The goal of the Research Paper is to give you experience in writing a graduate-level research paper. View a video about the assignment: Download: Web (Captioned) Lecture Slides PDF) Video Podcast(mp4) Audio Podcast (mp3) Getting Started All assignments in INFO 200 help build your understanding and knowledge of the information needs and information-seeking behaviors of the information community … Continue reading “Getting Started with…Research Paper”
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Don’t miss this invaluable resource from our King Library. It is custom-designed by our library liaison to help you with your work in INFO 200.
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Hey all – I have heard from a few of you that life has intervened in your coursework. Let’s invoke a blanket extension for the LRM for all students in my section. The LRM will now be due by April 17. Image – Northern Michigan light!
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Greetings everyone – I want to check in and see how you all are doing and offer some thoughts on the rest of our time together. Here are some action items that may be helpful: Community Description: This is an important component of the formal assignments to come. LRM: In the first section, in approximately two … Continue reading “INFO 200 Update: Action Items for LRM/Blogs”
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Thanks to @psalazar for sharing this new look! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1659ybICeO1udPQTghI27oI8WKjWxxgd3A-pc0bUaXkU/edit?tab=t.0 To use this template, please follow the steps below to make your own copy and save it to your Google Drive: Click on the Google Docs link provided. Once the document opens, go to the top menu and click on File. From the dropdown menu, select … Continue reading “New Version of LRM template for You!”
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Hello everyone, I have completed grading all of the Sources Survey assignments, and you all did well. I want to make sure that everyone understands the focus of the assignments: information behaviors and needs of your chosen community. Many of you have located useful studies related to your community’s info behaviors and needs. Some of you … Continue reading “Reminders About Writing & Assignments”
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A helpful comparison developed by a student in INFO 200 a few semesters ago that can guide you as you select your resources:
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Hey all – The first serious lit review I wrote in my doc program was on virtual communities. Here’s the reference list. It may be of interest, especially for those of you looking closely at communities born on the Web, etc. Note – there has been much more research published in the last 15+ years … Continue reading “Virtual Communities References List”
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Greetings all – I think it would be useful for the next assignments for all of you to work on refining your description of your information community. You wrote a blog post a few weeks ago: Blog Post #2: Describe the Information Community you are choosing to explore for the course and the research paper. … Continue reading “Describing Your Community”
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I finished grading the LIS Model/Theory Research Summary assignments Saturday and noticed that quite a few papers went over the word count limit. As a reminder, the assignment instructions state: The LIS Model/Theory Research Summary, including the reference list, should be a minimum of 1000 words in length and no more than 1250 words. It … Continue reading “Word Counts & Future Assignments”