# Teaching Literature Research
60-70 minutes
After Exploration is submitted and feedback given, before material request
# Critiquing an IA Exploration
10 min, hardcopy prepared for each student
need to read / search
lead in to importance of reading
show and tell
Material list for Show-and-Tell
- Insoluble white solid (aspirin / benzoic acid)
- Reagent bottle labelled with 1.0 M HCl
- Grad cylinder with 100 cm3 of water
- (Pretend) water-bath / box* stir-rod
- 125 cm3 Erlenmeyer
- 250 cm3 beaker
# Google Search
Not "what is"...
# Reading for a purpose
Not cherry-picking
Critical about source
Compare sources / methods
# Backward citation hopping
Using references at end
Sequential by order of appearance
# Nature of Research Articles
Web of Knowledge
Comic
Reading entry point webpage
Missing database: SciFinder, Beilstein CrossFire / HKU
# Locating references behind a paywall
Sci-hub
WhereisSciHub.now.sh
# Forward citation hopping
# Organizing literature with Zotero
# Installing Zotero
2 steps
Safari exception
Create account for sync
# Ingesting citations
Webpage dependent
# Using citations in Google Doc
Add citation
Set style
Add bibliography
# Using it for their IA
In 70 min class only
Use a checklist to examine one another's Exploration