A lively discussion of the problems students' face when doing scholarly research and share ideas/best practices on how information literacy resources can help.

1. TRANSFORMING RESEARCH BY
TEACHING CORE INFORMATION
LITERACY PRINCIPLES
Adam Blackwell
Senior Market Development Manager (GPS)
ProQuest
ALA (June 27, 2014)

2. Office mantra
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NIHIT
O
Nothing
Important
Happens
In
The
Office

3. All students
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4. 7/9/2014 4
1) Couldn’t choose good topics
2) Didn’t know where to find information
3) Couldn’t evaluate sources
4) Didn’t know how to convert information into evidence
5) Couldn’t help plagiarizing
6) Didn’t know how to revise
The same old problems again and again and again

5. PIL
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWNGZUa952A&list=UUWoup68RayyXlPQgDgTZ_wA

6. Examples?
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7. Focus
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8. 1:1 meetings
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Increase productivity of 1:1 meetings

10. Problem
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“. . . the sheer act of just getting
started on research assignments and
defining a research inquiry was
overwhelming for students—more so
than any of the subsequent steps in
the research process.”
http://projectinfolit.org/images/pdfs/pil_
fall2010_survey_fullreport1.pdf

11. Resolution
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12. Problem
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“Many instructors require students to use
scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles
for college research papers. However,
students [don’t know] what a scholarly
article looks like.”
http://www2.yk.psu.edu/sites/bee11/start-
in-the-library/child/

13. Resolution
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14. Resolution
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15. MORE INFORMATION ON
PQ RESEARCH COMPANION?
LEAVE US YOUR NAME AND CONTACT INFO

16. CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION?
PLEASE CONTACT:
Adam Blackwell
(adam.blackwell@proquest.com)