Scholarship or Propaganda: How Can Librarians Help Undergraduates Tell the Difference?.

Bodi, Sonia

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Publication Date: 1995

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Scholarship or Propaganda: How Can Librarians Help Undergraduates Tell the Difference?

Bodi, Sonia

Journal of Academic Librarianship, v21 n1 p21-25 Jan 1995

Compares characteristics of propaganda and scholarship, and lists indicators that can enable librarians to help students tell the difference between what is genuine scholarship and what passes for scholarship. Describes how this evaluation method was used in an undergraduate bibliographic instruction class to help students critically assess scholarly merit and relevance. (Author/JMV)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Librarians, Library Instruction, Propaganda, Scholarly Writing, Scholarship, Student Problems, Undergraduate Students, User Needs (Information)

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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