ARLD Day 2026

In Fall of 2024, librarians at St. Catherine University developed and implemented a Research Journal to guide students through the research process in their first term seminar course. From brainstorming broad topics and writing appropriate research questions to finding, evaluating, reading, and citing sources, the journal scaffolds the research process and breaks it into manageable steps that make research more approachable for students. This presentation will focus on how we developed the Research Journal, the response of faculty, the engagement with students, and how librarians modified the journal based on faculty and student feedback.