Information Literacy CSS101 - Part 2 Martin J. Crabtree MCCC Library October 2004.

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Information Literacy CSS101 - Part 2 Martin J. Crabtree MCCC Library October 2004

Agenda Review: so just what IS information literacy? Using the the Mercer Library’s catalog Review: searching electronic resources Review: databases and Web information Your turn to use the databases & the web

What is information literacy? Information literacy is the ability to: Realize that you need information to find something out/answer a question Know where to go to get the information you need Ask the right questions to get the information you need Put all the information you found together to answer your question

Using The MCCC Card Catalog to find books and more The catalog is available online. Used to find books, videos and other material both in the MCCC collection and the Mercer County Public (MCL) libraries. You can have materials from MCL brought to the college. Deliveries arrive Tuesday and Friday afternoons. (DVD’s not available from MCL) You will need to have your student ID card to borrow books or use the library’s computer lab

The link to the catalog is on the library’s web pages. library’s web pages.

Let’s look at the Mercer Library’s Catalog…

Starting An Electronic Search Keywords Keywords are used when searching electronic databases and web search engines First step - Generate a list of words (keywords) often nouns that describes or is commonly used when discussing your topic. For example: –Ozone –Layer –Depletion –Atmosphere –Hole

Starting An Electronic Search Boolean Searching/Logic Boolean searching - Connecting keywords with the terms –and –not –or For example –eagles NOT football –(car or automobile) and exhaust More Terms = Fewer “Hits”

Searching More Than Just Keywords Phrases & Truncations To search for a phrase, use quotation marks –“weapons of mass destruction” Truncations allow for searching related words all at once –The * is usually used. For example: “child*” would include: child, children, childhood, childproof, etc.

Electronic Databases at the Mercer Library

Electronic Databases at MCCC In General Over 40 databases available Many contain periodical articles Some are useful for searching specific subjects like business, art, or criminal justice. Others are also useful tools like the Encyclopedia Britannica and the Oxford Dictionary

Electronic Databases In General Accessible at any computer on the MCCC/JKC campus network Most are available off campus, need to request a password. Can print/ /download what you find

Let’s take a look a the databases…

Using the World Wide Web

Using the internet/world wide web Before using the web for most college research, try using databases first: –You will have fewer hits to go through –You’ll likely find some good information quickly –The information is always high quality The internet & web are not the same thing

Some things to consider when searching the web Everything is NOT on the web and may never be No search engine covers the entire web The “invisible web” is huge! Though there has yet to be consensus, estimates put the size of the invisible web between 2 and 500 times bigger than the “visible” (or surface) web.

Searching the World Wide Web Search Strategy Searching the Web is much like database searching: –Put together a list of keywords describing the information you desire –Use Boolean logic (and, not, or) to better define your search, use double quotes for phrases, etc. When searching the web, also: –Consider which search engines/sites may best suit your search needs. Different search engines yield different results. –Use the search engine’s “advanced search” to select limiting parameters (language, date, domain, etc.)

Some helpful invisible websites - searchable annotated directory of Internet resourceswww.lii.org - Direct Search, large listing of free databaseswww.freepint.com/gary/direct.htm infomine.ucr.edu [NO www] - good for searching academic informationinfomine.ucr.edu completeplanet.com [No www] blend of database, directory, & search engine information.completeplanet.com - search federal government siteswww.firstgov.gov

Evaluating Web Sites Is this stuff any good?

Evaluating Web Sites Quality varies greatly from site to site YOU are the sole evaluator of the quality of information a site provides

Five Web Info Evaluation Criteria 1.Accuracy - is it reliable? 2.Authority - is author qualified on subject? 3.Objectivity - is the information biased? 4.Currency - is the information “new” enough? 5.Coverage - does the info completely cover the topic?

The Bottom Line… Buyer Beware The web contains a vast amount of information…but not everything Anyone can put information on the web, hence the quality of web information varies greatly YOU will often be the only person to decide if the quality of the info you find on the web is good Now let’s visit a site…

Now it’s your turn…