As a university librarian, I would like to comment on this question. Thes=
e grades as well as grades eleven and twelve are important years to teach=
students how to use tools
that are available to them to find information on topics, and then produc=
e a paper that uses and assimilates the content they have read. Many if =
not most students come to
college with limited or nonexistent skills in doing research and in parti=
cular lack skills in finding information. Students are in large numbers =
of the belief that Google
web search is the only source for finding information on specific topics.=
Many state governments have programs like Access Pa in my state that prov=
ides access to bibliographic databases 24/7 via cooperating public librar=
ies and K-12 schools.
These databases can be accessed from any computer with a login that inclu=
des the users library account number and perhaps a PIN. These databases =
usually include a
substantial amount of full text content so that students can see some of =
the needed articles on their home computers day or night. Teaching skill=
s in EBSCO and soon
ProQuest databases that involve conducting multistep searches that can be=
combined into a much more precise search result than found in search eng=
ine searching will both
make their research more efficient and productive. If students can learn=
geometry, chemistry, calculus, and physics, they can also learn some rud=
imentary boolean algebra
and learn about narrowing searches to title and subject heading and combi=
ning search steps. In so doing they will also be learning how to break t=
heir topic into its
component parts, discover synonyms for each aspect of their complex topic=
and put these parts sequentially into the database.
Failure to prepare students to do research and know database searching sk=
ills will make their college work very much harder and frustrating.
Search Tools for Scholars 2010 :
Database and Internet Search Tools of Use to Scholars and Students in Spo=
rt Psychology
https://sites.google.com/site/searchtoolsforscholars2010/
Also very important is that students learn to do more sophisticated searc=
hing in Google and that these skills be applied to Google research tools =
such as Google Scholar,
Google Books, Google News Archive and Google Government.
Search Tools Services
https://sites.google.com/site/searchtoolsservices/
Search Tools Family
https://sites.google.com/site/searchtoolsfamily/
The more students are taught about research in K-12, the better they will=
be able to find the information they need as students and employees afte=
r high school is over.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@temple.edu
http://daviddillard.businesscard2.com
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