referencing. Students are reminded of appropriate content within Referencite and they are also directed to additional online library tutorials in order to prepare for an assessment the following week. This 30 minute assessment, again worth 5%, asks student to identify key information in a short article from the business press, to rewrite this into their own words as a paraphrase of at least two sentences, and to incorporate this into a complete paragraph with the paraphrase correctly cited. Students are told that their paragraph should incorporate some of their own ideas as if they were writing a paragraph in a report where they had selected and paraphrased this particular information to make a point. The librarian manages the delivery, marking, and feedback process for this particular assessment. There is growing literature for such librarian involvement in writing instruction, specifically with paraphrasing, since students with little confidence in the ability to paraphrase will find citing resources difficult (Bronshteyn and Baladad, 2006). The research and report module in Week 4 is built around a new interactive “business writing” Business Information Skills Online tutorial that has been developed by the business librarian team. While this tutorial is intended for use by students across all of the business school’s programs, it includes a specific module which steps students through the process involved in researching and writing a business report. This module content was developed by the BBIM librarian and the Business 191 course coordinator and so it correlates closely with the Business 191 management consulting report assessment. The online tutorial is introduced and explained in a class session and the report writing module is then available for students to repeatedly engage with as they move through the process of preparing their report. The module contains interactive questions relating to the research process and best practice for report writing. While this does not
referencing. Students are reminded of appropriate content within Referencite and they are also directed to additional online library tutorials in order to prepare for an assessment the following week. This 30 minute assessment, again worth 5%, asks student to identify key information in a short article from the business press, to rewrite this into their own words as a paraphrase of at least two sentences, and to incorporate this into a complete paragraph with the paraphrase correctly cited. Students are told that their paragraph should incorporate some of their own ideas as if they were writing a paragraph in a report where they had selected and paraphrased this particular information to make a point. The librarian manages the delivery, marking, and feedback process for this particular assessment. There is growing literature for such librarian involvement in writing instruction, specifically with paraphrasing, since students with little confidence in the ability to paraphrase will find citing resources difficult (Bronshteyn and Baladad, 2006). The “business research and report writing” module in Week 4 is built around a new interactive Business Information Skills Online tutorial that has been developed by the business librarian team. While this tutorial is intended for use by students across all of the business school’s programs, it includes a specific module which steps students through the process involved in researching and writing a business report. This module content was developed by the BBIM librarian and the Business 191 course coordinator and so it correlates closely with the Business 191 management consulting report assessment. The online tutorial is introduced and explained in a class session and the report writing module is then available for students to repeatedly engage with as they move through the process of preparing their report. The module contains interactive questions relating to the research process and best practice for report writing. While this does not