This summer I discovered an invaluable resource I never realized we had here at Xavier (I am embarrassed to say after 12 years here) and that is our research librarians.\u00a0 I was writing a pedagogical paper which used very different search engines and resources than my normal scholarly publications in chemistry.\u00a0 Quite frankly, I was at a loss as to where to start searching for background materials related to my paper.<\/p>\n
On the library main page, you can select services and click 'request consultation' to get to the form.\u00a0 (Or click here: http:\/\/www.xula.edu\/library\/forms\/reference_consultation_form.php)<\/p>\n
Johanna White contacted me and we had a great chat about what I was trying to do.\u00a0 She walked me through a few resources and then decided to dig around on her own.\u00a0 About a week later I got a great email from her with more suggestions on which journals to search and how to access them.<\/p>\n
If you are considering writing and publishing\u00a0 a pedagogical paper (which is, in fact valued by the university and the rank and tenure committee) but the educational and social sciences are outside of your field of research, I can HIGHLY recommend working with one our our research librarians.\u00a0\u00a0 Once you summarize your project on the form they will decide who would be the best fit for your project.\u00a0 It is as easy as that!<\/p>\n
Now, if only someone can help me with not using the passive voice...<\/p>\n
Cheers, Stassi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"