| |
Teaching Library &
Internet Research Skills:
a Guide for Faculty and Teaching
Assistants
|
Library
guides and classes
Scheduled
Classes
Self-Study
Guides: Online
Self-Study
Guides: Print
Tailored
for your course
Specialized
Classes
Library
Assignments
Guides
& Tutorials
My.Library
Faculty
Resources
General
Resources
Research
Workshops
On
Plagiarism
Research
on Teaching
Keeping
Up to Date
Information
Literacy
Selected
Bibliography |
University of Toronto
students daily face a barrage of information. They need to be able
to:
Recognize when they need
information.
Locate the information they
need.
Evaluate the information found, and make wise
choices.
Apply the information they have found
effectively. This set of skills is called
Information Literacy. Information Literacy skills are not only
essential for student survival at university, but are also vital
to their success in the working world. This site is an inventory
of resources, services, and methods that can be used to make
Information Literacy an essential part of student learning at the
University of Toronto.
For further information about instructional programs,
consult the Instruction Coordinator at your local U of T library,
listed at: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/services/ilu/requests.html
For comments on this site, or further information, please contact
Sara McDowell, Coordinator of Library Instruction for Faculty and
Graduate Students, Robarts Library. e-mail: s.mcdowell@utoronto.ca
,
phone: (416) 978-1955.
|
Generic Library
Research Guides and Classes for Students
Scheduled Library
Research Classes
University of Toronto
Libraries offer hands-on classes on finding books, journal articles,
newspapers, and researching on the Internet. See the schedules at the
following addresses:
Robarts
Library:
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/services/ilu/calhums.html
Gerstein
Science Information Centre:
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/gerstein/instruction.html#classes
For other libraries, access the
library's Web site and look for instruction links.
St.
George Campus Libraries
University of
Toronto at Scarborough
University of
Toronto at Mississauga
Librarians can also develop
specialized classes for your course. Details are provided below, under
"Specialized
Classes."
Guides: Online
The Library has developed a
number of online research guides to help students teach themselves how
to do research. These guides could be linked from your course Web page,
or listed on your print handouts. The guides are particularly
valuable listed on assignment pages, course pages, or departmental Web Sites. Students are most likely to use
them if they are right where they need them.
Comprehensive
Library and Internet
Skills Site
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/services/ilu/
This site gathers together
research guides for various media, as well as schedules for research
skills instruction at various campus libraries. A selection of the most useful guides are listed
below.
Internet
Internet For Researchers
A
highly selective collection of free Internet resources for finding
general information.
http://link.library.utoronto.ca/MyUTL/guides/index.cfm?guide=iqs
Internet Research
Support
Links to
tutorials on Web searching, as well as selected sites on evaluating and
citing Internet resources.
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/services/ilu/internet.html
Reading, Writing, Research: the
Bigger Picture
Research Basics (Bladen
Library, University of Toronto at Scarborough)
http://www.library.scar.utoronto.ca/ResearchBasics.htm
When is your paper due? (Gerstein
Science Information Centre, University of Toronto)
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/gerstein/paper/index.html
The Seven Steps of the Research
Process (Olin.Kroch.Uris Reference Services Division)
http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill1.htm
Writing at the University of
Toronto
http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/
Counselling and Learning
Skills Service
http://www.calss.utoronto.ca/
Evaluating
Information
Critically Analysing
Information Sources (Olin.Kroch.Uris Reference Services
Division)
http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill26.htm
Distinguishing Scholarly
Journals from Other Periodicals (Olin.Kroch.Uris
Reference Services Division)
http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill20.html
Popular Magazines VS Trade Magazines VS Scholarly Journals (Colorado State University Libraries)
http://lib.colostate.edu/howto/poplr.html
Evaluation Clues for Articles Taken from the Web(Colorado State University Libraries)
http://lib.colostate.edu/howto/evalclues.html
Self-Study Guides: Print
Many libraries produce print
guides to research, on topics such as how to find books or journal
articles, or how to search the Web. Some of these may be tailored to
suit your discipline. Please contact the library in your field for
further information.
Tailored for
your course: Bringing information literacy into your
classroom
Incorporating an
information literacy component into your curriculum can enhance student
research skills, and increase the student's chance of academic success.
A variety of methods can be used, from the simple distribution of
resources described in the previous segment, to the development of
specialized components tailored for your
course.
Specialized Classes For Your Course
Library staff can design
library research workshops for your students, tailored to
your course or assignment. Sessions on
how to find journal articles are particularly popular. Plan ahead! Some of our instruction labs fill up fast, so
please try to book well in advance. For a detailed list of instruction
contacts for U of T Libraries, see:
Requesting Course Related
Instruction
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/services/ilu/requests.html
Library Assignments
Tying the
information literacy component to a graded assignment
can be a particularly effective motivator for students. For example, an
instructor could assign a literature review including an annotated
bibliography as preliminary preparation for a research paper. Further
models are described in the following guide from Berkeley. Please
remember that you are very welcome to consult with librarians in
developing your library assignments.
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/services/ilu/requests.html
Effective Assignments Using
Library Resources
This guide from the University of California at Berkeley
provides a good overview on designing library assignments.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/assignments.html
Designing Research
Assignments (Queens University)
The second part of this guide gives a
succinct overview of the issues concerning assignments on Internet
research.
http://library.queensu.ca/inforef/design.htm
Online Guides
& Tutorials
Librarians can help you
create an online research guide or tutorial tailored to your course.
These can be integrated with a course assignment for maximum
effectiveness, or stand alone. For
further information, contact instruction coordinator in your library.
See: Requesting Course Related Instruction at http://www.library.utoronto.ca/services/ilu/requests.html
Examples:
BIO150 Optimal Information
Foraging
An online tutorial about finding scholarly information for
students enrolled in BIO150Y, a large undergraduate course. This special
project was funded in part by the Information Technology Courseware
Development Fund.
http://www.cquest.utoronto.ca/zoo/bio150y/oif/index.html
French Literature
http://www.utoronto.ca/stmikes/library/research_guides/rgfrenchliterature.htm
HUM 199: Weimar Germany and the Birth
of Modernism
http://www.utoronto.ca/innis/library/weimar.html
Language in Britain in the 1770s
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/services/ilu/courses/eng457.html
Resources for Human Rights and
Anthropology
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/robarts/reference/resources/anthropology/
Sociology 207
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/robarts/reference/sociology/
My.Library
sofware, described next, is one tool provided by the library to
facilitate the development of course guides. My.Library: Build
Your Own Online Course/Research Guide
The library has developed
'my.library' software to allow students and instructors to create their
own personalized database of e-journals, library materials, catalogue
searches, websites, and other resources. You can also use my.library to
create online resource guides for your students. More information about
my.library is available at: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/mylibrary/index.html
Depending on staff availability, librarians may also be able to help
create a guide for your class. For a list of instruction contacts for U
of T Libraries, see: Requesting Course Related Instruction at http://www.library.utoronto.ca/services/ilu/requests.html
Examples:
Eukaryotic Molecular Biology
(JLM349)
http://link.library.utoronto.ca/MyUTL/guides/index.cfm?guide=envhealth
My Biology Library
http://link.library.utoronto.ca/MyUTL/guides/index.cfm?guide=biology
Political
Science, Key Resources
http://link.library.utoronto.ca/MyUTL/guides/index.cfm?guide=polcancomp
Medieval and Byzantine Art
http://link.library.utoronto.ca/MyUTL/guides/index.cfm?guide=medart
Resources for Faculty
General Resources
for Instructors
Resource Guide for
Faculty
Provides a
comprehensive overview of U of T library collections as well as services
of particular interest to Instructors.
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/services/faculty/services.html
Teaching Resources for Faculty and
TAs (Faculty of Arts & Science)
List of links to documents and services within
U of T, and externally, of particular interest to Faculty and
TAs.
http://www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/teaching/
Office of Teaching
Advancement
http://www.utoronto.ca/ota/
Society for Teaching
and Learning in Higher Education
Society for Teaching and
Learning in Higher Education
On
Plagiarism
Academic Integrity Handbook
The 'Academic Integrity Handbook' from the Office of Teaching
Advancement is an excellent guide to deterring and detecting plagiarism,
and communicating about the issue with students. .
http://www.utoronto.ca/ota/AcademicIntegrityhandbook1.html
A Faculty Guide to
Cyber-Plagiarism
The following guide from the
University of Alberta Libraries provides information on preventing and
detecting plagiarism, including details on plagiarism and the
Internet. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/plagiarism/
Resources for Research on Teaching Methodology
The library
subscribes to a number of online indexes and full-text journals of
interest to research in higher education and teaching and learning
methodology. Key indexes are listed below. To find more periodical
indexes for Education and Library Science, look at the Find
Articles by Subject option on the Library home page. Access is limited to University of Toronto students, faculty
and staff. University of Toronto faculty, students and staff can access
these resources remotely, using My.Access
.
ERIC,
published by the U.S. Department of Education, is a major index covering
all areas of education. ERIC indexes journal articles as well as a
collection of ERIC documents on microfiche, including books, theses,
curriculi, conference papers, and standards and
guidelines.
Wilson
Web provides access to Education Full Text, and Library Literature
and Information Science Full Text. These databases index journal
literature in their respective fields, and provide access to some of the
journals indexed online. Online journals can be read online, or saved,
printed, or e-mailed to your address.
InfoTrac
Onefile and ProQuest
Research Library, are interdisciplinary databases which include some
higher education journals.
Keeping Up to
Date
What's new in the
library
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/services/ilu/researchatutl.html
This series will help keep you up to date with technological
changes, and new research resources, tools and strategies.
Some of our significant new
acquisitions of electronic resources are promoted under "What's New" on
the Library Home Page. For more detailed information about our newest
acquisitions, click on "e-Resources" on the Library Home Page, and
then click on "view what's new in e-resources." http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRwhatsnew.cfm
Keeping up on journal
research in your field: Alerts
Many of the journal indexes that U of
T subscribes to now include current awareness services, generally
called, alerts, or SDIs. In general, you will first set up one or more
search strategies in the database. The strategy will run automatically
on a regular basis, and the results will be sent to your e-mail address.
Consult your index's help screen for further information.
Information Literacy
A detailed
discussion of Information Literacy can be found on the Association of
College and Research Libraries Web Site. Information Literacy Competency
Standards for Higher Education http://www.ala.org/acrl/ilintro.html
Selected Bibliography
Burkhardt, Joanna
M., MacDonald, Mary C. and Andree J. Rathemacher. Teaching Information
Literacy: 35 Practical Standards-based Exercises for College Students.
Chicago : American Library Association, 2003.
Parker-Gibson, Necia,
"Library Assignments: Challenges that Students Face and How to Help."
College Teaching 49:2 (2001):65.(available online through Wilson
Web)
Hinchliffe, Joseph,
"Faculty-directed library use instruction a single class, retrospective
study," Research Strategies 17 (2000):281.
(available online through the
e-Journal, Research Strategies)
Moore, Beverly A. "From
Keepers of Knowledge to Learning Facilitators: Information Literacy in
Academic Libraries," Colorado Libraries 24:4 (1998):10. (available
online through Wilson Web)
Raspa, Dick and Dane Ward,
eds. The Collaborate Imperative: Librarians and Faculty Working Together
in the Information Universe. Chicago: Association of College and
Research Libraries, 2000.
Young, Rosemary M. and
Stephena Harmony. Working with Faculty to Design Undergraduate
Information Literacy Programs. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1999. (While
written for librarians, may include some useful content for
instructors)
This page is maintained by
Sara McDowell, Coordinator of Library Instruction for Faculty and
Graduate Students, Robarts Library. For comments on this site, or for
further information, e-mail: s.mcdowell@utoronto.ca, or
phone: (416) 978-1955.
General
Information ~ Resources ~
Services
~ Site
Guide ~ UTCat
~ Home  This page was last updated January 12, 2005. Your comments and
queries are welcomed. All contents copyright ©, University of
Toronto Libraries, 2003.
|
my.library