Developing student research skillsEasyBib School Edition

Online research is more important than ever...Yet many students do not have fundamental research skills. They often:

Start their research in Google, and rely on the immediate results presented

to them like Wikipedia

Do not assess the credibility of the information presented to them

Do not understand what constitutes plagiarism

Lack an organizational framework to meaningfully understand and

synthesize information

Do not take advantage of library databases

How do we provide an intuitive solution to cultivate critical information literacy skills?

How do we provide an intuitive solution to cultivate critical information literacy skills?

Your students become better researchers

Citation tool helps prevent plagiarismEasyBib makes citing intuitive, encouraging students to cite while they write, accurately crediting sources and avoiding plagiarism

Instructional features teach information literacy – students grasp what they are researching and learn to evaluate online sources

Easily create a bibliography in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles

Export works cited to Word or Google docs fully formatted

Create in text citations, and tag and sort citations. Cite/autocite 59 source types

Instructional Website evaluation, Citation guide, Source guide, and LearnCite features

Notebook improves critical thinking and research habitsEasyBib Notebook teaches students to meaningfully organize their notes

helping them become organized and effective researchersTwo systems: virtual note cards and list view modeled after Cornell Note-taking

Dynamic outline lets students fluidly move data points

Group, color, and tag notes, and associates them with your outline and sources

Used by over 37 million students!Used by over 37 million students!

Teach students to credit information

1. Search for your source 2. Verify or manually enter bibliographic data

3. Compile bibliography & export to Word or

Google docs

Students are intimidated by complicated citation rules..By making the citation process intuitive, students learn to cite while they write and end up:

1.Accurately crediting their sources

2.Avoiding having to track down and or make up their sources

3.Avoiding accidental plagiarism

Students learn to distinguish sources

Visual citation guides – Define different sources types and show where bibliographic data is found and structured

Source guide – Defines and provides suggestions and examples of different sources, helping users cite the correct source

59 options – Students can cite 59 different sources, encouraging a diverse research approach and proper accreditation

LearnCite – Shows the citation being created as information is entered, providing students a structural understanding of citations

Reiterate the importance of website evaluationWith ever-growing amounts of information available, students must learn what is reliable information.

EasyBib website evaluation:

1. Alerts students at the point of reference of the credibility of the source

2. Provides robust criteria to explain and help understand the source’s credibility

3. Shows visual examples of credible, questionable, and not credible sources

Provide a framework to understand researchThe notebook provides students structure to take away and organize key ideas

•Quotes - Students can copy and paste, and track quoted content

•Paraphrasing - Encourages students to synthesize and understand information

•Comments - Pushes students to think aloud and explore ideas

•Organization - Associate a source with a note, and tag/group/color the note

Brainstorm and construct ideas with notebook

•Easily moveable virtual notes cards promotes brainstorming

•Organization tools help develop concepts

•List view helps students understand notes along the various organizational means, and encourages big picture thinking

•Outline helps students dynamically conceptualize paper ideas, and creates a paper trail to notes and sources

Virtual note cards

List view

Outline

Understand the quality of their research

Bibliography Analytics teach students to evaluate their own work and identify areas for improvement before submitting assignments.

Students are given an overall score based on 4 elements:Diversity of source typesDatabase usageWebsite CredibilityNumber of sources

Share feedbackProject sharing encourages more interaction between

students and teachers throughout the research process. Sharing is also facilitates group work.

Students can set who can view, edit, and comment on projects.

Leave comments directly related to the sources cited in the bibliography

Leave comments in their notes & outline

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The EasyBib experience“My interest in EasyBib stems from my users’ interest in it: I’ve been getting feedback from students that the amount of time and effort required to learn and use some other citation tools is greater than students need, or want, to invest. They find EasyBib to be easier to use.”

-Cheryl LaGuardia, Research Librarian, Harvard University

“Because the Web site is so intuitive and quick, they can focus on using reliable sources and documenting them properly instead of worrying about formatting the citations correctly.”

-MaryAnne Karre

“I love your website. I don't know how I would make it through all these papers without you! Thanks so much!”

-Matthew, Student

Give your students the tools to embrace better research!Give your students the tools to embrace better research!