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Media Misrepresentation Of Academic Literature And Barriers To Verify Sources For Those Outside Of Higher Education: An Example From Last Week Tonight With John Oliver , Memo Cordova, Amber Sherman
Media Misrepresentation Of Academic Literature And Barriers To Verify Sources For Those Outside Of Higher Education: An Example From Last Week Tonight With John Oliver , Memo Cordova, Amber Sherman
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Academic librarians teach students to research using academic databases and peer-reviewed articles. Information literacy skills combat misinformation in a student’s academic career and beyond the classroom. However, once students leave campus and cross the border from student life to working life, they may not have access to peer-reviewed literature. Using a popular segment of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver about scientific studies, this article presents the importance of, and barriers to, students’ continued access to peer-reviewed research. How librarians might mitigate these obstacles are discussed.