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This document provides an overview of a research workshop for a WR121 class. It discusses identifying the type of information needed, designing search strategies, locating resources, and recognizing how librarians can help. It then presents a research topic on how the annual influx of summer visitors to the Jersey Shore affects the culture and identity of the region. Students are instructed to find articles and a book on migratory populations in the U.S. to help address this research situation.
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- 1. WR121 Research Workshop Librarian: XXXXXXX Image Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamed/2302808818
- 2. The Librarian Says… Turn your cell phones ON!
- 4. What will you learn today? Image Credit: http://englishcollective.org/
- 5. Identify the kind of information you need Image Credit: Iwasaki Library
- 6. Design Search Strategies Image Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/computerguy_wiki/3686972731
- 7. Locate Awesome Resources Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/drgandy/22373340
- 8. Recognize what librarians can do for you!
- 9. What do these letters mean to you?
- 11. You have a research assignment… Image Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22409393@N03/5530809591
- 12. We will refer to this as… “The Situation” Image Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22409393@N03/5530809591
- 14. THE SITUATION: The influx of summer visitors to the Jersey Shore causes tension with the local year-round residents. How does this annual migration affect the culture or identity of the region? Are these migrants part of the culture?
- 16. Find articles on your topic
- 17. Find a book at Emerson about migratory populations in the U.S.
- 20. Reference Hours Monday - Thursday: 9:30a.m.-11p.m. Friday: 9:30a.m.-5p.m. Saturday: noon - 6p.m. Sunday: noon - 9p.m.
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- So, before we get started, we’re going to do something a little different. I’d like everyone to take out and turn on your smartphone, if you have one. I’m going to ask you a question about research and you can use your phone to text a reply to this online poll. Your responses will show up, live and in real life,behind me. Standard texting rates apply if you’re using your phone, or you can give your response using the Web. Here we go!
- (NOTE: poll should show up embedded right in presentation, but only if running ppt on a Windows platform. DOES NOT WORK IN MAC. If using Mac, you will need to open poll up in a separate window.)Press F5 or use the tool bar to enter presentation mode in order to see the poll.\r\nIn an emergency during your presentation, if the poll isn't showing, navigate to this link in your web browser:http://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/MTE5ODM0NDY5Mg(NOTE: at the end of class, log into PollEverywhere and download and save class responses into file sharing. Clear poll for use for next class.)
- Here’s what we hope you will take away from this workshop today. (and you’ll be more engaged with what the library has to offer!)
- Learning Outcome #1There is so much information out there. You’ve probably all heard of information overload, right? Well it’s not an exaggeration. We’re going to talk about how you can recognize different kinds of information—formats, contents, styles, etc.—and how you can identify the most relevant sources of information for your research.
- Learning Outcome #2We’ll talk about designing and implementing effective search strategies in order to get the most out of library resources and make your research time more efficient.
- Learning Outcome #3And hopefully, you’ll be able to locate some awesome resources relevant to your research question, during this very workshop!Fun anecdote: This image of Fort Awesome was actually taken in Harvard Square a few winters ago, when we had snow. It warms my heart to know that Fort Awesome is so close by.Photocredit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/drgandy/22373340
- Learning Outcome #4Lastly, we want you to know what librarians can do for you! ASK: So, I’m a librarian. What do you think I do all day? (solicit answers. Someone will say something eventually about librarians answering questions). That’s right, we’re here to help. It’s what we love to do!Okay…so now, let’s get started! I have another question for you…
- Take a moment to think about these letters. Don’t say your answer out loud yet!
- Here’s a hint.So, what do you think GTL stands for? {hopefully, students will say Gym, Tanning, Laundry}Close…today, it stands for Gym, Tanning, Library. Today, we’re going to take a look at how to do research at the library through the lens of the Jersey Shore. Yes, you can research the Jersey Shore!Incidentally, I recently took an online quiz to find out which Jersey Shore character I’m most like and apparently, I’m most like Angelina from Seasons 1 and 2. So from now on, you can call me Tina Angelina. And Karla, my coteacher, is most like J-WOWW. So please refer to her as K-WOWW today.
- You all mentioned earlier that you are working on a research assignment. Henceforth…
- We will refer to this assignment as <<click>> “The Situation”Here’s our situation (or research question): Each summer the Jersey Shore explodes with an influx of summer visitors, causing tension with the local year-round residents. How does this annual migration affect the culture or identity of the region? Are these migrants part of the culture?(NOTE: research situation should be customized to fit the scope of the research assignment)
- [In this segment, students will talk about different types of information—forms and content—and think about which resources would be most beneficial for their specific research. This ties to Learning Outcome #1)Pictured here are a variety of sources of information. [from top, clockwise: USA.gov (gov’t site); YouTube (media site); New York Times (newspaper); Perez Hilton.com (gossip blog); Wikipedia (open source encyclopedia); Reality Bites Back (book); Journal of Pop Culture (scholarly journal)]ASK: Are any of these familiar? Have you used them before? How do you use them?Go over a few of these examples together, asking about the kind of information students would expect to find in a given resource, and how each resource might provide information on a research topic. EXAMPLE: Let’s say I want to do some research on Snooki. What kind of information on Snooki would you expect to find in the New York Times (a newspaper resource). Repeat with a few more examples.ASK: Which is the best source for information about Snooki? (Answer: it depends on your purpose)
- Activity speaks to Learning Outcome #2 and #1Press F5 or enter presentation mode to view the poll\r\nIn an emergency during your presentation, if the poll isn't showing, navigate to this link in your web browser:\r\nhttp://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/LTIwMzg5NDAwNDkPoint out student examples (synonyms, “phrase searching”, dreaded boolean logic, narrowing/widening scope)Ask students to share the number of results foundHave students look at the search results as well. ASK: Where is the information coming from? Have them try to read citation information. ASK: is everything here scholarly? How can you tell?Results show books and articles, have Cited by information – leads to other articles and helps you see which ones are most cited. Look for Emerson Holdings AND/OR Emerson Full-Text (ignore Emerson College FullText) –click to read full articles in many cases. If you can’t read entire article, you can try to find it in the library or request it via interlibrary loan. From Off Campus: Set Scholar Preferences (by grey search button). Choose Emerson College. On campus, this is already selected for you.
- Activity speaks to Learning Outcome #4As you’ve seen already, there are many places to get help finding information. Pictured behind me is another one; librarians have created “research guides” to helpyou to get started quickly and easily. These guides are usually centered on a broad subject topic and are intended to give you starting points if you’ve never done research in a given area of academic study. For instance, are any of you film majors? Well, you might not know the best databases to do film research and I’m betting you don’t want to search through that big long list of databases to find out which ones cover film. We don’t want you to have to do that either! So we have guides for things like Film, History, Marketing, and even one specifically for your class.You can find it at the URL listed at the top. Use it to: Get resource recommendations for each kind of writing project you undertake Find links to books, websites, databases and more specific to the kind of work you’re doing. (The bonus of this is you don’t have to remember everything we went over today. All of it and more are gathered in this guide for you!)Mention a walkthrough of this slide presentation is available.[assuming there is one!!]We’ve looked at a lot of different places to get information. But, let’s say, you’re having some trouble with your Situation. You’ve explored library resources, you’ve looked in the databases, you’ve tried to find books and you’re stuck. CLICK
- In fact, you’ve hit a brick wall on your research journey. You are stuck!ASK: Does this sound familiar? Has it ever happened to you? What do you do??[Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theartguy/4721135346]
- Thanks so much for spending time at the library today. If I could ask a small favor… We take very short surveys at the end of these workshops so that we can continue to make them most effective for you. Go to this URL and take our One-Minute-Survey. Thanks![Maybe revamp this… What do we want to assess? How do we want to use this assessment tool?]