“Meet the Info Kittehs!” Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the

Kendall College Library

Who?

• Elise Brown • Reference & Instruction, & Web Librarian

• Artist, Makeup Artistry, Singer, Dancer, Art Historian

Don’t Make Me “Shush” You!

Let’s Talk About!• Basic Library Stuff

• Library Access – KLO – 24/7 Off-Campus Access

• Research – What's & Whys?

• Evaluating Information

• Sources: KCAD Catalog & MeLCat

• Sources - Databases

• All Things Plagiarism

• Questions?

Do I need a KCAD/Ferris ID Card?

Absolutely!

• Access materials in the Library

• 24/7 - Off-Campus Access:

Library Catalog, MeLCat, Online

Article Databases

• New Students – Bring new ID to Library

to link barcode

Does the Library have a Web site?

YUP! http://libkcad.ferris.edu/

How do I access Kendall Library Online?

• KCAD/FERRIS ID Card –

Linked to Library record

LOGIN:

• My FSU ID + Password

or

• Name, Barcode + Pin

Ideal for Snow, Sick & Lazy Days!

What is in the KCAD Library Collections?

+ 22,000 Items:

• Books

• 125 Current Print Journals & Magazines

• Bound Back Issues of Print Journals & Magazines

• Newspapers - Grand Rapids Press, New York Times, Chicago Reader

• Music CDs, Book on CD and DVDs

• Course Reserves - Materials put on reserve by KCAD Faculty

• 3 Great Full-Time Librarians

My professor said I need to use scholarly resources?

3 Levels of Information

• Popular

• Scholarly

• Peer Reviewed

Wait! How can I tell the difference?

Popular Stuff

• Reviewed by an Editor or Editors• Written by Journalists / Reporters / Staff Writers• Slick, Glossy & Illustrated• Entertainment & Advertising• Audience = General Public• No citations

Scholarly Stuff

• Reviewed by an Editor & Editorial Board

• Written by Scholars & Experts

• Lengthy Articles & Essays

• Subdued in Appearance; Formal Language

• Very Few Advertisements & Images

• Research Oriented; Factual Content

• Audience = Scholars & Experts

• Citations, Footnotes

• Bibliographies

What the heck does “peer reviewed” mean?

• “Peer reviewed” refers to a review process of publication.

• Specialists and experts submit research and writing for publication. These materials are reviewed by other experts.

I found this great Web source…

http://www.theonion.com/content/index

Information Evaluation

C.R.A.A.P.

C.R.A.A.P.

C = Current:

• When was the site/page last updated?

• When was the material published?

• Is the information current enough for your topic/subject?

C.R.A.A.P.

R = Relevant:

• Appropriate for college-level work?

• Is the information related to your topic?

C.R.A.A.P.

A = Author:• Personal, Professional, or Business• Business, Company, Organization,

Government - For or Non-Profit• Author? Credentials? Authority? • Publisher? • Domain / URL? .org, .gov, .mil, .edu, .net, .com

C.R.A.A.P.

A = Accurate:• Documentation: Footnotes, Endnotes, Links

Verification

• Does the information match up?

• Typos, Spelling and/or Grammatical Errors

C.R.A.A.P.

P = Purpose:• “ Tone?” - Point of view?

• Educate, Inform, Factual, Data

• Sell, Entice, Advertise

• Persuade, Opinion, Biased

• Propaganda, Misinformation

How do I find stuff in the KCAD Library?

Search the Online Library Catalog

The Online Library Catalog

• TITLES ~ BOOKS

• TITLES ~ JOURNALS, MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS

• TITLES of CD’s, DVDs, & other MEDIA

• Course Reserves ~

Materials put on reserve by KCAD Faculty

• Access to Your Library Account

Access to Materials not owned KCAD

MeLCat is your best friend…

• 380 (720) Libraries State Wide

• + 42, 000,000 Million Catalog Items

• Available Items Arrive in 3-5 days

• 3 Week Checkout (possible renewal)

How do I sort through this hot mess!?

Boolean Who?

• Plain and simple, a basic search strategy using connectors

• AND

• OR

• NOT

Boolean - AND

• Retrieve all the results where both terms appear • To narrow or reduce too many search results

• AND will give you the smallest number of results

Boolean - AND

Section in the middle shows the results of a

search for Cats AND Dogs

Boolean - OR

• Retrieve all the results where either term appears

• To expand or increase search results • OR will give you the largest number of results

Boolean - OR

• Cats

• Dogs

• Cats & Dogs

Google & Wikipedia VS. Databases!

What is an Article Database?

Online Electronic Periodical Index:

Provides access the contents of

• Magazines

• Newspapers

• Journals

• Trade Publications

What is an Article Database?

Contents Provided =

• Citations

• Abstracts

• Full-Text

What is a Citation?

• Exact details of a published source of information

• Books, Periodicals, Web pages, Lectures, Interviews, Photographs, Images, Movies, Music, Performances, Letters, Email, etc.

What is an Abstract?

• A brief description or summary of the content of an article, essay or paper

What does Full-Text mean?

• Electronic format of an article or essay:

Read

Print

Copy & Paste

Download & Save

Email

Other Types of Databases?

• Images - ARTstor & CAMIO – IMAGES

• Reference - Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

• Subject Specific Example: Grove Art Online / Oxford Art Online

General OneFile

http://library.ferris.edu/cgi-bin/onefile.cgi

Multi-Subject Database+ 100 Million Articles (1980 – 2011)

Art · Business · Computers · Current Events · Economics · Education · Environmental Issues · Health care · Humanities · Law · Literature · Politics · Science · Social Sciences · Sports · Technology

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

http://library.ferris.edu/cgi-bin/ovrc.cgi

Multi-Subject Database+ 14,000 Pro / Con Essays+ 5000 Topic Overviews + 5 million magazine, journal & news paper

articles

LexisNexis Academic

http://library.ferris.edu/cgi-bin/lexisnexis.cgi

Multi-Subject Database+ 350 News Sources+ 300 Magazines & JournalsBusiness & Legal Sources

Google VS. Databases!

Avoiding Plagiarism

Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarize:

To take and use as one's own (the thoughts,

writings, or inventions of another person);

To copy (literary work or ideas) improperly

or without acknowledgement.

What is a Bibliography?

Bibliography / Works CitedA list of information resources

Contains citation information:

Books, articles, Web sites, images, and

other forms of media.

Do I Have to Cite Images?

Absolutely!

How do I “cite” stuff?

MLA – Modern Language Association

Format and Style Guide ~ 2009 Edition

OWL – Purdue University

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

When In Doubt…Ask!

Don’t Delay! Start Today!

Any Questions?

Stuck?! Stumped!? Overwhelmed!?

“The Info Kittehs say…Visit the Library!”

Images & Captions

Kitty images:

http://icanhascheezburger.com/

Kitty Captions: EJB – Yours Truly!

“The Info Kittehs say…Thank You!”