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Collaborative research experience for Dual Enrollment students to explore college libraries, resources, and research expectations. Students receive tours, instructions, and insights to improve academic skills. Emphasis on scholarly resources, citations, and avoiding plagiarism. Feedback highlights surprise at available support and vast resources at college libraries compared to high school. High school visitors benefit from in-depth tours and instructions, preparing them for college-level research.
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Building a Bridge Bess Robinson Pam Dennis
Dual Enrollment (First- and Second-Semester English) Students: • Cordova – 3 visits: In-depth tour & 1010-like instruction; 1020-like instruction & “finding resources” period; “working visit” • Germantown – 2 visits: In-depth tour & 1010-like instruction; 1020-like instruction & “finding resources” period • Ridgeway – 1 visit: Instruction only • Houston – 1 visit: Brief tour & instruction Other: • Germantown International Baccalaureate class – In-depth tour, instruction, and “finding resources” period • Haywood County High School Library Club – In-depth tour & instruction • Ridgeway Book Club & Art Club – In-depth tour only • St. George’s Independent School – In-depth tour, instruction, and “finding resources” period Typical High School Visitors
Cordova High School Haywood County High School
Characteristics of the research expectations • Amount of information available/locating/evaluating • Citing/citation styles/“formatting” In Their Own Words: Research Expectation Surprises
“The freedom surprised me” • “The college library is a lot more helpful than anything I learned concerning resources” • “How much help is around the corner” • “How helpful the teachers are; they go out of their way . . .” • “How easy they make it . . . you have [so] many resources to use” In Their Own Words: Research Expectation Surprises
Stress research more • Make students aware of a variety of scholarly, reliable resources • Teach more about citing In Their Own Words: In High School, They Might
36% of undergraduates admit to plagiarizing • 97.5% of high school students let others copy their work • 54% of students copy from the Internet www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism_stats.html But they teach you how to avoid it and use correct citations They Don’t Let You Plagiarize
“Nothing. White Station did a great job in showing us how to research topics and use library databases” • “Christian Brothers did prepare us” • “I pretty much knew how to do everything—I came with a visit with Germantown High and they taught us all the basics” • “N/A my librarians were very thorough” • “My high school prepared me for simple research.” In Their Own Words: In High School, They Might
Bess Robinson Head, Instructional Services University Libraries University of Memphis 118 McWherter Library Memphis, TN 38152 merobnsn@memphis.edu Ph. 901-678-8206 Dr. Pam Dennis Learning Commons Coordinator University Libraries University of Memphis 107 McWherter Library Memphis, TN 38152 pdennis@memphis.edu Ph. 901-678-4566