This presentation shares resources librarians can use to help organize and simplify the research process for both their teachers and students.

1. Retooling Research
Fran Bullington
NCSLMA Conference
Oct. 5, 2012

3. Research
Crazies
Got You
Yet?
“I Hate Mornings” http://www.flickr.com/photos/34671994@N00/2215915251

4. What aspect of
research makes you
craziest?

5. Warm and Fuzzy On….
• Planning? • Citing
• Locating and Sources?
Accessing • Pulling It
Information? Together?
• Note Taking? • Grading?

6. Retooling Research Wiki
http://retoolingresearch.wikispaces.com

7. Planning: Assisting
Teachers

8. Designing Student
Projects to Prevent
Plagiarism

9. How prevalent is plagiarism?
What percent of high school students said they had
plagiarized on school assignments?
• 15%
• 33%
• 50%
• 75%
Based on research done by Donald L. McCabe, Rutgers University
Image “Plagiarism” www.flickr.com/photos/ad4evr/2128607/

10. Trends in Info literacy

11. Why Do Students Plagiarize?
Andrea’s View

12. The Four A’s of Successful
Student Projects
• Assignments that Matter
• Activities that Involve the Researcher
• Assessments that Help by Promoting
Growth and Showing Care
• Attitude (of the teacher, that is!)
From http://www.doug-johnson.com (Director of Media
and Technology in the Mankato, MN School District)

13. Why Do Students Plagiarize?
Kelsey’s View

14. Providing Structure
Teaching students a research process
provides them with structure.
The Big 6 model suggests 6 steps:
•Task Definition
•Information Seeking Strategies
•Location and Access
•Use of Information
•Synthesis
•Evaluation
http://www.big6.com/

15. Provide Checkpoints
Research
Paper? You have a five
page paper due
on Nov. 15th.
Include a
minimum of
three sources.
day 134 - 10.01.2009 - high key frustration
www.flickr.com/photos/ardenswayoflife/3184839175/

16. Checkpoints Ease Frustration
Research Paper: You have a
five page paper due on Nov.
15th. Include a minimum of
three sources.
Checkpoint #1: Thesis
statement
Checkpoint #2: Ten note cards
with at least two source cards
Checkpoint #3: Twenty note
cards with three source cards
….etc.

17. Provide a Rubric for Guidance
What is he expecting
me to do?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jazbeck/8025692978/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/83633410@N07/7658248924/
This is just what she wants!

18. Provide Examples

19. An Ounce of Prevention...

20. Searchenginereports.com

21. Planning: Assisting
Students

22. Infohio

23. Infohio ASK

24. Research Planning Form

25. Narrowing a Topic

26. Infohio ASK

27. Research Project Calculator

28. Research Project Calculator

29. Research Project Calculator

30. Locating and Accessing
Information

31. Keyword Identification

32. Easy Bib: Keywords

33. Your Dictionary

34. Thesaurus

35. Infohio ASK

36. Gathering Grid

37. Library Catalogs

38. NC WiseOwl

39. Teach Searching Strategies

40. Conducting Searches

41. Feeling
better
yet?
“I Hate Mornings” http://www.flickr.com/photos/34671994@N00/2215915251

42. Note Taking

43. Zotero

44. Citelighter

45. Study Guides & Strategies

46. Diigo

47. Evernote

48. Citing Sources

49. Online Citation Practice

50. Bibme

52. Pulling It All Together

53. Essay Map

54. Grading

55. YouTube Tutorial: Video Grading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE3cP22fG30

56. Parody: “Before He Cheats”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NvA4hCOfjU