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What research skills do we actually use?

Posted by Sarah Applegate on July 7, 2008 at 4:47am
Thinking about the research skills that we use as adults has got me thinking (ok, that is a bit circular, but you get the point). What do non-TLs consider to be the research skills they use everyday? Maybe that is how we focus and sell it to our students. I worry that we have a research lingo that the general populace doesn't share (what in the heck is information literacy anyway???)I am going to make it a point to ask regular folks (at the swim pool, during bike rides, at the grocery store) what research skills they employ on a daily or weekly basis, and work from there.Here are some hypotheses:1. keyword and subject searches happen pretty regularly (internet, phonebook)2. summarizing and notetaking (sharing articles and info with friends, summarizing tv shows and conversations, notetaking (even in our heads) about events of the day, prices at the store)3. versions of graphic organizers- where is the cheapest gas and which is closest to my house (does this count?)4. reading for information- how do I put these shelves together? (am I being too self referential here?)anyway...what are your hypotheses...and how do they bear out?
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