OSU Libraries Research Log

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• Author: Anne-Marie Deitering (http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/staff/deiteringa/), OSU Libraries (http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/)

• Type of resource: Research journal

• Method of delivery: Online

• Keywords: research process; focus stage; thesis; writing; collaboration with faculty

• URL: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/instruction/w121/rlog.html

• Date added: 22 March 2005

Table of contents

1 Description 2 See Also 3 External Links 4 References

Description

The OSU Libraries Research log was created collaboratively by Writing Program faculty and OSU Instruction librarians. Using this tool, students document the early stages of their research process.

The research log is made up of six linked assignments which take the student from the point of topic selection, to the formulation of their working thesis. They can be assigned and graded by the librarian, the classroom instructor, or some combination of the two. In WR 121 at OSU, this project is followed closely by an instruction session in the library.

The research process modeled by the Research Log assignments is based on the Conversational Model of Research articulated by Jeanne Davidson and Carole Ann Crateau. In particular, it encourages students to broadly explore a general topic area before narrowing to a focus.

See Also

External Links

Learning Outcomes for the WR 121 Library Instruction curriculum: OSU Libraries (http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/instruction/w121/rlog_outcomes.html)

Scoring Rubric for the WR 121/ OSU Libraries Research Log (http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/instruction/w121/rlog_rubric.html)

References

Process.htm Carol Kuhlthau's Information Search Process (http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kuhlthau/Search)

Davidson, J.R.