Engaging first-year students in meaningful library research
Subtitle: a practical guide for teaching faculty
By: Molly R. Flaspohler
Series: Chandos information professional series; Chandos information professional series
Publisher: Chandos Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781843346401
Subjects: College freshmen; Wissenschaftliche Bibliothek; Study and teaching (Higher); Reference services (Libraries); Library research; Studienanfänger; Literaturrecherche; Bibliothekswissenschaft; Library orientation for college students; Information literacy; Services for; Informationskompetenz
Description: Written by a seasoned academic librarian, this book offers strategies for motivating and developing college students research skills. You will learn how to integrate library research techniques into first-year courses and prepare students for meaningful research through a process-driven framework. There are numerous practical models and real-life examples of library research assignments. This is a process-driven, constructivist framework for engaging freshman in interesting, meaningful and disciplinarily relevant ways.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-176) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Millennials go to the library : or do they? Introducing the Millennials; title: Characteristics of this new generation; title: What is information literacy and do contemporary undergraduates really need it?; title: Attitudinal shifts : addressing truculence in the faculty lounge; title: Information literacy in the context of the first year. Attending to novice researchers; title: Process-centered library research; title: How can course content and information literacy co-exist?; title: Pragmatic pedagogical approaches. From the start : advice from librarian colleagues; title: Creating effective library experiences; title: The next step : advancing information literacy beyond the first year; title: One final note.