Journal club meetings

HSLG Virtual Journal Club, Thursday 18th July 2024 – Google is Goodish

HSLG Virtual Journal Club, 18 July 2024, 11:00 – 11:45am

Our next journal club meeting will be hosted by Delia Foley, Library Learning Support, SETU Libraries.

View Delia’s presentation slides

Article:

Lacey, P. (2022). Google is goodish: An information literacy course designed to teach users why Google may not always be the best place to search for evidence. Health Information & Libraries Journal, 39, 91–95. https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12401

Discussion Questions

  • How do you deal with Google/Google Scholar in your library training?
  • Discuss the good side to Google. Does being able to search Google transfer to being able to search library databases?
  • Does Google Scholar and its Library Links feature lead students/researchers/healthcare staff to researching with library resources?
  • Discuss the importance and value of accepting what students are using and working with that resource to guide students to library resources.
  • The article highlights the need for a library training course to be “informative, but light-hearted” (p. 92). Do you have any suggestions on how to do this? What has worked for you?