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Library 150 Information Literacy & Research Skills
E. Chisato Uyeki
Fall 2006: Week 1September 22, 2006
Getting Started Introductions
3x5 cards Review Syllabus Library Services, Mission, & Library Web
3x5 cards Name Major & grade level
Email Telephone Number(s)
Why you are taking Library 150 and what you hope to learn
PLEASE WRITE LEGIBLY
3x5 cards E. Chisato Uyeki (Chisa) MLIS and
BA in Women’s Studies
[email protected] 323-343-4824
Information Literacy skills and knowledge needs and interests of LIBR 150 students
Support students in learning and being empowered in information access, retrieval, and evaluation
Searching and Researching Evolving and dynamic process Often time consuming Can be frustrating Good planning and note taking pays off in
the long run
Finding what you are looking for:1) Know what it is you are looking for2) Look in the right place
The Research Process Read and understand the assignment Choose a topic (know what you are looking for) Develop a research statement or question Identify the type of information that is needed
i.e., statistics, background, analysis, personal stories Understand & identify appropriate resources
(knowing where to look) General background info- books, magazines,
newspaper articles Analysis and Research- scholarly journals and books Firsthand Accounts and Original Evidence- primary
resources
The Research Process (more) Choose the right tool to find the resources
(Also knowing where to look) Books = Catalog Articles = Databases and bibliographies Not sure = Ask a librarian
Develop a strong search query Decide on search terms (including alternate terms) and
how to combine Search Evaluate search results Revise search depending upon the results Locate the items that you need
Choosing Topics Interesting? Do pre-searching to help decide Not too narrow and not too broad A good match with the assignment
Narrowing a Topic Too broad?
Automobiles in America is too broad The role and representation of automobiles
in Beat Literature is manageable Narrow your focus
Time period Place Person/Group Concept/Event/Aspect
Research Question and Keywords
Research Question (the topic as a question) and then choose keywords:
How did the automobile affect the rapid growth of US metropolises and changes in lifestyle?
Research Question and Keywords
Research Question (the topic as a question) and then choose keywords:
How did the automobile affect the rapid growth of US metropolises and changes in lifestyle?
Sample research statement or question: How did the automobile affect the rapid growth of US metropolises and changes in lifestyle?
Key concepts for sample research statement: Automobile Metropolises Lifestyle Rapid growth
Helpful alternate terms for the sample key concepts: Automobile, automobiles, car Metropolises, cities, city, suburbs, communities Lifestyle, mobility, freedom, and luxury Rapid growth, development
In Class Exercise Complete the first 4 steps
Academic Disciplines
Branches of knowledge which are taught or researched at the college or university level
Ways of organizing knowledge Provide particular perspectives Have evolved & changed over time
Intersections have spurred new fields & interdisciplinary studies
Often grouped into Science, Humanities, & Social Sciences Communicate through the discipline specific
scholarly literature, associations and learned societies
Major Disciplines
Humanities Social Sciences Natural Science
Languages& literatureReligionPhilosophy Visual ArtsHistory …
SociologyAnthropologyEconomics Political ScienceCriminal Justices Psychology …
BiologyBotany PhysicsChemistryAstronomy Mathematics
Different Disciplines Mean Different
Ways of knowledge creation Vocabularies Methods of information dissemination Information cycles Research strategies / sites of investigation
Information Cycles
How Information Becomes Knowledge
Idea Background research Research plan Research Communicate findings Findings made available (Indexing) Interpretation by others In Encyclopedia, textbook, popular materials
Disciplinary Perspectives : Automobile
Humanities Visual Arts -- Product design History -- The impact of automobile on changes of lifestyles
Social Science Criminal Justice – Motor Vehicle Codes Sociology – Automobile ownership and resulting social change
Science Physics – car making materials Chemistry -- Carbon dioxide in gas
Humanities Methods of information dissemination
Historians: letters, newspapers, photos, manuscripts, archives, books, journals articles …
Research strategies / sites of investigation Libraries, museums, archives …
Research Goals Analysis and interpretation of works or evidence to
learn broad truths Retrospective
Current, 20, 100, 2000 …
Social Sciences Methods of Investigation
Varies-experiments, tests, surveys, fieldwork, case studies …
Research strategies / sites of investigation Libraries, field, lab …
Research Goals Varies
Retrospective Current, and some retrospective
Natural Sciences Methods of Investigation
Varies-experiments, tests, Research strategies / sites of investigation
Laboratories, libraries … Research Goals
Verifiable data, experimental results Retrospective
Last 5 years
In Class Exercise Complete final step- disciplines