Mar 14 2007
Library and General Research Skills students should develop in English 110
Library Research Skills
- Searching the Belk Catalog by author, title, subject, and keyword to identify books and other materials in the library
- Locating and retrieving books and other materials in the library
- Selecting and using full-text databases (such as EBSCO or ProQuest) to retrieve full-text articles
- Using Boolean operators (and, or, not) to limit a database search to relevant articles
- Using Journal Finder to find journals, magazines, and newspapers in the library’s databases or in the library’s collection.
- Requesting books and articles through Interlibrary Loan forms (online and print)
- Distinguishing between articles from popular magazines and scholarly journals
- Recognizing the difference in information retrieved from the Internet and Web-based databases
- Evaluating the credibility of both print and electronic sources
- Asking a librarian for help when I need it
- Developing research questions and a strategy for answering them
* These skills should be taught and reinforced through an assignment(s) that actually involves the student in hands-on use of library resources.
General Research Skills
- Students should be introduced to one of the major documentation styles, preferably MLA
- They should practice summary, paraphrasing, and effective synthesis of others’ ideas with their own
- In developing these techniques, they should learn how to avoid plagiarism
- They should begin to develop a sense of how to evaluate the credibility of sources, including both print and electronic sources