Research Curriculum
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To say that the digital revolution has utterly changed access to knowledge would be the understatement of the millennium. Thanks to online magazines, encyclopedias, and books, it is now possible to spend your entire waking life (such as it is) cramming for that appearance on Jeopardy. But the Internet has done more than revolutionize the ownership of knowledge by putting entire libraries’ worth of useless information at everyone’s fingertips: For scholars, it has made access to online resources such as JSTOR (Journal STORage), a repository of digitized articles from academic journals, absolutely indispensable.
The Ivory Firewall: A Meditation on the Digital Divide in Academ
Daily Usage Map — Showcase
Every day, users from around the world view articles in fifty fields of study on the JSTOR web site. As with many web sites, JSTOR collects this usage data for a variety of reasons. We take this usage data and build an animated map of that activity, daily.
Questia Journal List
need to compare to iLibrary, Jstor by Jul 3
Tips for Creating Good Research Assignments — University of Loui
Importance Let students know that the assignment has a specific understood purpose and communicate why learning how to find information is important to their success in class, in college, and throughout their careers.Creating Successful Research Skills Assignments
Main Content Purpose of Creating Assignments to Teach Research Skills Many students never develop good research skills during their years at Penn.
UNIVERSITY LIBRARY- Creating Effective Research Assignments: Dev
excellent word doc for creating types of research assignments by Jul 3
Click here for a PDF version of the RSD, an editable Word version , and the article describing the RSD. You can watch series of short video or read for detailed explanation as well.
RSD Framework