How can you find out… what you need to know?
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How can you find out…
what you need to know?
Mr. Martin J. CrabtreeMercer County Community College Library
With help from Ms. Pamela Price
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What do you need to know…
to go out on a date?
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What do you need to know…to go out on a date?
•Who are you going to ask out?–That’s your choice!
•What are you going to do?
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What are you going to do?
•Go to a movie?•Go out to dinner?•Go to a concert?•Go to an amusement park?•Go to a Broadway show?
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OK, we’re gong to a concert
Now, who are we going to see?
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Do we want to see Mariah Carey?
Perhaps…
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Sorry she isn’t on tour
Darn!
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…or perhaps we could see Destiny’s Child
Maybe…
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I know let’s see 50 Cent & Eminem
Yeah!!!
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We know who we are going to see…
Now what do we need to find out?
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Now what do we need to find out?
• When will 50 Cent & Eminem be playing?
• Where will the concert take place?
• What do tickets cost?
• It would be nice to know who else is playing too
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Where, when, and how much does it cost to see 50 Cent?
• Where – Tweeter Center, Camden, N.J.
• When – Saturday, August 6, 2005 at 7:30 PM
• How much? - $80.50, $55.00 & $25.00
…and who else will be performing?
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Also performing will be…
Lil John & the East Side Boyz
D12
G-Unit
Obie TriceStat Quo
Great show!
Now what do we need to find out?
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How are we going to get there?
• If I'm driving how do I get there? • I don't want to pay $10 to park my
car so... • Can I take public transportation to ge
t there?
So what does this have to do with college?
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So what does this have to do with college?
In college, just like going on a date, you must be able to find out what you need to know.
Now let's watch a little TV...
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So there is a lot of information out there.
How can I find what I need?
The library can help...
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Today’s presentation is brought to you by…
…and now back to the show.
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The MCCC library and staff can help you find what you need to
know. • In college, the information you need
to know comes in many forms – In print like books and magazines – Electronically in databases and on the
internet • Often you will need to use more that
one kind of information in your college work.
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Say you are taking BUS 101 (Introduction to Business) this Fall You are given an assignment to write a 3 page paper about some kind of industry
What industry do you pick?
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What industry do you pick?The Automobile Industry?
Perhaps…
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What industry do you pick?
The Sports Industry?
Maybe…
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What industry do you pick?The Music Industry!
Yeah!
Now where can I find the info I need?
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Where can I find the music industry information I need?
• In print: – Billboard Magazine, the music industry magazine – Books: The Media and Entertainment Industries
(in the MCCC library)
• Electronically: From the ABI Inform database From the internet
• You need to be especially careful when using Internet information. Why??
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Don't be fooled, everything's not on the web and you're likely to miss a lot what is
there • It takes time and lots of $$$ to put thing
up and maintain things on the web.
• Humans have been generating information for centuries, yet the web was "born" in 1990.
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Don't be fooled, everything's not on the web and you're likely to miss a lot what is
there• You can search and see the articles
from the New York Times from it's start in 1851 to now (for a fee).
• The best you can do on the web for some other newspapers (and you still have to pay for it!): – The Philadelphia Inquirer back to 1978 – The Trenton Times back to 1993 – The Trentonian back to 1998
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OK, so everything's not there, how come I'm going to miss a lot of what is
there?• Search Engines (like yahoo and google) are
good but they’re far from perfect– Search engine's have existed for about 10 years. – They are pretty good at finding the words you ask it
to search for...if the web site is in the right computer format (HTML), not all are.
– The things missed by a search engine is often called the Invisible Web.
– The Invisible Web may be as much as 500 times larger than the web your search engine "sees".
– Also search engines are not good at finding "non-word" things like audio/video clips or images.
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Search Engines are good but...they're far from perfect
• Think about it...• What words would you use in a search engine to find
this exact picture (of a '53 Cadillac Eldorado) on the web?
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Now for our commercial
Now back to the show.
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You need to be especially careful when using Internet information.
• Evaluating Internet Information– Quality varies greatly from site to site– Often you are the sole evaluator of the quality of
information a site provides
So what can I do?
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5 Criteria for Evaluating Web Info
• ACCURACY - is it reliable, do they have their facts right?
• AUTHORITY - just who wrote it, is author qualified on subject?
• OBJECTIVITY - is the information biased, are they trying to "sell" you something?
• CURRENCY - is the information fresh and up do date?
• COVERAGE - does the info completely cover the topic, are they telling you the whole story?
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Let’s look at an example
Go tohttp://www.malepregnancy.com/
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The Last Page
• There is a lot of stuff you will need to know throughout your life
• Being able to find the right information you need is one of the most important skills you will need – for fun – for school – for work – for everything in your life