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1 Information Literacy, Search Strategies & Catalog Instruction Frederic Murray Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political Science, University of Iowa Instructional Services Librarian Al Harris Library frederic.murray@swosu.edu

2 Information Literacy It is a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.

3 Library Instruction in the Information Age A single current newspaper contains more written and visual information than the average person in the 17th Century was likely to come across in their entire lifetime. There are many areas of literacy that all add up to Information Literacy: Cultural, Visual, Media, Network, Computer, Traditional Alphabetic Literacy, and Library Instruction.

4 Did You Know….

5 Educational Goals for 21 st Century 1.Teach Students to be self-directed & understand how to organize more & more of their own learning. 2.Teach our students the importance of global communication. 3.Teach our students to deal with massive amounts of information.

6 Library Instruction in the Information Age New Search Strategies are required Critical evaluation is more important than ever Hi-Tech Research

7 Catalogs, Databases, & Search Engines A comprehensive list of the books, periodicals, maps, and other materials in a given collection. A large, regularly updated file of digitized information related to a specific subject or field. Computer software designed to help the user locate information available at sites on the World Wide Web by selecting categories from a hierarchical directory of subjects (example: Yahoo!) or by entering appropriate keywords or phrases (Google).

8 Search Techniques Keyword Basic Boolean

9 Identifying Keywords Identify the significant terms and concepts that describe your topic from your thesis statement or research question. These terms will become the key for searching catalogs, databases and search engines for information about your subject.

10 Thesis Statement Advances in digital communication have made online social networks an integral part of daily life.

11 Thesis Statement Advances in digital communication have made online social networks an integral part of daily life.

12 How do I pick the right keywords? Here is an example of a visual word search tool: –VisuwordsVisuwords –Use Subject Headings –Use the suggestions made in the databases –Use keywords provided by abstracts

13 Keyword Phrases Single concept, multiple words Some electronic resources require keyword phrases be enclosed with punctuation –Quotation marks – SWOSU Catalog –Parenthesis

14 Thesis Statement Advances in digital communication have made online social networks an integral part of daily life.

15 Boolean AND = Narrow OR = Expand NOT = Exclude

16 Boolean Operators Connect keywords only Must be placed between keywords AND –Narrows your search OR –Expands your search with synonymous terms NOT –Excludes words from your search –If used too much, it can work against you!

17 Truncation (Wildcards) Non-universal symbols used in searching Common symbols: + * ? Used with a root word Used to mark essential or important terms

18 Truncation (Wildcards) Root Word- looks for multiple endings of a word, in this case it takes the place of ‘OR’ –jump? –jump, jumps, jumping, jumper, jumpers –rope and jumping or jumps or jump –rope and jump?

19 Truncation (Wildcards) + or * are used to mark important or essential terms i.e. death penalty +innocence death penalty +race death penalty +statistics

20 Class Exercise Keyword Building Exercise Topic: Global Warming Thesaurus.com Visuwords

21 Global Warming Policy Science Business GlobalWarming Atmosphere EnvironmentAntarctica Ozone

22 Catalog: Finding books Relevance Keyword searching with Boolean operators Limiters/Filters Subject searching (hyperlinks)

23 SWOSU Catalog

24 Dewey All of human knowledge is broken into Ten Major Categories

25 Open WorldCat

26 E-Books: Ebrary/Netbook 24/7 Full Text Searching* Highlight Markup Note Taking Changeable Font Size Online Bookshelf Multiplicity of Use

27 Exercise Catalog worksheet –SWOSU –WorldCat –Ebrary

28 Questions? Contact me: –Frederic Murray 774-7113 frederic.murray@swosu.edu

29 Thanks!

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