I'm Marisa Walstrum, a librarian at Oakton, and I am excited to help you get started with your research. But first, a little bit about me, your instructor. Like you, I also attended community college as a student in the Chicagoland area, and later graduated from SIUC with a degree in fine arts. I decided to study librarianship through my interest in preserving art and cultural heritage, and I have come full circle to teach at Oakton College and serve many other community college students. I look forward to getting to know you and what topics interest you as you move through your educational journey at Oakton.
Today in our session we will:
Explain the peer review process.
Develop keywords to devise a search strategy for locating peer-reviewed articles.
Compare information-sharing access between marginalized and privileged groups.
Explore what voices may be absent from available research, or the student's initial investigation on their topic.
To get help with your research project after this library session, or at any time, make an appointment with a librarian. Let's get started!
Ask a question you're interested in finding the answer to
Something that has controversy or more than one viewpoint
Something that you feel you could research or write about in detail:
You will use your research question to formulate keywords
Instructions: Click on the die below and use that number as a challenge to brainstorm keywords and synonyms in preparation to create a search strategy. Creating a search strategy with multiple keywords and related terms will help you narrow down, or expand, on your research topics giving you precise results when you search the library's databases.