The Importance of Search as Intertextual Practice for Undergraduate Research

Brett B. Bodemer

Abstract

By first reassessing the role of search in the literacy event of the lower division undergraduate paper, this article argues that searching is not a lower-order mental activity but a concurrent, integral component of the research-writing process. This conclusion has large implications for information literacy instructional design, and several practical applications to further support undergraduate research-writing are outlined.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/crl-245
Copyright © 2012 Brett B. Bodemer Attribution-NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/) CC BY-NC


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