Transcript of Zombie Information Race
- 1. Zombie Information RaceNicole Branch, MLISLibrarian for
Research and DigitizationImage courtesy of flickr user
mamsuco_un_peu_abs
- 2. Accessing information online and in person Knowing where to
go for information Finding library resourcesTodays EventsBackground
image courtesy of flickr user dalibor_levick
- 3. Where do you search forinformation?
- 4. Where do you search forinformation?
- 5. How search works.
- 6. Reading Results
- 7. Related searches
- 8. In-Depth Articles
- 9. Or how search works?
- 10. Did this surprise you? Why or why not. How do you feel
about this? Does this change your view of the informationyou get
through Google?Search
- 11. Information raceImage courtesy of flickr user Darren
Flinders
- 12. You will be competing in an information race. The first
pair to successfully answer eachchallenge wins the event.Warm
Ups
- 13. There will a prizefor the winningpair. There will not
bemedals.Will there be prizes?
- 14. Zombies!!!Event Theme
- 15. You will find information about zombies usingthe equipment
provided. Raise your hand as soon as you feel you have ananswer. We
will have five challenges, and the finalchampionship round. No
touching the computer until Go is called.Rules of the game
- 16. What is CONOP8888? Is it real ora hoax? Equipment:Search
engine ofyour choice(Google, Bing,Ask, etc.)Event #1: 100 Meter
Dash
- 17. How did you find the correct answer? What was easy/hard?
How might this relate to your assignments in thisclass?Cool
Down
- 18. Find a black and whiteimage related to thezombie
apocalypse. Equipment: Googleimage search.Event #2: 200
MeterHurdles
- 19. How did you find the image? How might image searches help
you with yourown descriptive writing?Cool Down
- 20. library.hnu.edu
- 21. Find and open theOxford EnglishDictionary. What is
theorigin of the wordzombie? Equipment: HNUEncyclopedias
andDictionaries tabEvent #3: Shot Put
- 22. Describe how you found this resource. How might you use
this resource for descriptivewriting?Cool Down
- 23. Find the book Prideand Prejudice andZombies. Does HolyNames
own this book? Equipment: HNULibrary catalog search.Event #4: Half
MarathonImage courtesy of flickr user mr. smashy
- 24. Describe how you narrowed your search to findthis book.Cool
Down
- 25. Find and open anarticle from 2014about the
zombieapacolypse. Equipment: HNULibrary catalog articlesearchEvent
#5: High Jump
- 26. How did you access the full text of the article? Where did
the full text come from? What is an advantage and disadvantage of
usingthis resource over Google or another searchengine?Cool
Down
- 27. Research Guides
- 28. Find a research guide for your major or a field ofinterest
to you. Who is the HNU librarian who you might contactabout this
area of study? Name one article database recommended for thisarea
of study. Equipment: HNU Research GuidesChampionship
Round:Relay
- 29. http://tinyurl.com/english1bsurvey