1. How can I show my students
the difference between a popular and a scholarly journal?
Take a few examples to your class and point out
salient differences, which are also available in a chart
on the Library Web Pages. It may also be useful to do a demonstration.
For example, try showing your students differences between American
Demographics and Demography,
both in our print periodicals collection, second floor, McIntyre
Library. You may also do a virtual demonstration of these two
titles, from McIntyre
Periodicals.
2. How can I help
my students find information on the research process and writing
a paper using library resources?
Send students to the Information
Literacy page. There your students will find the Research
Process described, be able to do a research Tutorial, see a graphical
Research Map, access guides on popular and research topics, and
get tips on web searching, using the library, and managing their
research using technology.
3. In the past, I've made assignments
to my students using the U.S. Census. Is the 2000 Census being published
in print format? If not, how can my students do Census work on the
Web and in the library?
It's probably best to first look yourself at what's
available on the Census 2000
web site, and try a few sample searches using the new American
FactFinder software so you know the data you want your students
to find and use is actually there, in a usable format in sufficient
detail.
Do you want students to use comparative census data?
They might start with the United States Statistical Abstract.
Online, there are 4 years together and the library has 100 years
of print Abstracts in C 3.223: in the first floor U.S. Documents
stacks.
You may always request that a reference librarian
give your class a census data overview or work with a librarian
to design an assignment with which your students will succeed.
Our library is downloading, printing and binding
some of the most frequently used Wisconsin 2000 population Census
reports. These are kept at the Library Reference Desk. Other print
census products will be listed in the Voyager online catalog.
For Wisconsin data, search: +census +2000 +Wisconsin in the Basic
Search, Keyword Relevance.
4. I don't want my students doing
research "on the Internet". How can I teach them to distinguish
between "out there" Internet sources and "library
evaluated and purchased" materials?
Individual faculty may want to point students directly
to a particular web page, but to not use any web page for research.
Try to help student discriminate between web pages and books,
articles and other materials that we access using the web. You
may want to discourage the use of web search engines as search
tools for journal articles and books because web search engines
do not do this effectively with proprietary databases that somebody
is paying for, such as the Library databases. It is also helpful
to teach students to evaluate
web resources.
5. Where can I get
information about citing electronic information? Is this information
on the Web?
Some citation information is available online. An
online library guide, Citing
Datafiles & Internet Sources provides background and links
to the MLA and APA web pages for citing electronic resources.
Additional information is available at the Reference Desk (836-3858);
email: library.reference@uwec.edu;
or Library Reference online
form.
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