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Information Literacy Toolkit
- Research Question Abstract
- Welcome to the Toolkit
- Assignment design rubric for research assignments
- Information Literacy rubric
Annotated Bibliography
- Avoiding Plagiarism Tutorial
- Background Information and Class Expert
- Citation managers and research organization skills
- Comparing Sources
- Developing a Research Question
- Developing and Researching a Controversy
- Digital Projects
- Everything But the Paper
- News and Media Literacy
- Primary Source Literacy
- How to Read a Scholarly Source (humanities)
- How to Read a Scholarly Source (sciences/social sciences)
- Research Log
- Self-Guided Tour of PCL This link opens in a new window
- Source Analysis/Evaluation
- Using Scholarly Sources (Synthesizing Sources)
- Why Use Sources Exercise
- Write for Wikipedia
- LAH 350: Treasure Hunt in Campus Archives: Discovering Islands of Order, Creating Original Humanities Research Projects
- RHE 368C: Writing Center Internship
- TC 302: Pathways to Civic Engagement
- UGS 303: Jerusalem
- UGS 303: Modern Day Slavery
- UGS 302: Social Inequality and Education in Latin America
- UGS 302: Tales of Troy
- Guides for Students
- Open Educational Resources (OERs) This link opens in a new window
Assignment Description
Prior to beginning a research paper or project, students are asked to write a short abstract that carefully considers their research question, their role as a researcher (synthesizer, reviewer, problem-solver, etc), the importance of their research question, and the information resources they will need to consult to answer that question. This assignment helps students move beyond researching a broad topic and towards narrowing the focus of their project to a research question. Adapted from an assignment in Professor Stephen Reese's UGS 302: Understanding 9/11.
Tips: When completed before a library instruction session, this exercise helps students arrive with well-defined information needs.It can also be developed into a research proposal assignment (perhaps as an alternative to writing a longer research paper) by asking students to provide an annotated bibliography.
Updated August 2017.
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