu.libguides.com/content.php?pid=38530&sid=611969

14. Social problems/issues • Congressional Quarterly Researcher • Opposing Viewpoints in Context • Hot Topics web sites – library guide to quality websites • Newspaper op-ed (“document type”)

15. Statistics • Statistics research guide

16. Library subject research guides • “libguides” – growing, popular format • Subject research guides

17. Media • TED! – technology, entertainment, design • http://ted.com

18. Streaming media • Films on Demand – Films for the Humanities and Social Sciences • Ambrose films – history, biology films • Annenberg Foundation– streamed instructional media via learner.org – requires setting up free account - accessible via college online library catalog – http://catalog.carr.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=crco#focus or www.learner.org • Snagfilms – collection of documentaries (www.snagfilms.com) • SuTree - aggregator of instructional & educational videos • Hulu – TV shows, clips, and news (www.hulu.com) • Connexions – educational modules (some video) www.cnx.org • YouTube - EDU • Khan Academy • MIT open courseware - ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/av/

19. Television • The History Channel - www.history.com • Public Broadcasting Service -pbs.org • NOVA- www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/ • The Discovery Channel - dsc.discovery.com • CNN Student News - ww.cnn.com/studentnews • iCue- video from the NBC News Archives - www.icue.com

20. Research assignments – media • Create learning objects using clips from films – link to in Blackboard • Locate images to illustrate topics for presentations/essays/posters/projects • Enhance presentations/projects with images/music • Assign supplemental viewing • Student presentations/sharing

21. e-books • Library Online catalog • Library e-books page • Various publishers: • Ebrary – 18,000+ titles, accessible from online catalog or vendor • Gale Virtual Reference Library – reference/encyclopedia resources • ABC-CLIO/Greenwood ebook collection • STAT!Ref Online Electronic Medical Library - 37 medical/allied health/nursing texts – including DSM IV • STAT!Ref Nursing Collection Supplement - full-text searching of nursing texts – including Anatomy and Physiology. 

22. E-books assignment suggestions • Accept e-books as “book” for annotated bibliographies, works cited lists, research • Encourage use of ebooks for research • Investigate e-book resources in your discipline • Use e-book selections as supplementary readings in Blackboard

23. E-resources • Reference Resources research guide

24. Concerns • Clarify what resources are acceptable (web site, e-book, periodical article) • Blogs? • Wikipedia? • How many of what kind of resource?

25. Turnitin • Plagiarism detection resource • Bb building block • Call Distance Learning office or Librarians for assistance

26. MLA & APA formats • Library documentation resources • Be aware of changes to both styles – new editions • Reflected in Library handouts, web pages, and NoodleBib

27. Library assistance • Liaisons • Library instruction/tours • Tutorials • Embedded librarians