Monday, November 23, 2009

Wikis and research

The EHS librarians have been working with Mr. Miller's elective course "Fictional worlds" students. The students have been researching Utopian societies: past, failed, or thriving. The end product produced an annotated bibliography and presentation. A mini research paper without the final product of written words on paper. The written work was understanding and creating an annotated bibliography on their subject. To help the students with research the library created a wiki (webpage) for the class with the assignment and links to possible topics that included searching the library catalog, the library subscription databases, and also some credible websites. This was all embedded in the visual search section of our catalog.

The librarians continue to refine ways to create virtual reference for the students.

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