• Develop a topic(s) related to the course assignment.
• Use mind mapping or other techniques to assist in brainstorming.
• Conduct background research with the the use of reference materials to develop foundational knowledge.

• Create search terms for their topic, including alternate terms in case their initial terms don’t yield good results.
• Tap thesauri, textbooks, and other tools to identify the professional terms likely to produce good search results.

• Utilize basic functions in LionSearch (Boolean operators, limiters, citation generator, email)
• Analyze search results and metadata to refine search strategy

• Locate books (and other physical media) using the Cat.

• Differentiate between scholarly and popular sources using a continuum approach.
• Filter for scholarly articles in library databases.
• Navigate ‘upstream’ from a popular source to the original scholarly source or primary data.

• Identify and find empirical (primary) sources for a given discipline.

• Conduct effective searches in a specialized database.

• Identify the citation style for a given assignment
• Recognize the metadata components of a given citation
• Locate and utilize citation tools and style guides provided by University Libraries

• Summarize, paraphrase, and directly quote from source material to achieve a rhetorical purpose
• Use information from multiple sources to support a novel interpretation or claim

Workshop Theme

Students will be able to…

ACRL Framework

• Recognize examples of plagiarism
• Summarize, paraphrase, and directly quote from source material to achieve a rhetorical purpose
• Implement source management and citation strategies to avoid plagiarism
• Appreciate the role of citations in developing credibility and providing a research roadmap for their audience.

• Develop a set of evaluative criteria for news that they can use as future scholars, professionals, and citizens.

Database Speed Dating

• Use database descriptions to select databases relevant to their research task
• Explore a new database environment to seek features that support their research task

• Navigate the library building, navigate the web site, and perform basic searches in LionSearch.

• Perform a close reading of an article abstract
• Identify research question, hypothesis, or claim, research methodology, and source type (primary / secondary)
• Based on the abstract, assess the usefulness of an article for a given research task

• Identify the standard sections of scholarly articles
• Describe the function of each article section
• Use active, non-linear reading strategies to improve reading comprehension
• Make connections between article sections to facilitate critical reading

• Recognize cognitive biases
• Appreciate a plurality of possible hypotheses, interpretations, or outcomes for a given research topic
• Use structured analysis techniques to improve logic and reasoning
• Draw reasonable conclusions

• Recognize citing references in a given source
• Navigate from a citing source to the original source
• Critically examine the presentation of the original source in the citing source
• Minimize the use of indirect citations in their academic work

• Identify descriptive metadata for nontraditional sources
• Craft original citations for nontraditional sources
• Exchange original citations and test their utility in source retrieval
• Discuss the role of citation elements and formatting in source description and retrieval