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Reading Lists and Referencing: RefWorks Integration in Moodle

Hannah Young, Information Librarian, Southampton Solent University Owen Stephens, Project Consultant, www.ostephens.com/ http://mycourse.solent.ac.uk/readinglists. Reading Lists and Referencing: RefWorks Integration in Moodle. Refworks User Group, 20 th September 2012.

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Reading Lists and Referencing: RefWorks Integration in Moodle

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  1. Hannah Young, Information Librarian, Southampton Solent University Owen Stephens, Project Consultant, www.ostephens.com/ http://mycourse.solent.ac.uk/readinglists Reading Lists and Referencing:RefWorks Integration in Moodle Refworks User Group, 20th September 2012

  2. How important are reading lists? • Portsmouth Leading Change Project: • Students and Academics speak a different language.... • Academics have: • essential seminar readings? • additional reading assumed for assessments? • a fine line between prescriptive and indicative? • Students: • want guidance • unsure what they should be reading and the correct level • On average, took students 20mins to find 5 items on a list

  3. Why we need to know.... Library Resources are used! Bombshell Books – copies never on the shelves... Printed book issues since 2008: Research Methods for Business 2,318 Exploring Corporate Strategy 1,806 Electronic book accesses since 2010: Financial Markets 641 Research Methods for Business 549

  4. Where we started … Project Overview • April 2010: Solent Reading List Project Group created • Previous provider: LearnBuild: www.learnbuild.co.uk • TELSTAR project investigated: www.open.ac.uk/telstar/ • Moodle (myCourse) • RefWorks • SFX – our ejournal system • Sept 2010: Live system and pilot units until July 2012… • Solent developments: • Reading Lists via RefWorks RSS – the ‘R’ button • Customised Harvard SSU style for use in reading lists and RefWorks 2 • myReferences area for list creation - now pushing students to RefWorks 2

  5. The Student Experience... • Previous link to LearnBuild • Pilot Reading List link • Solent referencing styles: APA or Harvard British Standard • Can add headings and notes • Links to: • Library Catalogue for book references • SFX link-resolver for ejournal articles • Digitised chapters/articles where required

  6. The Student Experience... • Previous link to LearnBuild • Pilot Reading List link • Solent referencing styles: APA or Harvard British Standard • Can add headings and notes • Links to: • Library Catalogue for book references • SFX link-resolver for ejournal articles • Digitised chapters/articles where required

  7. Options to add headings/notes to resources

  8. The Student Experience... • Reading List References export link • Imports all reading list references into students’ myReferences • Generate in-text citations and a bibliography in Solent styles • Now pushing to RefWorks 2 main interface instead after student feedback • Hope to export references to RefWorks again in the future? • Example videocasts of staff and student experiences: http://mycourse.solent.ac.uk/readinglists

  9. Initial Student Feedback88% students liked referencing format

  10. The Student Experience... • NEW pilot Reading List link x2!! • Simple look and feel.... • Solent referencing styles: • APA 6th edition • Harvard SSU – completely customised to match factsheet • (OSCOLA to come) • Can still add headings and notes • Still links to: • Library Catalogue/SFX/Digitised chapters/articles • Standard footer • More flexible options....

  11. The Staff Experience... • Creating a Reading List • Create a shared account • Add referencing details: • ISBN look-up from Library Catalogue • DOI look-up via CrossRef • Import from RefWorks • Share folder – generate RefWorks RSS • Add to unit • Add headings/additional text as required • Add multiple RSS feeds for different weeks/topics

  12. Where we are now... • University-wide system from Sept 2012 • Publicity Campaign • Have you seen your office door hanger? Have you received a postcard? Amazing Introductory Offer!! Send us your reading lists and we’ll do the rest... The Library will:  ensure resources are easily accessible in print or online  link to digitised chapters, ebooks, journal articles and the library catalogue  add any notes as required  put references into the correct HARVARD format  create weekly or general lists – whatever you need  load into your myCourse unit and update as needed in September

  13. Send to your Librarian or readinglists@solent.ac.uk. • Lists accepted in all formats - emails/word docs • Include unit title, code, level and number of students • http://mycourse.solent.ac.uk/readinglists Think Reading Lists... Think Library!

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