The worksheets linked to the left navigation menu of units 3-6 can be used in a number of ways:

• Students can use them to explore their own topics, making notes and recording other information about their search strategy. Providing this information can increase the quality of their interactions with library staff and help you track their selection and use of information sources.
• Students can mail the worksheets to an instructor, to themselves, to a librarian, to a project team, or to all of these, to support collaborative learning activities.
• Students can use the worksheets to build a project portfolio in which they turn in their final project (research paper, bibliography, presentation, etc.) and also some evidence of the process by which they acquired and analyzed the sources that went into its development. This approach discourages plagiarism by encouraging the systematic development of ideas and their communication.
• The worksheets can also be downloaded in either Adobe (.pdf) or MS Word (.doc) format from the links to the right. The Word files can be easily modified to reflect your objectives.
• You may choose to create your own log or worksheet. For this, we recommend use of the Catalyst ^© tool WebQ . Other methods of building learning environments in which your students may share online their reflection with you and with each other may be found at the Catalyst Web site. We recommend the Project Portfolio Builder.

Instructors who wish to customize a version of Research 101 for a specific course or discipline, may do so from our database version of the tutorial. You can get access to this version from the UWill Web site <http://www.lib.washington.edu/uwill>. Use the link at the bottom of any page.

Contact a UW librarian for consultation on uses for Research 101.

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