1. The Duh! Factor
Or why you need the library
in Blackboard.

2. Assumptions. . .
What you may think:
●High motivation = successful research1
●Time = research skills
●They know where to find credible electronic and print
sources.
1. Quarton, Barbara. “Research Skills and the New Undergraduate.” Journal of Instructional Psychology 30:2 p.120-4.

3. Or Truth?
●Research skills are learned.
●Not all students are “independent-minded,”2 which means that
they will not seek assistance. Students must be taught how to
do research.
●Students often obtain information from a citation that they found
on Google or Wikipedia--subject encyclopedia may help.
2. McGuinness, Claire. “What Faculty Think—Exploring the Barriers to Information Literacy Development in Undergraduate Education.”
The Journal of Academic Librarianship 32:6 p573-82.

4. The Mis-Information Age
Capable researchers must be able to:
1.Locate pertinent information.
2.Evaluate print and electronic sources.
3.Use the sources properly in their research.

5. All Together Now. . .
●Remember the Duh factor.
●Do not assume.
●Questions? Ask Us!
oChat csuref
oPhone 863-7946
oEmail csuref@csuniv.edu
oBlackboard library portal?

6. Subject Encyclopedias
●Title: Encyclopedia of American gospel music / W.K. McNeil, editor. CSU
CALL NUMBER COPY MATERIAL LOCATION 1)REF. ML102 .G6 E63 2005 1
(look up music encyclopedia for others)
●Title: Encyclopedia of geographic information science / editor, Karen K.
Kemp.. Call number G70.212 .E53 2008 1 (look up science encyclopedia for
others)
●Title: The encyclopedia of police science / Jack R. Greene, editor. CSU
CALL NUMBER 1)REF. HV 7901 .E53 2007 V. 1 1 REF-BOOK REFERENCE
no circ (look up science encyclopedia for others)
●Title: Encyclopedia of religion / Lindsay Jones, editor in chief. CSU CALL
NUMBER COPY MATERIAL LOCATION 1)REF. BL31 .E46 2005 V. 1 1 (look
up religion encyclopedia for others).