Inbook,
Research Strategy for Searching the Literature More Effectively
volume 1232 of ACS Symposium Series, page 169-186. American Chemical Society, (Jan 1, 2016)
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2016-1232.ch009
Abstract
Confusion and frustration are two of the emotions often felt by undergraduates when they are expected to do library research. They often do not know where to start, and are often unable to select appropriate terms or sources to search. Furthermore, instructors overestimate the literature research skills of their students. In CHEM 23201, a required one-semester course, we introduced a research strategy worksheet as a way to guide students in searching the literature. We assumed that they would need more help in using the unique features of the discovery tools than in selecting search terms. Our assumptions were wrong. An examination of the tenets of Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains and its explanation of higher-order thinking skills, which include asking questions, could have predicted the difficulty the students initially had with the worksheet.
