Scholarship as Conversation

"Communities of scholars, researchers, or professionals engage in sustained discourse with new insights and discoveries occurring over time as a result of varied perspectives and interpretations."-ACRL Framework for Information Literacy

Five ways to improve your search results

This video tutorial covers strategies that can be used to improve database search results and ways to use relevant search results to locate additional research sources. It targets the scholarship as conversation frame by helping students recognize that they are entering into an ongoing scholarly conversation, and by showing them a way to seek out those conversations in their discipline.

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How do I evaluate articles and journals?

This tutorial covers the six key questions to ask when evaluating articles and journals for use in academic research. It targets the scholarship as conversation frame by helping learners to recognize that a given work may not represent the only or even the majority perspective on the issue and identify the contribution that particular articles and other scholarly pieces make to disciplinary knowledge.

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How to evaluate articles and journals

This handout covers the six key questions to ask when evaluating articles and journals for use in academic research. It targets the scholarship as conversation frame by helping learners recognize that a given work may not represent the only or even the majority perspective on the issue and identify the contribution that particular articles and other scholarly pieces make to disciplinary knowledge.

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How do I evaluate books and book chapters?

This tutorial covers the six key questions to ask when evaluating books and book chapters for use in academic research. It targets the scholarship as conversation frame by helping learners recognize that a given work may not represent the only or even the majority perspective on the issue and identify the contribution that particular books and other scholarly pieces make to disciplinary knowledge.

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How to evaluate books and book chapters

This handout covers the six key questions to ask when evaluating websites. It targets the scholarship as conversation frame by helping learners recognize that a given work may not represent the only or even the majority perspective on the issue and identify the contribution that particular books and other scholarly pieces make to disciplinary knowledge.

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How do I evaluate websites?

This tutorial covers the six key questions to ask when evaluating websites for use in academic research. It targets the scholarship as conversation frame by helping learners recognize that a given work may not represent the only or even the majority perspective on the issue.

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How to evaluate websites

This handout covers the six key questions to ask when evaluating websites for use in academic research. It targets the scholarship as conversation frame by helping learners recognize that a given work may not represent the only or even the majority perspective on the issue.

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How do I find statistics?

This tutorial covers how to use library resources, the open Web, and other research sources to locate statistics. It targets the scholarship as conversation frame by helping learners identify the contribution that particular publications make to disciplinary knowledge.

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