Chapters include enough depth of coverage to make the leap from information to practice for students self-directed activities are provided to check knowledge, work through concept applications, and offer more specifics. This student friendly overview of academic research, including a strong focus on information literacy, covers many of the salient points that college level writing and writing for research classes curricula contain, making it a strong choice as a comprehensive and useful overview. Reviewed by Kelly LeFave, Instructor, Portland Community College on 6/15/21 I think using most chapters of this book would help a great deal in that comprehension. I have a difficult time in getting beginning graduate student to understand the different types of sources and fair use. Navigation from the table of contents was easy. The contents of the book were clean and crisp. The author started at the beginning, with how to design a research question before going into choosing a source, which gave good background knowledge. While there are specific sections devoted to The Ohio State University library, I would not expect to have any trouble assigning the other chapters in my courses. The book is designed into specific chapters for the different aspects of choosing a source. I thought the author used approprate terminology for a student learning about academic research. Lowry does a great job of breaking down the jargon of academic research into plain English for the beginning researcher. The book seems to be targeting an introductory audience. The book would still be able to be used without the supplemental links though. The only issue would be if The Ohio State University changes the links used in the book, although I expect these to be easy to update.
The book should remain relevant in years to come, as academic research seems to follow the same basic pattern.
Lowry also clearly explained that educational use did not automatically mean fair use, which seems to be an issue with students and faculty alike. The author did an excellent job with the accuracy of the book, Two specific examples that stood out: taking care to mention that Wikipedia is a great as a starting point, but not as an endpoint for research. As the book was published through The Ohio State University, some of the sources are only available to OSU students, but the author makes it clear when this is the case. There are relevant self-check quizzes throughout the book to check for understanding, along with other supplemental resources. The author does an incredible job in explaining the research process, from choosing a research question to how to search for sources (and citing those sources), and more.
Reviewed by Elbert Davis, Assistant Professor, Marshall University on 10/24/21
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