Library Research and Beyond

Provides an overview of the research process, and helps students build essential research skills. Students will identify their research topic, plan and carry out their research process, and identify and cite preferred sources of credible information on their topics.

Week 1

"Everyone does research. Some just do it better than others."

• Syllabus

• Slides for Week 1

• Assigment for next week:

Pick a topic and formulate a research question

• Read for next week:

Chapters 1, 2 and Appendix 1 sections A1.1 and A1.2

Week 2

"Library catalogs have been around forever..."

• Library map

• Slides for Week 2

• Assigment for next week:

In light of what you have learned, refine and revise your research question

• Read for next week:

Chapters 3 and 4

Week 3

"Before we launch you into new sources for research data, it's probably a good idea to rehearse where we've been."

• Final presentation worksheet

• Research paper outline

• Slides for Week 3

• Assigments for next week:

Using the resources discussed in class, find three articles on your topic

Review final presentation worksheet, and bring your questions to next week's class

• Read for next week:

Chapters 5, 6 and Appendix 1 section A1.4

Week 4

"A gentle warning about the horrible crime of plagiarism"

• Slides for Week 4

• Assigments for next week:

Create a works cited page for the resources you have chosen

Type up your answers to the questions contained on the final presentation worksheet

Prepare for your final presentation.

• Read for next week:

Chapters 7 and 8

Week 5

• Does the way the human body chemically reacts to fear affect why people like to watch horror movies? by Alana Hennings [Fall 2011]
• Yay for Reasearch Papers by Samuel McNeel [Spring 2011]
• Lib 101 Research Essentials by Briana Stevens [Spring 2011]
• Capital Punishment by Kris Ipoc [Spring 2011]

All quotations are from William Badke's Research Strategies: Finding Your Way through the Information Fog.(3rd Ed)