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Building a Bridge

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”

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Building a Bridge

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  1. Building a Bridge Bess Robinson Pam Dennis

  2. 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

  3. Cordova High School Haywood County High School

  4. Characteristics of the research expectations • Amount of information available/locating/evaluating • Citing/citation styles/“formatting” In Their Own Words: Research Expectation Surprises

  5. 300 Databases – REALLY???!

  6. “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

  7. I Can Really Have a Car My First Year?

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. “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

  11. This place is HUGE!!!

  12. I Don’t Know How to Find Anything!!!

  13. There Are So Many Resources!!

  14. Who Would Have Thought Learning Could be Fun!!!

  15. Admissions is Your Friend

  16. Look at all the Cool Stuff College Kids Can Do!!!

  17. 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

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