RES 500
OL - Research Strategies
A ONE CREDIT GRADUATE LEVEL INTERACTIVE COURSE IN INFORMATION RESEARCH SKILLS
prepared by William Badke (REVISED May 2010)
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[See also the instructions button above] Research Strategies was developed by William Badke as a distance education offering to complement his textbook: Research Strategies: Finding your Way through the Information Fog (Lincoln, Neb.: Writers Club Press/iUniverse.com, 2000). Mr. Badke, who holds masters degrees in library science and theology, has taught this material for over twenty-five years. His textbook is widely used among higher education institutions throughout North America and the 2nd edition was positively reviewed by the ALA/ACRL Instruction Section at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency.cfmFor information on accreditation
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Research Strategies: Finding Your Way through the Information Fog, 3rd ed. (Lincoln, NE: iUniverse.com, 2008), ISBN: 978-0-595-47747-0 ($18.95US). It has also been released in full version as an Adobe e-book, ISBN: 978-0-595-60504-0 ($6.00US, available through the Publisher). Students taking this course are required to read the print, rather than the briefer online, edition of the textbook. To purchase the paper edition, see the TWU Bookstore or one of the following vendors:  
Phone 1-800-882-3188 (Langley, BC, Canada)
Amazon US Amazon Canada Barnes & Noble online Use of the Course: Research Strategies may be taken by individual students through Associated Canadian Theological Schools (graduate level). Research Strategies may also be licensed by colleges and universities who wish to add it to their own course lists. See Accreditation/Registration/Conditions of Use for more information. Please note that, while the course is not password protected, any unauthorized use of this course or adaptations of it by institutions is a breach of copyright and thus not permitted.About the Course: This course uses a strategies approach by which the student can begin with a topic about which s/he knows nothing and proceed through a series of steps to produce both a research question/thesis and a bibliography which provides the information needed to address the chosen issue. There is extensive introduction to databases, including the Internet. The "research" in Research Strategies is informational research which is done in preparation for term papers and theses, rather than field or experimental research such as that found in the social sciences and sciences. Throughout the course, process is more important than product. In today’s information age, the ability to navigate through data without getting lost is worth more than gold. The training provided here will help the student to develop a set of strategies which are applicable to any kind of informational research. Process (strategy-building) is more important than product. Who should take this course? Everyone. We live in a time when the ability to sift through all the information coming our way, decide what is important and use that information to address key issues, is a life skill that no one should be without. All too many professors in higher education settings assume that students will develop research ability on their own. Most students simply do not. They flounder from one research assignment to another until someone finally offers some training. That is the task of this course. For more information, see Conditions of Use, or have a look at the introduction to the course and the first assignment under Assignments. Contact: Associated Canadian Theological Schools, 7600 Glover Road, Langley, BC, Canada V2Y 1Y1, or e-mail badke@twu.ca. Institutions please note again that permission is required before you may use this course or adaptations of it in your own setting. See Conditions of Use for information.
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