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“One-Shots” and Research Consultations Can Make a Difference

Abstract

In Fall 2014, librarians identified selected senior capstone courses in each Macalester College discipline: Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and Interdisciplinary Studies. With student writing samples from six capstone courses, librarians evaluated student work using a rubric for demonstration of three information literacy skills: attribution, evaluation of sources, and communication of evidence. Student performance in these skill areas was compared to data containing information fluency class attendance and student participation in individual research consultations from Fall 2012-Fall 2014. Results indicate that students who receive more instruction from librarians through class sessions or research consultations perform better in these areas than students who attend fewer classes or individual research consultations.

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