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Conference Session
Educating the Whole Engineer - Building Life Skills
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Christine Drew, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Richard Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Libraries
of their project work. (9)Research Methods Course and Library IntegrationPrior to the global project teams’ off-site experiences, students enroll in a seven-week ResearchMethods course (ID2050) during which librarians teach students information literacy skills andmeet with individual teams. Librarians partner with IGSD faculty to embed online tutorials andin-person team consultations into the course requirements.The library's vision for information literacy at WPI outlines the University’s integratedincremental program.4 Librarians at WPI base their program on Information LiteracyCompetency Standards for Higher Education, and standards developed for Science, Engineering,and Technology by the Association of College & Research Libraries.5
Conference Session
Educating the Whole Engineer - Building Life Skills
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Amy Kindschi, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Patrick Eagan, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Libraries
environmental perspectives with quality education programs (e.g. design-for-excellence or six sigma). In addition to his research in industrial ecology, his outreach courses include a range of topics including wastewater and stormwater treatment and restoration of water resources.Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin - Madison Paul Ross, MA, teaches University of Wisconsin-Madison campus courses in technical communication for students in science, technology, and engineering. He has taught in the online MEPP program since 1999 and coordinates the university's Technical Communication Internship program. A member of the Technical Communication Program at UW-Madison since 1991, he has also taught at
Conference Session
Engineering Librarians Boot Camp
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Scott Curtis, Linda Hall Library
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Libraries
AC 2008-15: FINDING ASME TECHNICAL PAPERSScott Curtis, Linda Hall Library Scott Curtis is the Head of Reference Services at Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering, and Technology, Kansas City, MO. Page 13.609.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Finding ASME Technical PapersAbstractA wealth of information relevant to current engineering research exists in the American Societyfor Mechanical Engineers (ASME) papers. Librarians can encounter frustration in finding ASMEpapers due to poor quality citation information from the patrons, incomplete indexing bybibliographic
Conference Session
New Tools and Techniques for Information Literacy
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
William Baer, Wichita State University
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Libraries
.2 McCabe, Donald L. “Classroom Cheating Among Natural Science and Engineering Majors.” Science andEngineering Majors 3.4 (1997): 433-45.3 McClelland, Heather. "How Original Is Your Writing?" Accident and Emergency Nursing 14.3 (July 2006): 131-32.4 Poole, Clifton H. “Plagiarism and the Online Student: What Is Happening and What Can Be Done?” Journal ofInstruction Delivery Systems 18.2 (Spring 2004): 11-14.5 Townley, Cynthia, and Mitch Parsell. "Technology and Academic Virtue: Student Plagiarism through the LookingGlass." Ethics and Information Technology 6.4 (Dec 2004): 271-77.6 Granitz Neil, and Dana Loewy. "Applying Ethical Theories: Interpreting and Responding to Student Plagiarism."Journal of Business Ethics 72.3 (2007): 293-306.7