How has Discovery changed my (teaching) life? Numbers? Who cares? Giving up the quest for a perfect search Quickfire approach – grab ‘n’ go Boolean schmoolean It’s not rocket science

Discovery Evaluation and Assessment Round 1: Product Comparison & Purchase Case User focus groups – task list with feedback questionnaire built in Faculty Students Takeaway – faculty search skills are below students’ By-product: observation of task completion Usability testing Ethnographic assessment of user skills

Lessons from the Desk Teaching university – teach not do approach Students “drive” Pay attention - learn from their mistakes (and assumptions) Apply to teaching Teach the skills, not the tools

Student Takeaways Start somewhere – anywhere! You can’t break it Tool designed for academic students Try something. Refine. Try something else. Grab ‘n’ Go– IT’S FREE! No magic bullets

Searches are free… Try more than one. The first rule of research: BE _____________. FLEXIBLE If a search doesn’t get results, modify, adapt, try elsewhere. Ask for HELP! Searches are free… Try more than one. No magic bullets!

Active Learning No more demos Students navigate Discovery on a guided tour Not new to online search environments, just need a few signposts and nudges

Try it now. What do you get? Go to the Library home page. Type your main keywords into the search box: safe injection Vancouver What do you get? Use ENGL 100 guide as assignment guide

Try it now. How does this change your results? Are any of your keywords actually phrases? Wrap multi-word phrases in “quotation marks” to search for an exact match Try it with “safe injection”. Try with “safe injection” sites. Now, try with “safe injection sites”. How does this change your results? Use ENGL 100 guide as assignment guide

Try it now. You need to find resources that are: In academic journals Published in the last 5 years Can you see any tools that will help you limit your list to only these kinds of resources? Use ENGL 100 guide as assignment guide

Discovery Evaluation and Assessment Average: 3.91 Average: 4.08 Were you using Discovery today for a particular task? Y/N [Describe] How would you rate Discovery in allowing you to complete the task effectively?

Next Steps Creating new habits Beyond the one-shot Flipped classrooms Ubiquity