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Section
Contents
Ethics
in Teaching
Lecturing
Presentation Suggestions
Learning Technologies
Dealing With Difficult Group Members
Using Concept Maps
Information Seeking Skills
Evaluating Web Sites
Writing-to-Learn |
Information Seeking Skills
(Source: McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph)
The following points may help you guide your students if they are responsible
for writing a research paper during the semester.
- Identify your topic.
- Define the problem as fully as possible. State your topic as a
question.
- Break down the question into sub-topics; identify the main concepts
or keywords.
- Identify the types of information you will likely need.
- Find background information (e.g., lecture notes, textbook, reserve
readings).
- Use the Library's catalog to find books. Remember that the Library
has changed to the new TRELLIS catalog system. For more information
on TRELLIS please talk to a librarian or visit The
Library web site.
- Use indexes to find periodical articles. Remember that the location
of many of the journals has changed you and your students might
want to take a library tour.
- Evaluate what you have found:
- Is it the right source? ( Consider the purpose of the work, scope
of the source, format, type of information, special features, currency
of information).
- Is it a good source? (Consider the author's credentials, recency/currency,
publisher, objectivity of information, completeness of information,
ease of use).
Encourage your students to find more general or background information
first and then find more specific and recent sources of information. In
addition, you may want to remind them to record what they find and where
they find it to avoid any issues of plagiarism, or if they need to go
back to the information. Finally, remind students to ask yourself or the
library staff for help if they are having problems.
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