Formative assessments were also implemented at the end of the course. The assessments included an informal interview with the instructor to rate the learning outcomes according to the predefined objectives (see Appendix B) and the analysis of an online student survey (see Appendix C). The librarian also performed a frequency count of research concepts that reflected the questions posed to the librarian through emails, the research discussion boards, and one-on-one research
help appointments. The common research questions included how to use advanced database search strategies (i.e., filtering for metaanalysis articles only); how to use citation and abstract databases to find related, contributing, and cited by articles; locating articles based upon citation only; and suggestions for narrowing or expanding research topics to meet the proper scope of the assignment.