"It was information based": Student Reasoning when Distinguishing Between Scholarly and Popular Sources

Authors

Amy Jankowski, University of New Mexico
Alyssa Russo, University of New Mexico
Lori Townsend, University of New Mexico

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-16-2018

Abstract

Scholarly and popular sources are a longstanding construct in library instruction. A quick Google search brings up an abundance of LibGuides and tutorials on the subject. However, we have found that teaching students to identify and classify information sources using a rigid binary categorization is problematic. In an effort to better understand the ways students conceptualize and evaluate sources, we stepped back to ask: what kind of reasoning do students apply when distinguishing between scholarly and popular sources?

Publication Title

In The Library With The Lead Pipe

ISSN

1944-6195

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25844/2sdf-1n04

Language (ISO)

English

Keywords

college students, evaluation, information literacy, instruction, teaching

Recommended Citation

Jankowski, Amy; Alyssa Russo; and Lori Townsend. ""It was information based": Student Reasoning when Distinguishing Between Scholarly and Popular Sources." In The Library With The Lead Pipe (2018). doi:https://doi.org/10.25844/2sdf-1n04.

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