Enhancing Online Research Skills: A Guide for KUSD Students
This guide empowers KUSD students to improve their online research skills, specifically highlighting the significance of using specific terms while searching. By starting broad and gradually narrowing down queries, students can effectively locate relevant resources such as encyclopedias, newspapers, and topical collections. The article also discusses the pitfalls of vague topic selection and offers strategies for creating focused research inquiries that facilitate meaningful learning and analysis. By utilizing various KUSD online resources, students can achieve academic success.
Enhancing Online Research Skills: A Guide for KUSD Students
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Why Students Search.... ~To get more info about something that interests them ~ Product info or how to do something ~ To complete an assignment
Searching...... vs.
Adding specific terms increases chances for success in searching. For example: cornbread or recipe sweet corn bread
Searches vary from database to database Easiest to start broad, get specific, use database organization to guide you
Types of KUSD Online Resources ~ Encyclopedic Britannica, World Book ~ Topical digested information CultureGrams, World Conflicts Today ~ Newspapers and magazines SIRS, Historical Newspapers ~ Criticism/ Editorial Literary Reference, Novelist
The tendency of instructors to throw open the topic of student research. We argue that any instructor who allows students to tackle "any topic you are interested in" invites plagiarism but also introduces much confusion. Generating a major umbrella question with students doing various subtopics either as groups or individuals under the umbrella is much more likely to result in a smooth beginning and focused inquiry. It also allows for a major analysis across student research projects in the end. Loertscher, Koechlin, & Zwaan, 2007
Let’s take a look at our subscriptions..... http://www.kusd.edu
Bibliography Nichols, James T. "The 3 Directions: Situated Information Literacy." College & Research Libraries 70.6 (2009): 515-530. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts. EBSCO. Web. 15 Apr. 2010. Vancouver/ICMJE. Loertscher, David V. "the front end load of student research." Teacher Librarian 36.4 (2009): 42-43. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts. EBSCO. Web. 15 Apr. 2010. Vancouver/ICMJEReferences.
