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Embedding Information Literacy Skills In Undergraduate Research Studies, Madalienne F. Peters, Suzanne Roybal, Atria Romero, Alexandra Rovira, Kimberly Ann Harris, Heidi Samayoa, Kristen Ozorio, Alejandra Vazquez

Collected Faculty and Staff Scholarship

In any academic context, when one mentions the term research, students immediately panic and assume this research is something they cannot do under any circumstances. This response seems fairly common among students new to undergraduate and graduate level research. The tendency on the part of the students is to make this a daunting project, impossible to complete. The faculty leaders know how to conduct research. The goal is to describe the research steps, have students practice each step, and then have them build their research work in stages. Collaboration between and among faculty in exploring and teaching research tools helped …