The Query Search Method: An inquiry-based approach for reference and information services

Irvin, Vanessa; Nakashima, Sarah

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The Query Search Method: An inquiry-based approach for reference and information services

Author(s)

• Irvin, Vanessa
• Nakashima, Sarah

Issue Date

2023-09

Keyword(s)

• Methodology
• Ontologies
• Pedagogy
• Professional Practice
• Reference
• Reference Transactions
• Research
• Sociology of Information

Abstract

This paper presents an inquiry-based pedagogical approach to teaching the reference interview and query search process for the reference course in the library and information science (LIS) curriculum. The Query Search Method (QSM) is a methodology grounded within a theoretical framework that synthesizes the tenets of literacy studies, critical librarianship, and librarian practitioner inquiry. In the reference course at two ALA-accredited library science programs, the QSM was employed as an iterative search process that actively applies advanced search techniques with online public access catalogs, subscription databases, bibliographic networks, web-based search engines and other online resources. The QSM can be taught in reference courses to fortify pre-service librarians with strong search skills that incorporate social skills that are socio-culturally competent with a critical lens and are immediately usable across various platforms, bridging the gap between library users’ access to and use of contemporary technologies as literate citizens in an interconnected digital world.

Series/Report Name or Number

Proceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference, 2023

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

Conference Paper / Presentation

Language

eng

Handle URL

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/123120

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2023.1281

Copyright and License Information

• Copyright 2023 Vanessa Irvin, Sarah Nakashima
• This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

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