how students virtually approach the library
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How Students Virtually Approach the Library. NELIG Annual Program 2013 Kendall Hobbs Reference/Instruction Librarian Wesleyan University [email protected]. Discovery Tools. Single “Google-like” search box to search most/all library content We tested: WorldCat Summon EBSCO Primo. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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How Students Virtually Approach the Library
NELIG Annual Program 2013Kendall Hobbs
Reference/Instruction LibrarianWesleyan University
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Discovery Tools
• Single “Google-like” search box to search most/all library content
• We tested: – WorldCat– Summon– EBSCO – Primo
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The Study
• Students who recently completed a paper/project requiring sources beyond assigned materials
• “Briefly show and explain how you found resources for that assignment”
• “Use the four candidate discovery tools to search for your topic”
• Recorded with BB Flashback Express (from Blueberry Software)
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Summary of Findings
• Tools started to look more similar than different
• No strong consensus on favorites or ranking.• Similar patterns in doing research and using
tools
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General Search Strategies
• Basic keyword searches, then modify with facets, other terms, etc.
• Mostly articles, maybe some books• Abstracts • Fewer clicks are better• Rarely go past first page or two of results
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Using Discovery Tools
• Good general understanding of facets, but vague on details
• Favorite facets: full text, scholarly/peer-reviewed
• They go with default settings
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Wesleyan’s Current Home Page
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WorldCat (Trinity College)
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Summon (UConn)
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Summon’s Subject Facets
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EBSCO (U of Georgia)
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Primo (Northwestern)
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How Do We Teach This?
• Is “good enough” too easy?• From “how to search” to “how to evaluate
search results”• Discovery tool vs. subject indexes/databases• Does it really make much of a difference? • Rethink information literacy standards?
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Some Common Concerns
• Is this “dumbing down” research?• Can we trust the process/results?• Future– Information scarcity– Information overload– ?