This document summarizes a library instruction session on conducting research for TSEM 102: Current Issues in Education: Living and Learning in a Digital Society. The session covered the research process, developing search strategies using keywords, evaluating information sources using the CRAP test, and filling out a worksheet to apply what was learned. The librarian, Laksamee Putnam, led the session and provided her contact information for any additional questions.
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3. Agenda
Research Process Overview
General search strategy
Brainstorming keywords
Evaluating information
4. The Research Process
Interpreting the
Selecting a Assignment
Topic
Reading Identifying &
Background Listing
Refining a Information Vocabulary
Topic
Using Online
Databases
& Indexes
Evaluating Citing
Sources Gathering Sources
Sources
Drafting Paper or
Presentation
7. Web “Pre-Searching”
Why not start your search online?
The Invisible Web
http://goshen.libguides.com/beyond_googling
Can you trust this information?
TED video:
Online filter bubble – Eli Pariser
http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bub
bles.html
8. Web “Pre-Searching”
Why start your search online?
Find background information
Help solidify research topic
Find new terminology to use as keywords
Find links and/or citations to other sources
11. … and other familiar tools to identify
websites with academic content.
Source: www.google.com.
Source: www.wikipedia.org.
12. Try new features to help build your keyword list
and search strategy.
Keep this in mind!
Any topic might include various facets that
you might want to explore and consider as
you clarify your topic at the beginning of the
research process.
13. Keywords are critical!
Sample topic:
What are some ways elementary teachers can assess whether a
certain technology solution is effective?
First, break the question down into keywords:
What are some ways elementary teachers can assess whether a
certain technology solution is effective?
14. More on keywords…
Expand your list to include synonyms then add to it once
you have done some background reading.
What are some ways elementary teachers can assess whether a certain
technology solution is effective?
teach* assess* technolog*
learn evaluat* comput*
strateg* test* [software name]
method gauge
instruct*
15. Search Terms and Keyword Reminders
Keywords come from the search question
Use Boolean “search connectors” to combine
keywords in ways that capture the results you need
16. Good searching starts with good keywords
Boolean “search connectors”
AND OR NOT
For example:
internet AND children
• Combining >1 topic
instruct OR teach
• Combining synonymous terms
17. Search Tip #1
Use AND when you need to combine more than one
topic
innovation education
Innovation AND education
18. Search Tip #2
Use OR to combine synonymous terms (to get results
regardless of what term an author uses).
instruct teach
19. Search Tip #3
Use truncation!
Educat* finds
Educate
Education
Educating
Educator
Etc…
20. Search Tip #4
Phrase Searching…
Use quotations to keep a keyword phrase intact (words will be
searched in the specific order)
Examples:
“No Child Left Behind”
“school reform”
21. Putting it all together…
What are some ways elementary teachers can assess whether a
certain technology solution is effective?
teach* assess* technolog*
instruct* evaluate* comput*
method* test* [software name]
learn*
teach* OR instruct* OR method* OR learn*
AND
assess* OR evaluate* OR test*
AND
technolog* OR comput* OR kidspiration
22. Evaluate what you find
Go to one of the websites below and analyze it
http://bit.ly/cosmicweb1
http://bit.ly/cosmicweb2
http://bit.ly/cosmicweb3
http://bit.ly/cosmicweb4
http://bit.ly/cosmicweb5
http://bit.ly/cosmicweb6
http://bit.ly/cosmicweb7
23. Check for CRAP
Currency
Reliability
Authority
Purpose/Point of View
24. Check for CRAP
Currency
How recent is the information?
Can you locate a date when the resource was
written/created/updated?
Based on your topic, is this current enough?
Why might the date matter for your topic?
Guidelines for CRAP provided by the Jean and Alexander Heard Library
25. Check for CRAP
Reliability
What kind of information is included in the resource?
Does the author provide citations & references for quotations
& data
Where am I accessing this information?
Guidelines for CRAP provided by the Jean and Alexander Heard Library
26. Check for CRAP
Authority
Can you determine who the author/creator is?
What are their credentials
(education, affiliation, experience, etc.)?
Who is the publisher or sponsor of the work/site?
Is this publisher/sponsor reputable
Guidelines for CRAP provided by the Jean and Alexander Heard Library
27. Check for CRAP
Purpose/Point of View
Is the content primarily opinion?
Is the information balanced or biased?
What is the purpose of the information? Is it to
inform, teach, sell, entertain or persuade
Guidelines for CRAP provided by the Jean and Alexander Heard Library
28. Fill out the worksheet
Worksheet 1
Go here: http://bit.ly/2TSEM
Fill out the worksheet
Be ready to fill in more of the worksheet after the next library
session!
29. Questions?
Feel free to contact me:
Laksamee Putnam
lputnam@towson.edu
410.704.3746.
Twitter: @CookLibraryofTU
Or any reference librarian:
Visit Cook Library Reference Desk
410.704.2462.
IM – tucookchat
Editor's Notes
Aka it’s a good starting pointYou can read the wikipedia article… just don’t cite it