Science, Web 2.0 and New Modes of Scholarly Communication
May 28, 2008
Presented during the SUNY Conference on Instructional Technologies at Genesee Community College May 27-30, 2008.
Pizza and Science.gov (and other science resources)
November 19, 2006
Presentation as part of the Rochester Regional Library Council Monday night continuing education series. Applicable Links.
Active Learning Techniques to Teach Information Literacy Skills
October 28-31, 2007
Bonnie Swoger and Louise Zipp.
Poster presentation at the Geoscience Information Society annual meeting, held in conjunction with the Geological Society of America annual meeting. October 28-31, 2007, Denver, CO.
Poster (PDF)
References and Links
- ACS, American Chemical Society. 2007. Chemical Information Retrieval (Topical Supplement to the ACS Guidelines for Undergraduate Education).
- ACRL, Association of College and Research Libraries. 2005. Information Literacy Standards for Science and Engineering/Technology.
- Michael, Joel A. and Modell, Harold I. 2003. Active Learning in Secondary and College Science Classrooms: A working Model for Helping the Learner to Learn. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Mahwah, New Jersey. 171pp. Worldcat.org Link.
- Rutherford, Shauna, Hayden, K. Alix and Pival, Paul R. 2006. WISPR (Workshop on the Information Search Process for Research) in the Library. Journal of Library Administration. 45(3/4): 427-443. PDF from the University at Calgary.
Using Environmental Geology to Teach Research Skills to Undergraduate Students
October 28-31, 2007
Louise S. Zipp and Bonnie J. M. Swoger
Abstract - GSA 2007 Meeting Website
Additional information:
PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
Student Readings:
- Jones, O.A., Lester, J. N., and Voulvoulis, N. 2005. Pharmaceuticals: a threat to drinking water? TRENDS in Biotechnology, 23(4), 163-167 (via ScienceDirect)
- Sapona, I. (2006, March 30). Poison pills for the environment. The Toronto Star, p. A22 (via LexisNexis Academic)
- Galloway, J. M. et al. 2005. Occurence of pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater constituents in selected streams in northern Arkansas, 2004. U. S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5140. 24pp. Used in class Fall 2006.
- Haggard, Brian E., et al. 2006. Pharmaceuticals and other organic chemicals in selected north-central and northwestern Arkansas streams. Journal of Environmental Quality. 35: 1078-1087. Used in class Fall 2007.
"Additional Readings" handout provided to students (PDF)
Free online web resources used.
Sample Class Exercises (PDF)
Assessment Questions and Results.
- What kind of information can be found using Chemical Abstracts via SciFinder Scholar?
- This was an open ended questions that got a variety of responses. Most students indicated that SciFinder could help you find "resources" or chemical properties.
- Examine the Attached article. Would this article be acceptable for a research project in chemistry?
- Students were provided with a newspaper editorial. Most indicated no, mostly citing that the article was written by a journalist (not a scientists) and contained mostly opinion.
- What did you learn from these library sessions that will help you in your chemistry classes?
- Most indicted something about learning to use databases, closely followed by those who learned to determine the reliability of a source.
- What did you learn from these library sessions that will help you in your other classes?
- Top answers were how to use a database, how to determine if a source was reliable. These answers were slighly less frequent than in question 3.
- What was covered in these library sessions that you already knew?
- Again, the top answers were how to use a database and how to critique the reliability of sources. (fewer answers for each category than question 3 or 4.)
- What would you recommend we change or do differently the next time we teach library skills in CHEM 100?
- Most common answer was "nothing", then a wide variety of responses including going more in-depth with a particular database or more hands-on.
