English 1000 for Librarians: LO 2: Understanding
Types of Information

The student will be able to select appropriate resources for research, including the scholarly vs. popular distinction.

• List three things you look for in deciding if a source is good enough for a college level paper.

• Pass out short excerpts from a variety of sources and have students rank each as "scholarly" or "popular" (create document)

• Name that citation:  Students decide what type of source (book, article, website...) is cited. Can use Poll Everywhere for citations. (Create document--sample citations)

• Search Strategy Builder

• Interactive Tutorial: Finding Items on Your Reading List (University of Sydney)
  Very good tutorial on deciphering citations

Use in class or via PollEverywhere

• What are some sources you used in high school to write papers?

• What would you use to find information on your topic?

• How do you decide if a source is good enough for a college level paper?

• What is a scholarly source? Articles written by scholars or professionals in the field, for scholars, detailed, technical, contains references/bibliographies, etc.

• What is a peer-reviewed journal?  Peer-reviewed journals require that articles are read and evaluated by experts in the field before they are accepted for publication.

Live Poll -- Which one of the following is the journal article?