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Library Anxiety: Synthesis

Library anxiety is a real phenomenon that can hurt your ability to complete your coursework and do library research. This guide talks about what library anxiety is and some ways to overcome it.

Synthesis

5.1 Organize information from multiple sources

Decide how you will put together the notes you took and ideas that you will add. You may:

  • Write a rough draft
  • Create an outline
  • Create a storyboard
  • Make a sketch
  • ____________(any ideas?)

5.2 Present the information

If your teacher assigns the project:

  • Make sure that you follow your teacher's guidelines.
  • Add value to the project by including your ideas along with the information you found in books, websites, and other sources. Make sure that your final product or paper is more than just a summery of what you found in the other sources.
  • Make a product or write a paper that you would be proud for anyone to read.
  • Include a bibliography (this may vary according to your assigned citation style). This is an alphabetized list of your sources.

If you get to choose your final product:

  • Decide which product will best suit your subject. You may give an oral presentation using PowerPoint or write a paper. You may make a video or audio recording. Use technology if it is the best way to show the results of your information.

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