WR 121 [Librarian name] [Instructor name] [Section number]
Keywords Demonstrate 1Search Show how academic results = multiple searches Show how to explore a broad set of key words Librarian slide. Part 2. Search Term Sandbox (5 minutes)
Keywords Start with 1-2 Keywords Keywords are short and descriptive
1Search Tool to find books, journal articles, newspaper articles, etc. Located on the library home page
Keywords Go into 1Search Demonstrate use of broad keywords in 1Search Show how to scan the results list Open Notepad and jot down additional key words or terms that can be helpful Point out how subject terms can help Librarian slide. Part 2. Search Term Sandbox
Making the connection Exploring the topic Getting a sense of what’s out there How did you learn about your topic using the keywords? How did you change your keyword? Essay #2 Tutorial #1
Hands-on time 5
Limiting/Refining How to limit search results Helps you explore/find info about specific questions Historical information – Books Current research – Scholarly articles Policy/politics focus – newspapers or magazines Librarian slide. Part 3. Limiting/Refining (10 minutes)
Limiting/Refining Describe what you are looking for (I need more current information) Demonstrate content type facets/date facets Librarian slide. Part 3. Limiting/Refining (10 minutes)
Limiting/Refining Making your search more specific Content types – Books, ebooks, journals, newspapers, etc. Date
Making the connection Different source types answer different questions How did you think about your topic when you started? What do you still want to know? How are different source types useful to your topic? Essay #2 Tutorial #2
Hands-on time 10
Scholarly Sources Scholarly journal articles Student may not have much experience with these Explore scholarly sources to help get a sense of the current research HS research was pulling together different sources and summarizing them. That is not research in academia. Librarian slide. Part 4. Scholarly sources (10 minutes)
What is original research? In the lab, field, text or a group of people Not a synthesis of what other people wrote
Introduction Discussion Methodology Bibliography Results Gathering data (interviews, experiments, surveys) Analysis of their data (not someone else’s data)
Making the connection Describes scholarly sources and original research How is each of the required sources types (book, newspaper, magazine, scholarly journal) useful? Essay #2 Tutorial #2
Parts of a citation Article title Author Pages Issue Volume Date Journal title
Parts of a citation Article title Author Pages Volume Date Journal title
Hands-on time 10
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