Are You Ready to Be Information Literate? Your guide: Fran Zedney, Librarian

Information Literacy Is the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information In other words, it’s knowing what info you need, where to find it, being able to judge (evaluate) its accuracy, and using the information ethically (no plagiarizing, illegally copying, etc!) Is life long—we never stop needing info

But everything I need is on Google! ---- NOT!! Many library resources, including full text books and full text online articles, ARE NOT on Google And library staff are always happy to help you in person, by phone, , chat Can Google top that?

This is gonna be exciting!

Let’s play Way or No Way You can access over 40,000 journals with full text articles, (some into the 1800s!) online from Stewart Library 24/7

Way or No Way You can read over 8000 full text books online from Stewart Library’s catalog

Way or No Way Everything I need to do scholarly research for a class assignment is on Google

Research at Stewart Library is so easy a child (or a monkey!) can do it—so can you! Research at Stewart Library is so easy a child (or a monkey!) can do it—so can you!

library.weber.edu Use the catalog to find books, government documents, media Use the catalog to find books, government documents, media Use article databases to find articles Use article databases to find articles Use the database finder to find article databases Use the database finder to find article databases Use Ejournals to see if we have a particular journal or magazine Use Ejournals to see if we have a particular journal or magazine Use our guides to make researching easier Use our guides to make researching easier

Use the online catalog To find books by keyword, subject, title, author To find journals and magazines we own, both in print and online Limit by format to find electronic books, books in foreign languages, etc.

Reference Assistance

What in the heck is a database finder? Stewart Library subscribes to over 200 article databases— collections which index articles from newspapers, journals, magazines—some have full text Stewart Library subscribes to over 200 article databases— collections which index articles from newspapers, journals, magazines—some have full text The Database Finder is your way into those databases The Database Finder is your way into those databases

Academic Search Premier Just one of many databases but a good starting place Indexes about 9000 journals, magazines & newspapers with full text for about 4500 Limit to scholarly/peer reviewed Format citations Print, save, , save searches Lots more!

But I’m looking for a specific journal Use Ejournals to see if a specific journal is available online or in print (it’s like searching over 200 databases instantly!) I told you this would be easy!

Who died and made Google the boss? Google is more than google.com Use Google’s Advanced Search, Help screens, etc. Take a look at Google Books, Google Scholar—see more info on your handout

So how’d I do? Before you leave, give this presentation a virtual rose or virtual rotten tomatoes!