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- Title
Introducing and Teaching Forgotten Wisconsin Authors: A Case Study of Glenway Wescott in the Library Reference Section.
- Authors
Pruitt, John
- Abstract
It can be a struggle to encourage students to use library resources regardless of the class and assignment. This case study details an active learning exercise in Modern Literature, an exercise incorporating both information literacy and literary research into unfamiliar Wisconsin author Glenway Wescott. The exercise begins with the Question Formulation Technique, continues through primary sources and four of Wescott's short stories, pauses while the students formulate questions inquiring about different types of information to elucidate aspects of these stories, and ends with a class trip to the library in order to use secondary sources from the reference section. The students reveal that such library research can be frustrating and tedious because they're seeking out the "perfect source," but they also find pleasure in the struggle once it ends.
- Subjects
WISCONSIN; INFORMATION literacy; LIBRARY resources; LITERARY research; MODERN literature; ACTIVE learning; LIBRARY research; REFERENCE sources
- Publication
Teaching American Literature, 2021, Vol 11, Issue 3, p40
- ISSN
2150-3974
- Publication type
Article