An inforamus is someone doing bad searches with an inadequate search engine
in a morass of disorganized, incomplete, and sometimes inaccurate information,
and who is perfectly happy with the results.
David Majka, American Libraries
Peer
Review
Library Assignments
Resources To Use With Your Students
Preventing Plagiarism/Term Paper Alternatives
Evaluating Web Resources
Opportunities
for Collaboration
Professor Promotes Student Use of Peer-Reviewed Papers, The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Web-Loving Students Can Be Prodded to Cite Peer-Reviewed Works in Term Papers, Study Suggests, The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Effect of the Web on Undergraduate Citation Behavior: Guiding Student Scholarship in a Networked Age by Philip M. Davis, portal: Libraries and the Academy (the study).
10 Reasons Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library by Mark Y. Herring, Dean of Library Services, Dacus Library, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina.Consider the Source: Is it Popular or Scholarly? Chart format; includes trade publications and Gray Literature, Lorain County Community College, Elyria, OH.
Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals from Cornell University Libraries. "Shows how to evaluate periodicals by looking at their format, intended audience, and appearance."
Finding Scholarly Articles & Research Studies from Clark State Community College Library, Springfield, Ohio.Chart format; includes very helpful explanation of Empirical Research Articles and Research Studies.
The Journal/Magazine Guide Includes Authoritative versus Unreliable, Partisan versus Plain Vanilla, American versus Foreign, and common Journal Restrictions from Columbus State University Libraries, Columbus, GA.
Magazine Or Scholarly Journal Includes trade publications and Gray Literature, California State University, Sacramento.
Scholarly vs. Popular Articles from Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah. Great colorful chart!
Types of Periodicals from Ithaca College Library. Chart format; includes research articles/empirical studies and a helpful section: So which ones should I use?
What Are The Differences Between Scholarly Journals & Popular Magazines? from the University College of the Cariboo Library, British Columbia.
Peer-Reviewed Articles: Academic Search Premier, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more than 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 8,175 journals in the collection. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more.
Handouts
& Web Pages
Online
Tutorials
From the Harvard Writing Center:
How
to Read an Assignment
Moving
from Assignment to Topic
How
to Do a Close Reading
Overview
of the Academic Essay
Developing
A Thesis
Beginning
the Academic Essay
Counter-Argument
Transitioning:
Beware of Velcro
How
to Write a Comparative Analysis
Ending
the Essay: Conclusions
Revising
the Draft
Editing
the Essay, Part One
Editing
the Essay, Part Two
Tips
on Grammar, Punctuation and Style
Harvard
also recommends the online version of The
Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
Anatomy
of a Journal Article Adapted from "The Primary Literature," University
of Guelph.
Critically Analyzing Information Sources from Cornell University Libraries."Lists some of the critical questions you should ask when you consider the appropriateness of a particular book, article, media resource, or Web site for your research."
Doing Research Using Databases, Books, Journals, Web customized with links for the J. Eugene Smith Library.
Elements
Of A Research Article from Northern Essex Community College Libraries. A graphic
view, good for visual learners.
From
Information to Publication from the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library,
University of Utah.
Guide
to the Research Process from J. Eugene Smith Library. Provides direct links
to Library resources as well as selected Web Resources and Tools.
How
to Read a Paper Includes a wide variety of types of papers plus an introduction
to the Medline database.
How to Read a Scientific Article:
Reviewing research articles and interpreting the literature by Bob Millikan,
DVM, PhD., Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Introduction
to Research Databases J. Eugene Smith Library's basic introduction to database
searching using Academic Search Premier.
Life
Balance — Making Sense of Science: How To Get Beyond Headlines And Hype
To Find Answers You Can Use by Eris Weaver, MPH, MLIS, AHIP.
Selecting a Research Topic from Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah. Thorough introduction.
Assignment Calculator from University of Minnesota Libraries.
Basic Information Literacy Tutorial adapted from the University of Texas Information Literacy Tutorial (TILT) for the CSUs.
Bruin
Success with Less Stress from UCLA.
CSU Information
Competence Tutorial from
the California State University System.
From Monash University Library:
How
To Develop A Search Strategy
How
To Decipher And Use Your Reading List
How
To Identify Academic Resources
How
To Acknowledge What You've Read (Citing & Referencing)
Samples from
Harvard, ASCE, IEEE, APA, MLA
How
To Do Research On The Internet
How
To Use Google Advanced Search
How
To Evaluate What You Find
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
The Road to Research Research Skills Tutorial from Wesleyan University Library.
Alternatives to the Research Paper includes Learning Research Skills, Learning to Use Access Tools, Understanding the Structure of the Literature, Critical Reading, Using the Web and Presenting Your Results.
MGRP: An Alternative to the Traditional Research Paper by Todd Blake Finley, PhD., English Department, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. A very creative approach demonstrated via a PowerPoint slide show.
Plagiarism: A Guide for CSU Students and Faculty Includes Eastern's policy on cheating and plagiarism, resources for students and faculty.
Term Paper Alternatives: Ideas for Information-Based Assignments "Some faculty members have lost confidence in the learning effectiveness of the traditional research paper for undergraduates. Concerns over “cut-and-paste” plagiarism and term paper purchasing have created a need for different approaches towards information-based assignments. Term papers have been the most commonly used method of evaluating whether students can successfully apply information skills, but there are other ways to incorporate information resources into assignments without requiring a full-scale research paper. Students may actually respond better to alternative assignments that enable them to focus on specific resources, aspects of the research process or aspects of the discipline." Adapted from materials developed by the University of Newfoundland , University of Michigan , University of Puget Sound , Gustavus Adolphus College , and the University of California at Berkeley.
List of Assignments which can help prevent plagiarism
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Feline
Reactions to Bearded Men
A list of other Annals
of Improbable Research articles.
New
Allies in the Fight Against Research by Googling
Faculty members and
librarians slowly start to work together on courseware.
Development of a Journal Review
Course Module in Biology
See Purpose
for information about the philosophy and rationale for this assignment.
Engelond: Resources for 14th-Centruy English Studies
Major Poets of New England Collaboration with Gray Jacobik, Senior Seminar.
The World of Shakespeare: A Research Guide Collaboration with Nancy Salter, Senior Seminar.
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J. Eugene Smith Library
Eastern Connecticut State University
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