5.sp2013 cst229 peck
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College Level Research: Diana Aram
Technology Librarian
http://nova.libguides.com/CST229-globalpresentation
Wisdom in Song Lyrics
“You can’t always get what you
want. But if you try sometimes well you might find you get what you need.”
Jagger, Mick, and Keith Richards. You Can't Always Get What You Want. London: Decca Records, 1969. Print.
Wheredoes information come from?
What should information
be like?
What should
information
Do for you?
The Research Process
Information Literacy Components: Research Skillset
O Define
O Find
O Evaluate
O Organize
O Communicate
Research is a Journey –Starting with…
What is your topic?
What are your search terms?
How about synonyms and related terms?
Evaluate your findings
How does it support my argument/ purpose?
Is it CurrentRelevantAuthoritativeAccuratePurpose ?
Avoid Target FixationO Change is inevitable
O It’s possible you (or someone else is wrong)
O Know how to get unstuck and move on
O More than one way.
500,000,000 GB
Eric Schmidt:
Every 2 Days We Create As
Much Information As We Did Up
To 2003
2010 Source: "Eric Schmidt: Every 2 Days We Create As Much Information As We
Did Up To 2003," TechCrunch.
The Filter Bubble
“The ultimate search engine would understand what you mean and give you back exactly what you want.”
- Larry Page, Co-founder of Google
Library DatabasesO Organized (“quality control)
O Evaluated
O Proprietary (not free)
O Specialized content
O Scholarly/ Academic
What’s in a Database?
http://youtu.be/KKIbnNLCh8g
Topic & KeywordsO Voting laws and the presidential
election
OOther possible search terms:
- Voting rights
- 2012
- Identification requirements
“Phrase searching”Searches for words in exact order, as a package.
O “Great Depression”
O “Digital Divide”
O“19th Century” or “Nineteenth Century”
Review: EvaluationOCurrency: When was it created
ORelevance: How does it relate to topic
OAuthority: Who created/ wrote it
OAccuracy: Evidence?
OPurpose: Who’s the audience? Bias?
Review: Cite Your Sources!
O Citation builders
O Web: Online Writing Lab (OWL)
O Print: Rules for Writers, MLA Handbook for Writers & Research Papers
Review: What makes an effective Researcher?
O Knows where to search
O Knows how to search
O Evaluates findings
O Gives credit (cites sources)