Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-6-2018
Publication Source
Journal of Religious & Theological Information
Abstract
Instructional librarians at the University of Dayton collaborated with a religious studies graduate program to offer a three-day information literacy workshop, or “boot camp,” to the program's graduate research assistants. The graduate program had found that the assistants' research skills did not meet the expectations of their faculty mentors, and the workshop sought to address these deficiencies. With input from the religious studies faculty, the workshop focused on catalog and database searching, Boolean logic, primary sources, and the Chicago citation style. The librarians incorporated active learning exercises into each workshop session. Assessment of the workshop suggested that the assistants gained confidence in these information literacy skills. Feedback from faculty also indicated that the assistants' research skills had improved.
ISBN/ISSN
1047-7845
Document Version
Postprint
Copyright
Published with license by Taylor & Francis. Copyright © 2018, Stephanie Shreffler and Heidi Gauder
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Peer Reviewed
yes
Keywords
Graduate assistants, information literacy, library collaboration, religious studies, research skills
eCommons Citation
Stephanie Shreffler and Heidi Gauder (2018).
Exercising Research Skills: An Information Literacy Boot Camp for Religious Studies Graduate Assistants. Journal of Religious & Theological Information.
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https://ecommons.udayton.edu/roesch_fac/60
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Comments
Document available for download is the authors' accepted manuscript, provided in compliance with the publisher's policy on self-archiving. Charts are provided in a supplemental file. To view the version of record, use the DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10477845.2018.1467821
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