Slides to support forensic and investigative sciences information literacy

1. Forensic and Investigative Science 401:
Professional Forensic Communications
Linda Blake, Science Librarian
Linda.blake@mail.wvu.edu
(304) 476-5802
Research Guide:
http://libguides.wvu.edu/FIS401
Image from "What's Going On, 2009" by Willie Rodger;
Bridgeman Education, WVU Libraries
Information Literacy Sessions
Fall 2014
Rachel Mohr

2. Information Literacy Defined
Information literacy is a set of skills involving
“finding, evaluating, interpreting, managing, and
using information to answer questions and
develop new ones; and creating new knowledge
through ethical participation in communities of
learning, scholarship, and practice.”
So students become not just users of
information, but creators.
Association of College and Research Libraries. 2014. Framework for Information
Literacy for Higher Education [Internet]. Chicago: Association of College and
Research Libraries; [cited 9 July 2014]. Available from
http://www.infodocket.com/2014/06/17/acrl-releases-revised-draft-of-framework-for-
information-literacy-for-higher-education/

3. Information Literacy Threshold Concepts
1. Scholarship is a Conversation
2. Research as Inquiry
3. Authority is Contextual and Constructed
4. Format is a Process
5. Searching as Exploration
6. Information has Value
Association of College and Research Libraries. 2014. Framework for Information
Literacy for Higher Education [Internet]. Chicago: Association of College and
Research Libraries; [cited 9 July 2014]. Available from
http://www.infodocket.com/2014/06/17/acrl-releases-revised-draft-of-framework-for-
information-literacy-for-higher-education/

4. Citation Management Software
• Used to organize citations
• Build bibliographies
• Insert citations as you write your paper in Word
• Examples: RefWorks, EndNote, EndNote Basic,
Zotero, Mendeley, BibTex, and more

5. RefWorks
• WVU Libraries supported
• Links and help in a research guide
http://libguides.wvu.edu/RefWorks
• Sophisticated functionality: for example,
you can share references and store pdfs
• Works with all major library databases
• You can take your references with you
when you leave WVU

6. My Research Question
“How is hair analysis used to detect cocaine?”
Keywords: “hair analysis”
AND
cocaine

7. My Research Question
“How is hair analysis used to detect cocaine?”
Keywords: “hair analysis”
AND
cocaine