Goodman Xan, Watts John, Arenas Rogelio, Weigel Rachelle, Terrell Tony
J Med Libr Assoc. 2018 Jan;106(1):108-112. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2018.400. Epub 2018 Jan 2.
This article describes the collection and analysis of annotated bibliographies created by first-year health sciences students to support their final poster projects. The authors examined the students' abilities to select relevant and authoritative sources, summarize the content of those sources, and correctly cite those sources.
We collected images of 1,253 posters, of which 120 were sampled for analysis, and scored the posters using a 4-point rubric to evaluate the students' information literacy skills.
We found that 52% of students were proficient at selecting relevant sources that directly contributed to the themes, topics, or debates presented in their final poster projects, and 64% of students did well with selecting authoritative peer-reviewed scholarly sources related to their topics. However, 45% of students showed difficulty in correctly applying American Psychological Association (APA) citation style.
Our findings demonstrate a need for instructors and librarians to provide strategies for reading and comprehending scholarly articles in addition to properly using APA citation style.
本文描述了健康科学专业一年级学生为支持其期末海报项目而创建的带注释文献目录的收集与分析情况。作者考察了学生选择相关且权威资料来源、总结这些资料来源内容以及正确引用这些资料来源的能力。
我们收集了1253张海报的图片，从中抽取120张进行分析，并使用四分制评分标准对海报进行评分，以评估学生的信息素养技能。
我们发现，52%的学生能够熟练选择直接有助于其期末海报项目所呈现主题、话题或辩论的相关资料来源，64%的学生在选择与他们主题相关的权威同行评审学术资料来源方面表现出色。然而，45%的学生在正确应用美国心理学会（APA）引用格式方面存在困难。
我们的研究结果表明，除了正确使用APA引用格式外，教师和图书馆员还需要提供阅读和理解学术文章的策略。
