Strategies for Teaching Library Research

• Assignments and Activities

• Library Scavenger Hunt on Student Selected Topic –> Evaluating Sources –> Mini-Annotated Bibliography

• Source Comparison Activities: Give students, or have them find, different kinds of sources addressing the same topic –> Compare the sources –> Assess their reliability
  • Internet and Web-based Databases
  • Scholarly Journals Vs. Popular Magazines

• Library Session Tailored to a Specific Research Assignment in Your Class

Tags: finding sources, research