JoinIntroducing College Students to the Scientific Literature and the Library: Analyzing the Scientific Method of Researchers in the Library Component of a Washington State University Course for Nonmajors
In this article, the author helped incorporate a library component into an experimental section of Environmental Science/Resource Planning—a class for nonscience majors. Students were assigned readings from popular science literature followed by a reference to a research article on the same topic. Using the popular science readings as background information, the students analyzed the scientific article to determine if the authors followed the scientific method in their research. To carry out the analysis the students had to use the library and its resources.