Welcome to WEEK 11!
First, we have some reading. Please finish reading Duesbery & Twyman – Part 4 and 5.
And, you may want to review a video or review your reading. The video with Claire on basic searching also shows you how to conduct an advanced search with Boolean operators and search filters. That is also discussed in Topic 13 of Patten & Newhart.
Quiz 4 is this week, covering parts 1-5.
Finally, please finish the blog post for week 11.
Learning Activities:
1. Read Duesbery & Twyman – Part 4 and 5.
2. Watch the Zoom meeting video with Claire Nickerson if you haven’t already.
Assignments:
- Take Quiz-4.
- Week 11 blog post — Refining your research.
- [Optional]: Week 9 tweaks
Assignment Directions:
QUIZ-4
Covers 100 Questions (and Answers) About Action Research Parts 1-5
There are 30 questions in the quiz. Although Blackboard may identify the questions differently, all questions are multiple-choice with ONLY ONE answer. Choose the one answer that best fits the question.
You will have 45 minutes to finish it. This is an open book/open notes quiz.
Week 11 Blog Post — Refining Your Search
Last week, you should have completed a few simple searches in your area and found four potential sources. This week, you’ll try a few advance searches for better results and find two new potential sources. You’ll record your search parameters, the number of results, your potential sources, and this week, you will also record subject terms for your two new sources. Be sure to follow the instructions in the link above and review the rubric available in My Grades on Bb.
This activity, and the other library search activities coming up, are intended to ensure you understand a few different search techniques, use reliable databases, and understand a few indicators of what makes a good search of the literature.
Week 9 — Would you like to tweak it?
I am hopeful your discussion group is continuing to provide the useful feedback I’ve seen in earlier assignments. This week, I’ll let you use that feedback if you’d like. You can leave your Week 9 Post as is or adjust it.
Week 11 Deadline: Tuesday, April 13 at 2pm CDT