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Alarming Research Habits - Looking at how Students Cite
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Citations--the glue that keeps research papers honest, yet an aspect
of the research process many students don't understand, and find
tedious or bothersome.
* In a College and Research Libraries analysis, 71% of
students had only 1-5 citations listed in their papers
* In EasyBib survey of 2600 students, 40% of respondents
said they sometimes or rarely add a citation when they
paraphrase another person's ideas
* In the same survey, more than half (54%) said they would
be less likely to cite sources altogether if they did not
have access to bibliographic management tools
How are students interpreting and synthesizing information?
How many sources are they using in their papers? When are they
citing, and how do they assemble their sources? We'll answer and
discuss all these questions and more, while showing how EasyBib
and OCLC can help with information literacy tools and features that
cultivate better research skills.
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The Research Environment: Understanding how students use
sources while writing and researching
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
2:00 pm Eastern (11:00 am Pacific)
Register here --
https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/j.php?ED=176056997&RG=1&UID=1325833727&RT=Mi
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