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54 - Bibliographies

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2018

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Summary

Ask your learners to compile a bibliography: finding, identifying, listing and organizing material relevant to a topic or theme. This is a very effective way of developing many aspects of information literacy and in testing skills and knowledge. A bibliography assignment can be set at varying levels of complexity across all levels of education and it can be set as a standalone test or as part of a larger piece of assessment, for example, as a component in a literature review or essay assessment.

Be clear on your parameters before you start the exercise and do not assume that learners will know what a bibliography is. A sample may be useful, especially if you want more than a simple list. Be clear on the referencing scheme that you require your learners to use and provide examples. If the piece is to be assessed summatively, provide clear assessment criteria, such as how many marks for selection of material, how many for referencing, and so on.

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  • • Learners who will be required to produce bibliographies as part of their core work or, better still, as an element of other marked work. This can work very well in a context when your learners need to build on their knowledge of a particular subject, so a bibliography could be the starting point for an essay, literature review or research project.

  • • Testing communication and ICT skills through the compilation of the information and the quality of the referencing skills (or use of a relevant software package).

  • • Providing a very authentic way of assessing a range of information literacy skills, ranging from finding information to critical evaluation and presentation in a holistic way.

  • • Testing referencing skills in a ‘live’ situation.

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    You might want to try one of the following variations:

  • • Ask the learners to create a short reading (or resource) list for those new to the selected subject.

  • • Set an annotated bibliography on a topic (one you set or one of the learner's choice).

  • • Ask for a bibliography of a particular type of material, e.g. academic journals, to familiarize learners with the information source.

  • • Develop a wiki-based bibliography that the whole class contributes to and/or amends.

  • • Base tasks around the use of a reference management software program like RefWorks, EndNote or Zotero (www.refworks.com; www.endnote.com; www.zotero.org).

  • • Create collaborative bibliographies using CiteULike or Mendeley (www.citeulike.org; www.mendeley.com).

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    A Guide to Teaching Information Literacy
    101 Practical Tips
    , pp. 148 - 151
    Publisher: Facet
    Print publication year: 2011

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