Identify the Personal Librarian

Know Library's Services

Learn: Short presentation on how to formulate a good research question

Remember: Quiz students on what are the main points of a good research question

Do: Use the basic HoyaSearch skills to check the literature

search the Credo database

use the Mind Map feature to create meaningful connections between concepts

Learn: Librarian explains what reference sources are and their usefulness.

Remember: Librarian quizzes, discusses with students major points and confusion with reference sources

Do: Students create Mind-Map based on their topic/research question on a piece of paper and find at least a couple of articles from Credo or other reference source

search for books and articles

find & access materials online

locate physical items with a call number

Learn: Librarian short presentation of what a federated search engine is and its features

Remember: Librarian quizzes/discusses with students the concept and features of HoyaSearch to make sure they remember basic information

Do: Ask students to search and find book/article  based on research question keywords. if in the library, students can roam the shelves

define what is a primary source

use the library and the internet to locate primary sources

distinguish between primary and secondary sources

Learn: Students are introduced to the concept of primary sources and their difference from secondary. Next, they are shown where they can find these materials in the library and the internet

Remember: Students do a quick quiz on what is a primary vs. secondary source and where they can find it in the library

Do: Activity: students work with a primary sources database to find a material, view/read/summarize it and cite it

know where to look for assistance with citation

read citations

find machine generated citations and correct the mistakes, if any

understand what copyright is, why it’s important, and when it is applicable (ex. public domain vs. common knowledge)

Learn: Short presentation on proper citing and avoiding plagiarism, what automated tools are available in HoyaSearch, and how to correct mistakes

Remember: Quiz students on the necessary components of a citation/reference entry

Do: Ask students to build a citation for a book, article, newspaper story, etc.

break down the research question and extract the concepts

find related keywords

combine search terms

search HoyaSearch for a variety of content (e- Books, peer-reviewed articles, etc.)

locate and download the full text

Apply subject terms in the search

copy citations from HoyaSearch records

Learn: Short presentation on Field search, Boolean operators and Subject search. Also, how to save results and searches to account and how to export citations to Refworks.

Remember: Ask students how field search would work with combination of Boolean operators and how they can retrieve and then change their search query
 
Do: Find at least X sources (maybe of different type) related to their research question

evaluate information sources for Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy and Purpose

distinguish between scholarly and popular sources

Learn: Short presentation on what CRAAP is

Remember: Quiz students on what the acronym means

Do: Apply an activity where students will need to evaluate sources

locate newspaper and magazine articles using HoyaSearch

search specialized databases for newspaper and magazine content

set up alerts and feeds on topics of interest (if possible)

Learn: Students are introduced to the concept of news resources, how they are created and how reliable they are. They are also shown where to find news in the library (HoyaSearch and News Databases)

Remember: Student complete a short quiz on what is the production process of news and 3 different ways to find them in the library (HoyaSearch filter, Journal Search, Databases)

Do: Based on a news issue that was dominant a while ago or their research topic, find newspaper articles in any of the locations of the library

identify database type based on information need (dataset, image, peer-reviewed journals, etc)

use advanced search features and techniques

Set email alerts for selected journals

explore and take advantage of other specialized features for specific databases

Learn: Short presentation on what is a subject database, what it contains and how it is organized, any special features available, what is its usefulness and how it is different from HoyaSearch.

Remember: Librarian quizzes students on the defining features of subject database(s)

Do: Students will use the database(s) to find materials according to their research topic

use the advanced search feature of Google Scholar

Apply forward and backward citation search

Set connection to the home library

Refine search results

Learn: Explain how advanced search works and other tips (asterisk, search within cited works etc)

Remember: Ask students if they remember to repeat some major points of advanced features

Do: Search for articles on their assignment, create their own digital library with labels in and set up alerts

add/grab/export references from HoyaSearch, Google Scholar or other websites

organize references by folders

cite while they write

create bibliography

share references

navigate specialized library databases for multimedia content

navigate and evaluate an assortment of open access multimedia databases for multimedia content

understand the unique aspects of copyright and multimedia content

Learn: Librarian presents information about public domain, licensing statement, Fair Use and where students can find freely available multimedia. Also, mentions copyright of photos of objects taken by students.

Remember: Librarian quizzes students on the main points of copyright

Do: Find multimedia objects in a library database/online for a specific topic

Use specialized library databases to find datasets according to information need

Find, evaluate and use openly accessible datasets

Learn: Librarian explains the concept of open (government) data and gives general directions on where students can usually find them and what they should be aware of regarding usage rights and evaluation. Also demonstrates the various ways data can be downloaded and visualized.

Remember: Librarian repeats main points about data access and evaluation

Do: Students find, download, and visualize datasets from a suitable database related to their research question