Annette,
I do this in my descriptive methods course. I could send you the rubric I
use if you would like. But let me add one other thing that I do that I've
(and the students have too) found very useful. I give them the name of the
newspaper article, the author, and some keywords. I then let them search
for the article while I am there with them. I do this in one of our
computer labs in our library. This way I can see how familiar they are with
the various electronic databases that we have. Many of them try to find the
article by googling it, some try other databases, but none end up using
Proquest Newspapers and most didn't even realize that it existed.
Next, I have them read the article and then find the primary source. This
can also be somewhat of a challenge for them b/c there is often limited info
in the newspaper article. But again it allows me to see what kind of search
skills they have and they learn about some new sources. BTW, I show them
how to use Serials Solutions which allows you to type in the first few words
of any journal title and then lets you know what electronic databases have
that source full-text online. If the article isn't available full text
online then I have them look in our electronic catalog to see if we have
hard copies of the journal. If we don't then I can show them how to use
Interlibrary Loan. I would advise that you just request one copy of the
article if that's the case or you will drive your library staff bonkers.
Of course, I know ahead of time where they can obtain the article and
purposefully pick different sources throughout the semester so that they
have to use all of these options. I do this fall semester in the first
couple of weeks. It allows me to get some kind of baseline of their info
finding skills and introduces them to some new sources, which they then can
know about for future use. I've found some pretty dramatic changes in info
finding skills and techniques by first letting students do what they
normally would and then taking the opportunity to gradually introduce new
techniques and sources. Sometimes they show me some new sources too!
One other thing I have them do is turn in a detailed list of search terms
(exactly as they entered them) and limiters they used when doing a lit
search. I've found that I can really improve their skills if I have this
kind of information.
Good luck and again if you want my rubric then I can send it to your email
address.
Lisa
Lisa D. Hager, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Spring Hill College
4000 Dauphin St.
Mobile, AL 36608
251 380 3055
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To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: newspaper article review assignment
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:53:18 -0800
Thanks for all the great suggestions!
Annette
Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D.
Department of Psychology
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
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