Hey all – One of you may have cited this in your Blog report #4…I had it open in a tab and thought it would be good to share: https://informationr.net/ir/12-2/paper291.html Might be useful to this of you looking at information grounds, students, etc. Fisher, K.E., Landry, C.F. and Naumer, C. (2006). “Social spaces, casual interactions, […]
Hey all – There was an ongoing issue with the directories for our groups. I have deleted the older group and created a new one: https://infocom.hyperlib.sjsu.edu/community/groups/info-200-assignment-q-a/ Please join! We will use this discussion group throughout the semester for questions about each assignment. Please use a hashtag to designate what assignment you are asking about: #lismodel […]
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. […]
A helpful comparison developed by a student in INFO 200 a few semesters ago that can guide you as you select your resources:
Hey all – We mentioned this in our assignment chat. If anyone needs extra days past March 26 for the Information Sources Survey, please take them! This will be a blanket extension for all. I am working through your Blog Report #3s and WOW they are good so far! I am thrilled with all the […]
Some thoughts for you all related to a question I had about our Blog Report assignment as you work on Post #4 and beyond. Start getting very serious about weaving your peer reviewed sources and studies you are finding into your posts. That will set you up to have draft chunks of your paper. Utilizing […]
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 […]
Greetings all – The Writing Center created the Grad Writer Toolbox.It my be helpful as you continue to work on your academic writing. Find it here: https://sites.google.com/sjsu.edu/gradwritertoolbox
Thanks to all who attended! We covered a lot of ground with the Sources Survey, LRM and more. Hope the questions highlighted the way to navigate the assignments to culminate at the research paper. Please be sure to view this recording for a deep dive on the assignments.
This guide will help you get started with the Information Sources Survey assignment:
