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| Title: | Look beyond textbooks : information literacy for first -year science students |
| Authors: | Wong, Gabrielle K. W. |
| Keywords: | Information literacy
First-year students
Intellectual development
Science students |
| Issue Date: | May-2011 |
| Citation: | To be published in Issues in science & technology librarianship Spring 2011 |
| Abstract: | This paper describes classroom activities to help students understand the publication cycle and the characteristics of major publication channels (textbooks, books, encyclopedia and periodicals) for first-year physics students. When designing these activities, the author considered the intellectual development characteristics and the epistemological view of first-year students. These activities help students appreciate how information is refined and repackaged along the publication cycle. Through understanding the varieties of information sources, they learn how to choose the appropriate sources to meet their information needs. Although the activities were created for physics students, they can easily be modified for students in other fields of study. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1783.1/7107 |
| Appears in Collections: | LIB Journal/Magazine Articles
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