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Internet Search Engines
In this module we will be learning more about internet search engines, including everyone's favorite, Google. Although Google dominates the internet search world, and it can be an excellent tool to use, it is not the only search engine out there. We ask you to look more closely at some of the problems with Google, and explore some alternatives to Google as your only search engine. Continue reading
Reading Strategies (2022 version)
One step that is often overlooked in the research process is reading the sources you've found. In your college career so far, you may have already encountered difficulties reading academic/scholarly sources. As we've discussed, they are generally written for experts, so it can be overwhelming to try to understand them if you don't have the relevant background or expertise. For several reasons, reading an academic article from beginning to end the first time through may not the best strategy. In this module, we will think about strategies for making sense of scholarly journal articles. Continue reading
Asking Questions
Questions are the foundation of all research - questions show curiosity and an interest in learning more. Asking questions is a natural part of human development, and something we all do as children without even thinking about it. As we get older, our ability to ask many and varied questions seems to taper off. For this class, and for this lesson, we’d like you to get back in touch with that question-asking ability. Continue reading
Background and Preliminary Research
For this Module, we are going to start locating resources for beginning your research. These resources can apply for both school-related research and life-related research. Continue reading
Introduction to Evaluating Sources
In this module we'll be thinking about how to evaluate the sources we find. The first step in evaluating a source is to identify what type of source it is, which can often help you to decide whether the source matches your information need. In this module, we'll be working with some types of sources that you might find in a library database, such as newspaper articles, encyclopedia articles, journal articles, and e-books. Continue reading
The Research Process
Here is the outline for the Research Process module. Details for each element are posted below in the order we'd like them completed:
- Research Process Steps & Helpers
- Padlet discussion of steps & helpers (4 points)
- Research Process Map (2 points)
- Comment on each other’s maps (2 points)
- Reflection post (2 points)
Orientation
Welcome to the orientation module! In this course, lessons (we call them "modules") will be posted every week on Tuesday. This orientation module, which we've posted a few days early, is meant to familiarize you with the course syllabus, our course site, and some tools we will be using throughout the semester. We are asking you to do several activities using several different tools. We hope this is not too tedious! We do this so that you will be prepared to use these same tools in assignments later in the semester and won't face frustrating technical difficulties at that point. While the work in Module 1 shouldn't be too time consuming, please don't wait until the last minute to complete it: allow yourself some time to work out any technical problems you might encounter. Continue reading
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