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Faculty Links
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a library instruction/orientation
EZProxy URL creates links
for off-campus access to database articles.
Building
Your Library Collection offers an online
request form.
Course Reserves Policy
(.doc). A request form (.pdf)
(.doc)
is required for each item. Reserve media for classroom use: tccref@tcc.edu or
call your campus circulation desk.
Reproducible
handouts
Instruction
Library
Instruction includes:
Prepare your students for
a library orientation
Schedule a library instruction/orientation
FLASH instructional
materials
Designing
Effective Library Research Assignments (see
suggestions below)
Information
Literacy Subject Guide
VCCS
Core Competencies
Standards
of Learning
General
Education Rubrics from Sinclair Community College
that provide blank forms for grading individual assignments.
VALUE
rubrics from the American Association of Colleges
and Universities
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links to database articles.
Reserve media for classroom use: tccref@tcc.edu or
call the circulation desk.
Place items
on course reserves
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(.doc) is required for each
item.
Online
Library Forms
Distance
learning support.
AP
Images provides online access to more than 500,000
current, almost immediate, and historical photographs
from the Associated Press Photo Archive for educational
purposes.
Collection Building
Building
Your Library Collection offers an online
request form.
Books
in Print
Choice Reviews Online
RCLWeb
(Resources for College Libraries)
Collection development policy
Research
Plagiarism
What
is Plagiarism? Rutger's University's Flash-based online
tutorial for students.
Plagiarism
Test from Indianna University, 10 questions and a printable
certificate.
Plagiarism.org at
The Learning Center.
Plagiarism handout
for students on how to avoid plagiarism.
Best
Information on the Net- Hot Paper Topics-Plagiarism
Busting
the New Breed of Plagiarist offers pointers on using
search engines to detect Internet plagiarism.
Cheating
101: Paper Mills and You, a Teaching Effectiveness Seminar
thoroughly covers the topic and includes sites that sell papers.
Cyber-Plagiarism:
Detection and Prevention (Penn State) includes sites that
sell papers.
Suggested assignments Annotated bibliographies
In addition to asking students to include a bibliography at the end of their
assignment, ask them to annotate the entries to include information on how
they found sources, what types they are and how they are useful. They can also
talk about the limitations of the material they find. This exercise sharpens
students' search skills and critical evaluation abilities. (Concordia
University)
Comparisons
Have students compare the information they find from the Web and databases,
from popular and scholarly material, from primary and secondary sources.
For instance, have students find a reference to a study in a newspaper or
magazine article and ask them to locate the actual study in a scholarly journal.
Then, have them contrast both articles by showcasing the value and limits
of both types. This assignment allows students to identify characteristics
of each type of information source as well as the pros and cons of using
one over the other. (Concordia
University)
Debates/Presentations
Students prepare presentations that are supported by credible information found
through research. The value of their presentation depends on their ability
to express important points succinctly while relying on gathered data and
sources. (Concordia
University)
Understanding the literature of a discipline
One of the greatest challenges that students face when starting
to conduct research is their limited knowledge of the literature
in a particular discipline.
They are unfamiliar with the journals, the major authors and the structure
of scholarly research. Having them investigate the information/publishing
cycle of a particular subject area to find out how the literature is produced
and communicated can be a useful exercise. This demystifies the term "literature" and
familiarizes students with the scholarly publication process and other useful
sources for their discipline. (Concordia
University)
Creating a course pack
Have students compile the readings according to specific limitations (last
10 years, scholarly articles, etc.) or to broader ones (can include newspaper,
Web, etc.). In addition, they must write an introduction to the course pack
that displays an understanding of the subject matter and an explanation/annotation
for each item (why it was chosen). This assignment allows students to use
search tools, to evaluate what they find and to summarize the material they
choose. (Concordia
University)
Writing a family history
This is useful for a history course as students are requested to use various
sources of information to compile a family history. Actual interview (primary
sources), surveys, birth/death/marriage notices, maps, directories and newspapers
are examples. (Concordia
University)
Develop an ad campaign
Ask business students to develop a marketing plan for a potential advertisement
campaign. They will need to research product reviews, conduct market research
to identify demographic and financial information, review psychological research
linked to advertising and consumer behaviour, etc. (Concordia
University)
Creative writing assignment
Library research and information literacy competencies can be integrated within
a creative writing course. Have students write the opening chapter for a
historical novel, for instance, whereby they must research daily routine,
customs, eating habits, rituals, dress, social status and other pertinent
information related to a particular time period. (Concordia
University)
Library
Assignments that Enhance the Business Communications Course (Hiemstra,
Kathleen M)
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