1. Knowledge, information, and opinion: what they are and how they relate...Some of these are the same things the panel of academic librarians mentioned; others will come up as we work on MILI throughout the year. Nice to know we are all on the right track, at least according to this librarian!
4. Primary and secondary sources: an understanding of their nature, distinction, variety, and use in all fields...
8. Databases: concept and experience retrieving citations or data; fluency in Boolean logic...
9. What resources, services, policies, and procedures to expect in any library...
10. The importance of accurate citations and a research log.
11. Principles of selecting and evaluating sources:
Thursday, September 17, 2009
If Only They Knew How To...
An academic librarian has compiled a list of what she wishes college freshmen knew about research. Which means, what she wishes they would learn in their K-12 experience. Her original list was created in 1989 and published in Research Strategies: A Journal of Library Concepts and Instruction 6, no. 4 (Fall 1988): 189, but she revises the basic ideas in a blog post at Inside Higher Education Blog U. Among her "great expectations:"
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Ann--I want to know the WHOLE list! This is just too enticing. Lynette
Check out the link to the blog post--she put them all there!
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