ENG 150: Mobile Journalism Research Workshop “Books in a stack” by austinevan. Librarian: Lisa Molinelli

What will we learn today? How to navigate the online resources available to St. Joseph's students. Search strategies and tips for finding and evaluating scholarly and popular sources. How to get help when you need it!

Information Cycle The Information Cycle explains the way that a particular event, study, or piece of information starts. Event: Japan Earthquake Online sources TV, Radio Scholarly journals Magazines Newspapers Books, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Japan Nuclear Disaster: March 11-12, 2011 Same Day: Online, TV and radio: Quick factual information 24 hrs/Week: Daily Newspapers, Magazines: Factual information with some analysis 6 months –year: Scholarly Journals and books Within larger context, in-depth research and analysis

Website Evaluation It's important to view web sites with a critical eye. Things to think about. 1. Accuracy 2. Authority 3. Objectivity 4. Currency 5. Coverage The domain can provide more information on the site:.edu = educational institution.gov = US government site.org = organization or association.com = commercial site Web Evaluation Activity:

Home Base

Popular vs. Scholarly Popular (Newspapers)Scholarly Written for a large, general audience Written by journalists or generalists Little to no use of citations Often are glossy magazines, with advertisements and photographs Cover more current events Subjects of articles are more general in nature Written by and expert in the field, usually has advanced degree or experience The article has often gone through an extensive editorial process (peer review) by other experts (peers) in the field The author cites sources in the article, as well as uses footnotes, endnotes or in-text citations The subject can be very specific and because of the editorial process, not very current.

Database Searching Remember: We pay a subscription to these sources! Most are not available for free on the open web (google, etc.). Newspaper articles are a little easier to find on the open web, but not scholarly articles. As a SJU student, you have access to these sources.

Expanding and Narrowing: Scholarly Databases Separate out the scholarly stuff. Need it now? Full text. Remember: this may limit your results. Use database Subject Terms to your advantage. The tricks used here can be used in almost any database!

Discover!

Citing Sources

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