A.1.3+Checklist

**A.1.3 Research-based Article Checklist***

**Students’ Names:** Jamie Lath  **and** Gwen Waller

**Article: Author(s) Last Names and Date of Publication:** Williams, 2004


 * **Checklist Question** || **YES** || **NO*** || **Follow-up Actions/Questions** || **Response to Follow-up Actions/Questions** ||
 * Did the author or authors conduct research? || x ||  || What type of research has been conducted? OR How can you tell research has been conducted? || Case study funded in part by Highsmith Research Award ||
 * Does the article include an abstract that summarizes research findings? || x ||  || What are the findings summarized in the abstract? || Teachers direct students to use Internet but not databases for research. Although realizing databases are more reliable, the Internet is faster. ||
 * Is the article of sufficient length to suggest a significant study is being reported on by the researcher(s)? || x ||  || How many pages is the article itself? || No pagination but sufficient length. ||
 * Does the article include a list of references? || x ||  || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Review the list of references to see if additional research-based articles or books are referenced. || International Journal of Instructional Media; Journal of Research on Computing in Education; Journal of Research on Technology in Education; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association; School Library Media Quarterly ||


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Article: Author(s) Last Names and Date of Publication: ** Williamson, McGegor, and Archibald, 2009


 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Checklist Question** || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**YES** || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**NO*** || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Follow-up Actions/Questions** || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Response to Follow-up Actions/Questions** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Did the author or authors conduct research? || x ||  || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">What type of research has been conducted? OR How can you tell research has been conducted? || Data was collected from four schools through observation and interviews. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Does the article include an abstract that summarizes research findings? || x ||  || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">What are the findings summarized in the abstract? || Abstract states the findings are below because there are multiple phases to this study and multiple articles are anticipated. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Is the article of sufficient length to suggest a significant study is being reported on by the researcher(s)? || x ||  || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">How many pages is the article itself? || 7 pages ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Does the article include a list of references? || x ||  || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Review the list of references to see if additional research-based articles or books are referenced. || Information Research; Library and Information Science Research; School Libraries Worldwide; School Library Media Quarterly; School Library Media Research ||

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Article: Author(s) Last Names and Date of Publication:** Kimmel, 2012


 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Checklist Question** || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**YES** || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**NO*** || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Follow-up Actions/Questions** || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Response to Follow-up Actions/Questions** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Did the author or authors conduct research? || X ||  || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">What type of research has been conducted? OR How can you tell research has been conducted? || Data was collected, discourse analyzed through mapping software, and displayed in graphs on eight planning meetings. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Does the article include an abstract that summarizes research findings? || X ||  || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">What are the findings summarized in the abstract? || The abstract states that planning exists but that little research states what the planning looks like with teachers planning with other professionals. This study found that there were patterns to the collaborative planning between teachers and librarians. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Is the article of sufficient length to suggest a significant study is being reported on by the researcher(s)? || X ||  || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">How many pages is the article itself? || 15 page s is the length of the article with multiple resources mentioned. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Does the article include a list of references? || X ||  || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Review the list of references to see if additional research-based articles or books are referenced. || American Association of School Librarians and Association for Educational Communications and Technology (Information Power); Education Researcher; Empowering Learners ; Journal for the Education of the Gifted Child; Review of Research in Education; School Library Media Research, School Libraries Worldwide; Science Education; Standards for the 21st Century Learners, ||

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Article: Author(s) Last Names and Date of Publication:** Mardis and Hoffman, 2011

multiple unpublished dissertations; National Center for Education Statistics; National Research Council; National Science Education Science Standards ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Checklist Question** || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**YES** || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**NO*** || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Follow-up Actions/Questions** || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Response to Follow-up Actions/Questions** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Did the author or authors conduct research? || X ||  || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">What type of research has been conducted? OR How can you tell research has been conducted? || Data was collected through surveys and graphs produced with information. Funding was provided by Institute fro Library and Information Literacy Education and National Science Foundation. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Does the article include an abstract that summarizes research findings? || X ||  || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">What are the findings summarized in the abstract? || The abstract looks at the impact of Michigan School librarians have on academic achievement and in particular science. The study found that nonbook resources and teacher-librarian collaboration had the biggest impact on student science achievement. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Is the article of sufficient length to suggest a significant study is being reported on by the researcher(s)? || X ||  || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">How many pages is the article itself? || No pagination, but roughly 12 pages plus graphs with data at the end of the article. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Does the article include a list of references? || X ||  || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Review the list of references to see if additional research-based articles or books are referenced. || Educational Media and Technology Yearbook; Knowledge Quest;