Contribution to Book
Database Dash
The First-Year Experience Cookbook
(2017)
Abstract
This activity introduces students to the variety of resources and useful features available in databases, and was developed as an alternative to the standard database demonstration. A cross between Bingo and a scavenger hunt, small groups of students compete to complete as many tasks as possible in five minutes. The competitive nature of the activity is highly engaging!
Keywords
- Gamefication,
- Instruction Activity,
- library instruction,
- ACRL Framework teaching activity
Disciplines
Publication Date
March, 2017
Editor
Raymond Pun and Meggan Houlihan
Publisher
American Library Association
ISBN
9780838989203
Publisher Statement
First-year students face many challenges in adjusting to university life, including making the most of the university library. Librarians are constantly addressing student misconceptions about libraries and locating information, and have been working hard to reach first-year students and create high-impact practices in student retention.
The First-Year Experience Cookbook provides librarians with a series of innovative approaches to teaching and assessing information literacy skills during a student’s first year. Featuring four chapters—Library Orientation, Library Instruction, Programs, and Assessment—and more than 60 practical, easy-to-implement recipes, this book compiles lessons and techniques for you to adapt, repurpose, and implement in your libraries.
This Cookbook is essential for all academic and school librarians looking for ideas on how to infuse the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education in their first-year courses and instruction; design and assess effective services and programs; and engage and retain students.
Citation Information
Amy Gratz. "Database Dash" ChicagoThe First-Year Experience Cookbook (2017) p. 61 - 63 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/amy-gratz/11/
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