Reflections on Fake News, Librarians, and Undergraduate Research
| Autor: | Lisa M Rose-Wiles |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Background information
business.industry Information literacy 05 social sciences Internet privacy Limiting Library and Information Sciences 050905 science studies Seekers Undergraduate research Critical thinking Fake news Sociology 0509 other social sciences 050904 information & library sciences business Information Systems |
| Zdroj: | Reference & User Services Quarterly. 57:200 |
| ISSN: | 1094-9054 |
| DOI: | 10.5860/rusq.57.3.6606 |
| Popis: | The recent explosion of “fake news” highlights the need for academic libraries to provide access to reliable information resources and for librarians to instruct students in using them effectively. Providing reliable resources with minimal barriers to access involves cooperation among librarians, publishers, and vendors; however, I suggest that there is tension between our mutual desires to satisfy student demands for instant and perfect results and to encourage them to become persistent and critical information seekers. Many tools exist to assist students in gaining background information and limiting search results, but ultimately none replace the need to develop and explore questions and to evaluate information sources. In this paper, I reflect on the difficulties of persuading students to persist in using library resources and the use of Bernard Lonergan’s generalized empirical method as a framework for critical thinking and information literacy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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