1. Library Research
English 9 November 2012

2. Essential Questions What is the Information Cycle?
How does the Information Cycle help determine what kind of sources I can expect to find on my topic?
What is an Online Database?
What are the two different types of Online Databases?
What are Periodicals?
What are the three main types of Periodicals?
Where can I find articles on my topic?

3. At the end of your four weeks in the library, you will be able to answer the following questions:
How do I document my sources using the library notecards?
How do I recognize the parts of a citation?
How do I know where my article came from?
How do I properly paraphrase?
How do I incorporate in-text citations into my paper to avoid plagiarism?
How do I create a Works Cited list using Noodle Tools?
How do I evaluate a website for credibility?

4. Hurricane Sandy How many of you enjoyed having off Tuesday?
Do you know why we had off Tuesday?
Where did you hear about Sandy? Where did you get the information from?
We will be talking about how information is processed – the Information Cycle – and I will be talking about Sandy again in a few minutes.

5. The “older” the event, the further to the right of this chart you will veer; If the event is still ongoing, or still fairly current, you will veer more to the left of this chart.

6. Periodicals Magazines
Published at regular intervals – often frequently - weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-annually
Contain current news, events, reports, and/or research
Newspapers - Report on current events & issues – local, national, international
Scholarly Journals - very academic, delve deep into research topics – articles are research based & written by researchers in that subject field (college & university professors)
Magazines
Popular – intended for a general audience to entertain, inform
Trade – latest news, issues dealing with specific industry or occupation

8. Online Databases What are they?
Electronic collections of articles accessed via the web – but not the same as a general website!
Articles from various publications - magazines, newspapers, journals, Books, government publications – the database companies do not write the articles!
Most information found in database has previously appeared in print form - gone through editorial process – information expected to be credible & reliable
Accessed with username & password only – paid subscription.
Updated frequently, some daily.
Some databases offer articles dating VERY far back

9. Notice how far back articles go in this database - 1980

10. Online Databases Articles are from: Database Newspapers Magazines
Scholarly journals
Books
Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
Government reports
Database

11. General, free websites are accessed through search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing

14. Online databases
Types of databases:
General Interest
Subject Specific

15. Online Databases General Interest
Great place to begin research or to research a general topic.
Covers just about all subjects to some degree
Contain the broadest range of materials
Contains thousands of articles from a variety of sources – mostly periodicals
Example:
ProQuest

16. Online Databases Subject Specific
Great for in-depth research on a particular subject/topic
Articles on a specific subject or discipline
Articles may be from eBooks, Reference sources (Encyclopedias, Biographical Dictionaries) or periodicals.
Example:
American History Online

17. Where I can find sources on my topic?
Library Catalog = books
Online Databases = eBooks, Reference Sources, Periodicals
*follow along with your blue password sheet and star any databases you think might be a good place to search for your topic!

18. Library Catalog for Books
- Search your topic and click Keyword – will get the most results
Call Number

22. American History Online
Subject specific database
Articles from eBooks & Reference sources
No periodicals
Covers American Historical topics & people from the colonial era to the present
Oklahoma City Bombing
Charles Manson
Lindbergh Kidnapping
Martin Luther King Jr.
Waco massacre

24. Subject specific database
Science Online:
Subject specific database
Some periodicals
Articles will be mostly from eBooks (including specialized encyclopedias & biographical dictionaries)
Space Shuttle Challenger
Hubble Telescope
Mars Rover
Polio Vaccine
Cloning

26. Jackie Robinson Rock & Roll Punk Rock Elvis Presley
Pop Culture Universe
Subject specific database
No Periodicals
Articles will be from eBooks
American Pop Culture History from 1900s to today covering:
Music
Movies TV
Politics
Sports
Fashion
Arts
Significant historical events
Jackie Robinson
Rock & Roll
Punk Rock
Elvis Presley

28. Modern World History Online
Subject specific database
No Periodicals
Articles will be from eBooks (including encyclopedias, biographical dictionaries)
World history from 1450 – present
Tiananmen Square massacre
Jonestown massacre
Apartheid

29. Grolier Online – general interest database
articles from general encyclopedias
some periodicals & recommended websites

30. 2. Enter search terms here
Select the High School tab before searching

31. Different types of articles in different tabs
Pay attention to reading levels

35. Sort by Relevance
Sort by Relevance

36. Click on Print on toolbar, then scroll down in blue box and click Continue

38. Be sure to check Select All to use PowerSearch feature and click Continue

40. Tells you the type of articles that are available – defaults to viewing Magazines first

43. Homework
Complete the Library Essential Questions sheet – white sheet, 7 questions – due on your next library day.
Complete Information Cycle activity – yellow sheet – due on your next library day.

44. Exit Ticket Go the library website & the Online Databases page
Using your blue Online database password sheet, access one of the databases that I reviewed today.
Find one relevant article on your topic. Use your Information Cycle chart to help you determine what you can expect to find on your topic & use database features to help you view full-text, relevant articles.
Bring your laptop up to me so I can check your screen - a successful search is your ticket out into the library to start your independent research.
If you are having trouble finding anything on your topic, see me or Mrs. Terech/Miss Weisbeck.
Print to the HS Lib Mob or HS LIB 4730