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Submitted by Sala Shierling on September 28th, 2021
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This sample activity corresponds to a chapter in the upcoming (2022) ACRL title: Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians.

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Critical Reading Activity Example - Activity 5 - Critically Reading the Author Indexdisplayed 832 times167.21 KB
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The student will apply practical critical reading skills in order identify key contributors and writings in the psychology discipline

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Psychology

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Shierling, Sala. "Critically Reading the Pre-Source (Author Index)." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2021. https://projectcora.org/assignment/critically-reading-pre-source-author-index.
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Submitted by Sala Shierling on September 28th, 2021
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Critical Reading Activity Example - Activity 4 - Abstracts(Determining secondary vs primary research)displayed 800 times196.92 KB
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The student will apply practical critical reading skills in order to distinguish primary and secondary empirical research studies. 

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Psychology

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Shierling, Sala. "Critically Reading the Pre-Source (Abstract to determine secondary or primary research)." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2021. https://projectcora.org/assignment/critically-reading-pre-source-abstract-determine-secondary-or-primary-research.
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Submitted by Sala Shierling on September 28th, 2021
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This sample activity corresponds to a chapter in the upcoming (2022) ACRL title: Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians.

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Critical Reading Activity Example - Activity 3 - Critically Reading the Pre-Sourcedisplayed 759 times761.29 KB
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The student will apply practical critical reading skills in order to determine source pertinence for an information need.

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Psychology

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Shierling, Sala. "Critically Reading the Pre-Source (Full Citations)." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2021. https://projectcora.org/assignment/critically-reading-pre-source-full-citations.
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Submitted by Sala Shierling on September 28th, 2021
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This sample activity corresponds to a chapter in the upcoming (2022) ACRL title: Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians.

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Critical Reading Activity Example - Activity 2 - Critically Reading Brief Citationsdisplayed 730 times435.94 KB
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The student will apply practical critical reading skills in order to determine citation relevancy for a given information need.

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Psychology

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Shierling, Sala. "Critically Reading the Pre-Source (Brief Citations)." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2021. https://projectcora.org/assignment/critically-reading-pre-source-brief-citations.
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Submitted by Sala Shierling on September 28th, 2021
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This sample activity corresponds to a chapter in the upcoming (2022) ACRL title: Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians.

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Critical Reading Activity Example - Activity 1 - Critically Reading the Pre-Sourcedisplayed 984 times310.47 KB
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The student will apply practical critical reading skills in order to determine database (information resource) relevancy to an information need.

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Psychology

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Shierling, Sala. "Critically Reading the Pre-Source (Scope Notes/Database Descriptions)." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2021. https://projectcora.org/assignment/critically-reading-pre-source-scope-notesdatabase-descriptions.
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Submitted by Nicole Hennig on September 8th, 2021
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Use this virtual mind-map to focus a topic and generate keywords for searching.

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Mind Mapping for Focusing Your Topic
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Students will come up with synonyms for their topic keywords and combine them in a Boolean search.

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Communication StudiesEnglishHistoryLiberal Studies

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Yvonne Mery
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Hennig, Nicole. "Mind Mapping for Focusing Your Topic." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2021. https://projectcora.org/assignment/mind-mapping-focusing-your-topic.
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Submitted by Nicole Hennig on September 8th, 2021
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Learn how to read a scholarly article and identify the parts.

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Anatomy of a Scholarly Article
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The student will learn to identify each section of a scholarly paper and understand its purpose.

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Communication StudiesEnglishHistoryLiberal Studies

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This tutorial can serve as a stand-alone tutorial or can be used in the flipped classroom.

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Yvonne Mery
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Hennig, Nicole. "Anatomy of a Scholarly Article." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2021. https://projectcora.org/assignment/anatomy-scholarly-article.
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Submitted by Nicole Hennig on September 8th, 2021
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It's important to credit others when you use parts of their work. Complete this tutorial to learn when and how to best give credit to the work of others.

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How Do I Give Credit to the Ideas of Others?Citing your sources in APA format (PDF assignment)Citing your sources in MLA format (PDF assignment)
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Students will learn why it's important to give credit.

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Communication StudiesEnglishHistoryLiberal Studies

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This tutorial and optional assignment can serve as a stand alone tutorial or can be used in the flipped classroom.

Collaborators: 
Yvonne Mery
Suggested Citation: 
Hennig, Nicole. "How Do I Give Credit to the Ideas of Others?." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2021. https://projectcora.org/assignment/how-do-i-give-credit-ideas-others.
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Submitted by Nicole Hennig on September 8th, 2021
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Searching for information in library resources is often like exploring a new land. You often won’t find what you're looking for the first time you search. Complete this tutorial to learn strategies for rethinking your search for better results.

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Should I Rethink My Search?Rethinking Your Search (PDF assignment)
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Students will learn ways to revise a search that isn't working the first time.

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Communication StudiesEnglishHistoryLiberal Studies

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This tutorial and optional assignment can serve as a stand alone tutorial or can be used in the flipped classroom.

Collaborators: 
Yvonne Mery
Suggested Citation: 
Hennig, Nicole. "Should I Rethink My Search?." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2021. https://projectcora.org/assignment/should-i-rethink-my-search.
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Submitted by Nicole Hennig on September 8th, 2021
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Library databases work differently from Google. Learn how to create a search strategy for these databases.

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How Do I Create a Search Strategy?Plan Your Search Strategy (PDF assignment)
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  • Students will learn how searching Google is different from searching library databases.
  • Students will learn how and why to plan a search strategy.
Discipline: 
Communication StudiesEnglishHistoryLiberal Studies

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Course Context (e.g. how it was implemented or integrated): 

This tutorial and optional assignment can serve as a stand alone tutorial or can be used in the flipped classroom.

Collaborators: 
Yvonne Mery
Suggested Citation: 
Hennig, Nicole. "How Do I Create a Search Strategy?." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2021. https://projectcora.org/assignment/how-do-i-create-search-strategy.
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