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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>We use it, and we love it. We start promoting it from freshman orientation on up, but with a couple of points.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>1: we discuss it in the context of picking appropriate sources (i.e. you have found stuff via all these source evaluation methods, now here’s how you organize it)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2: we state up front they may not use it much until they get to their upper division work, but we want them to know it’s there and how to use it effectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>3. we hammer home that refworks is not perfect, and they need to be able to proofread the cites provided, and that their professor won’t care whether the typo was their fault or refworks’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Sarah<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#C0504D'><a href="mailto:sclark@rsu.edu">Sarah Clark</a></span><span style='color:#C0504D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#C0504D'>Access Services & Distance Learning Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#C0504D'>Rogers State University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#C0504D'>Claremore, OK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#C0504D'>(918)343-7719<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#C0504D'><a href="mailto:sclark@rsu.edu">sclark@rsu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> coil-l-bounces@lists.onenet.net [mailto:coil-l-bounces@lists.onenet.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jones, Elizabeth<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 06, 2011 9:59 AM<br><b>To:</b> Community of Oklahoma Instruction Librarians (OK-ACRL) <br><b>Subject:</b> [Coil-l] Refworks<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are trying to convince our director to purchase Refworks for the university, but there was a discussion on collibs that she saw and several people said that they do not recommend for 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup> year students. Some of the reasoning was that they write shorter papers and the learning curve for Refworks is not worth it if you are only using 3-5 sources. Also some people thought that in the beginning you should focus on teaching critical thinking and analysis vs. citation. Another comment was concerning the fact that Refworks is not 100% reliable and if you teach students to rely on it too soon before you have taught them to create citations on their own then a) they tend to not check the citation and assume the software is correct and b) they don’t know what to do when the software malfunctions and the citations are not correct.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Long story short…Any of you out there have this software at your institutions? Can you give me your thoughts and opinions? Statistics on use would be much appreciated!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Elizabeth (Beth) Jones, MLIS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Serials/Gov Docs/Systems Librarian<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Oklahoma City University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dulaney-Browne Library<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(405) 208-5846<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:ejones@okcu.edu">ejones@okcu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>