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Each breakout room group will focus on one of the four library research stages that are challenging for undergraduates.

·       Getting Started (Groups 1, 2, and 3)

·       Finding Scholarly Sources (Groups 4, 5, and 6)

·       Choosing the Best Sources (Groups 7 and 8)

·       Citing & Organizing Sources (Groups 9 and 10)

1. Please unmute your microphone and introduce yourself, program, and level of experience being a TA.

2. Assign roles of timekeeper, note-taker, and reporter (share answer back with the group).

3. Review the undergraduate research assignment example and think about what students might find challenging in relation to the library research skill assigned to your breakout room group. What questions do you think undergrads would have about this assignment, and how would you answer those questions?

4. Write a post for each undergrad question, including your response, under your assigned column. Try to share at least two ideas (two posts).

5. Be ready to report on 1 idea with the larger group.

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Your ideas for resources and/or services

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your ideas for resources and/or services

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Below is an example of an undergraduate research assignment.

Prepare an APA reference list of original research studies on the following topic:

What are the health benefits of physical activity?

Assignment Parameters

Minimum of 3 references

Each reference must be relevant (do the references found address the question you are trying to answer?)

Each reference must be consistent with the others (do the references address the same/similar question)

Each reference must be recent (eg. Published in the last 10 years)

Reference lists must be in APA format

Each reference must be original research study (no popular magazine or internet resources!) published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals

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Knowing where the library website is and how to use it

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Knowing where the library website is and how to use it

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Learning about different types of articles (e.g. scholarly vs grey literature)

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Learning about different types of articles (e.g. scholarly vs grey literature)

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What is a scholarly source and how to find them? 

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What is a scholarly source and how to find them? 

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Callow, D. D., Arnold-Nedimala, N. A., Jordan, L. S., Pena, G. S., Won, J., Woodard, J. L., & Smith, J. C. (2020). The Mental Health Benefits of Physical Activity in Older Adults Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 28(10), 1046–1057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2020.06.024

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Teach students how to use Google Scholar

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Teach students how to use Google Scholar

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What is a "high impact" journal versus an article in a public fitness magazine?

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What is a "high impact" journal versus an article in a public fitness magazine?

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students might be concerned over what consistency means?  we said look at key words/similar citations (main theories) for similar options 

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students might be concerned over what consistency means?  we said look at key words/similar citations (main theories) for similar options 

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Advise students to think about if the source is scholarly or not

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Advise students to think about if the source is scholarly or not

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Narrow down search term by thinking more about the assignment topic

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Narrow down search term by thinking more about the assignment topic

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Show students how to do a date range when doing a library search

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Show students how to do a date range when doing a library search

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students might be confused on what a strong paper is/how to tell --those appearing at top of search may not be best paper 

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students might be confused on what a strong paper is/how to tell --those appearing at top of search may not be best paper 

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Student Questions:
Are we looking for primary sources or secondary sources?
(Answer: primary sources should be looked into, but secondary sources can help enrich the context)

What subset of topics should we look for? (Answer: read the assignment brief the professor provided; it should be comprehensive and tells you what is in the scope of the project and what is not)

How to do literature reviews?
(Answer: summarize and critically examine things you read in journals in your own words, and compare the different sources you find for commonalities and themes that corroborate each other)

How do we know whether a source is peer reviewed?
(Answer: include the criterion 'peer reviewed' in your search criterion/filters, or use Ulrich!)

How do we cite in APA?
(Answer: review the APA manual, available at UofT libraries or online in general, can make use of citation machine tools but be wary of the formatting)

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Sato, M., Du, J., Inoue, Y., Funk, D. C., & Weaver, F. (2020). Older Adults’ Physical Activity and Healthcare Costs, 2003–2014. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 58(5), e141–e148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2019.12.009

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do a search on recent literature / most times newer stuff references/summarizes past work 

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do a search on recent literature / most times newer stuff references/summarizes past work 

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Teach students the values of filters in results!

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Teach students the values of filters in results!

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Introduce reference managing software (Zotero is an option, is there an easier one to begin with?)

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I haven’t done research before and I don’t know where to look for things

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I haven’t done research before and I don’t know where to look for things

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Create a scavenger hunt assignment (ungraded or participation marks) that just focus on skills for the specific course

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Student questions:

We can do three references only, how to decide which one to use?
(Answer: conduct brief literature reviews and determine which source best answers the question you are trying to answer)

General tips:
- Encourage students to get help by visiting library workshops
- Make students aware of the opportunity to speak to librarians!

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How to organize the resources that I have found?

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How to organize the resources that I have found?

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I’m a little overwhelmed by all the available resources and don’t know which ones to use

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I’m a little overwhelmed by all the available resources and don’t know which ones to use

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Introduce new research topics slowly and use directly targeted resources

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Purdue library website is helpful for style guides. Is there a larger guide that students could be sent towards?

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How to a search within a topic to find answers for my research question

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How to a search within a topic to find answers for my research question

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Help them understand using keywords and indexing. Use organizational tools like mind maps

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A focus on why we cite (someone has made the effort to do this research etc.), also why a specific citation style is used