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Transcript: Welcome to Module One

Welcome to Module One

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Transcript: This Module will discuss some of the differences between doing high school and college-level research.  Now, many of your assignments will require the use of resources that may be different from those you have used up until now.  Using these resources will require learning some new, specialized skills.

Module One  Will discuss some of the differences between doing high school and college-level research:

Many of your assignments are going to require the use of resources that may be different from those you have used up until now.

Using these resources will require learning some new, specialized skills.

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Transcript: My name is Steve Malpezzi, and I'm a professor at UW School of Business where I teach real estate and urban economics.  I want to congratulate you on being admitted to one of the world's great research universities.

Stephen Malpezzi

Professor in the School of Business

at the University of Wisconsin

Congratulations…

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Transcript: My name is Maria Nagel, and I’m a Faculty Associate in the UW Department of Nutritional Sciences.  As a UW student, in order to get good grades on your projects, you will need to learn some new research skills and strategies.  

Maria Nagel

 Faculty Associate of Nutritional Sciences

at the University of Wisconsin

Get Good Grades!

Skills & Strategies

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Transcript: My name is Jo Handelsman.  I’m a professor in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, in the department of Plant Pathology.  The research assignments you will be given will often require different types of resources than you have used in the past.

Jo Handelsman

Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin

Research Assignments

Different Types

Than you've used

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Transcript: These will include journal articles, written by scholars and experts, who are reporting on the results of their research. 

Written by Scholars and Experts

+

Results of their Research

=

Scholarly Journal Articles

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Transcript: Here’s an example of something I might assign in one of my classes.

Here's an example...

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Transcript: Notice that in this assignment your bibliography will need to include at least six sources, and at least two of these sources must be scholarly journal articles.

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Transcript: "I can do that.  That is not a problem." "Yah, besides the fancy way of saying things, it looks pretty much the same as I've done in high school." "All we need to do is get some good stuff off the web."

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Transcript: Many of my  students make this mistake and rely solely on Google and the free web to find sources for their assignments.  But, most professors will be expecting you to use search tools in addition to Google.  And here’s why:

I've seen students make this mistake...

Use search tools in addition to Google!

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Transcript: We all love Google.    But as you know, many websites can be misleading due to bias, self-publication or because they’re trying to sell you something.  Also, the free Web offers very little free access to commercially published materials — especially articles from expensive scholarly journals.  And, because of copyright, many of these articles simply aren’t available in Google.

Google

1.  Many websites can be misleading due to bias, self-publication or because they want to sell you something.

2.  Very little free access to commercially published materials-especially the articles from expensive scholarly journals.

3.  Because of copyright many of these articles simply aren't available in Google.

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Transcript: Fortunately, these published articles are available for free from article databases that are linked from the library’s website.   These databases are purchased by the UW Libraries and provide an efficient way for you to find relevant articles on your topics. 

Scholarly and other published articles:

▪ Are available

▪ For free to you as a student

▪ From article databases

▪ Linked from the Libraries' web site

▪ Purchased for you to use

▪ Provide an efficient way

▪ Find relevant articles

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Transcript: Published books can be found using the UW Libraries catalog called MadCat.  MadCat is also linked from the library’s Web site.

Published books can be found using the UW- Libraries' catalog called MadCat.

MadCat is also linked from the Libraries' web site.

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Transcript: Using article databases and MadCat will require you to use a new set of skills – skills that are different from those you’ve probably used in the past.

Article Databases & MadCat

Require New Set of Skills

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Transcript: As a UW student, you will be expected to take the time and learn how to access and use these research tools.

Expected to take the time...

Learn how to access and use these research tools.

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Transcript: So, I'd like to introduce you to someone who can help.

Introduce you to someone who can help...

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Transcript: Nikki is a librarian here at the UW and an expert in using these research tools.  During the rest of CLUE, she’ll make sure you’re up to speed on the techniques and resources that you’ll need to be successful. 

Expert in research tools…

techniques and resources

You'll need to be successful!

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Transcript: In this module you learned that college-level assignments will require the use of additional resources, rather than just Google.  These additional resources, specifically licensed library databases, are available through the UW Libraries.  Using these new resources will require learning some new skills.  We’ll cover these in the rest of CLUE.  But first, let’s get to know the libraries a little bit better.

In this module you learned that…

College-level assignments require the use of additional resources rather than just Google.

These additional resources, specifically licensed library databases, are available through the UW-Libraries.

Using these new resources will require learning some new skills.

We’ll cover these in the rest of CLUE. 

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End of Module One

Click on Module 2: YOUR UW-MADISON LIBRARIES in the right-hand menu to continue on with CLUE.