{"id":6263,"date":"2018-01-08T15:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T20:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/?p=6263"},"modified":"2018-01-08T15:45:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T20:45:37","slug":"improving-student-research-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/news\/improving-student-research-skills","title":{"rendered":"Librarians Can Help Improve Student Research Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are your students&#8217; research skills up to snuff?\u00a0Do their citations measure up?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6269\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/files\/2015\/01\/9445956558_97c9e135dd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6269\" class=\" wp-image-6269 \" src=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/files\/2015\/01\/9445956558_97c9e135dd.jpg\" alt=\"CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Boston Public Library \" width=\"400\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/files\/2015\/01\/9445956558_97c9e135dd.jpg 500w, https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/files\/2015\/01\/9445956558_97c9e135dd-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Boston Public Library<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you\u00a0feel your students&#8217; research skills could use an upgrade, the Library can help!<\/p>\n<p>The librarians at Woodruff provide a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web.library.emory.edu\/research-learning\/instructional-services\/faculty-tas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">variety of instructional services<\/a>\u00a0 for your classes that can sharpen your students\u2019 information literacy abilities and practices.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We can create\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/guides.main.library.emory.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research guides<\/a>\u00a0for your classes tailored to your particular assignments (<a href=\"http:\/\/guides.main.library.emory.edu\/HaydnMozartBeethoven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">example 1<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/guides.main.library.emory.edu\/eng205fall2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">example 2<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/guides.main.library.emory.edu\/slave_neoslave_narratives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">example 3<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>We can provide a hands-on, interactive\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web.library.emory.edu\/research-learning\/instructional-services\/faculty-tas.html#research-instruction-sessions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instruction session<\/a>\u00a0for your class centered on their assignment. You can contact your\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web.library.emory.edu\/research-learning\/subject-librarians\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subject librarian<\/a>\u00a0or use the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web.library.emory.edu\/research-learning\/instructional-services\/request-class.php\">instruction request form<\/a> if you&#8217;re not sure who to contact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.library.emory.edu\/research-learning\/subject-librarians\/index.html\">Subject librarians<\/a>\u00a0are also happy to work with you on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web.library.emory.edu\/research-learning\/instructional-services\/effective-research-assignments.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">designing assignments<\/a>.\u00a0And we know that a research paper is NOT the only option for your students. In fact i<a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/27\/i-need-three-peer-reviewed-articles-or-the-freshman-research-paper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">t may not be the best option for 1st year students<\/a>. If you need some inspiration for new assignment ideas, here are ideas from the libraries of <a href=\"http:\/\/gethelp.library.upenn.edu\/faculty\/researchassignments.html#example\">University of Pennsylvania<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/infotutor.sdsu.edu\/ILexplorer\/Standard_4\/alter_assign.pdf\">San Diego State University<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawrence.edu\/library\/departments\/research_instruction\/assignment_design\/alternatives_to_term_papers\">Lawrence University<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.mun.ca\/usingthelibraries\/libraryinstruction\/consultations\/ideas\/\">Memorial University<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Your students can also have personalized\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web.library.emory.edu\/research-learning\/subject-librarians\/research-consultation.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research consultations<\/a>\u00a0with a subject librarian.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.library.emory.edu\/research-learning\/instructional-services\/request-class.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us today<\/a> and let us work with you to enhance your students\u2019 research skills.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/files\/2015\/01\/Unknown-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6264\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;margin: 2px\" src=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/files\/2015\/01\/Unknown-1.png\" alt=\"Unknown-1\" width=\"637\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/files\/2015\/01\/Unknown-1.png 796w, https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/files\/2015\/01\/Unknown-1-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are your students&#8217; research skills up to snuff?\u00a0Do their citations measure up? If you\u00a0feel your students&#8217; research skills could use an upgrade, the Library can help! The librarians at Woodruff provide a\u00a0variety of instructional services\u00a0 for your classes that can sharpen your students\u2019 information literacy abilities and practices. &nbsp; We can create\u00a0research guides\u00a0for your classes <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/news\/improving-student-research-skills\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1098,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[440,143,439,441],"class_list":["post-6263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-evaluating-evidence","tag-instruction","tag-qep","tag-research-skills"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8NNKS-1D1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1098"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6263"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7919,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6263\/revisions\/7919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/woodruff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}