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Freshman Orientation Ms. Swedo Eat?
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JSerra Library Webpages
Main Page: This class: Freshman English Class OPAC: Library Catalog
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Today’s Discussion Research process Sources of information
Intellectual Freedom & Intellectual Property What librarians do to help!
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Research 1. 2. 3. 6. Evaluate Success Narrow Topic Books
Research (Truth) Narrow Topic Find Sources Evaluate & Record 5. Final Draft 4. Rough Draft Research 1. 2. Books Articles Websites Videos Facts say…. Experts say…. I think….. 6. Evaluate Success 3.
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Primary/Secondary/Tertiary Sources
Former President Ronald Reagan’s “Evil Empire Speech” (1983) vs. A biography about President Reagan An almanac
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Reference Newspaper Dictionary Thesaurus Atlas Encyclopedias
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3 Sources of Information
1. OPACs – libraries OLD vs NEW
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What’s in an OPAC?
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Book Addresses aka, Call Numbers
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Text box Search Options
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Subject Headings
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Insides of Books
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2. Databases
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WANT NO!
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Old vs New
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Formats
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Database Log-In Go to Jserra Library webpage Username: access
Go to Research Databases & Videos Username: access Password: jserra1213
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Databases Link to Rutgers University video
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3. Google Google Advanced Search Google Scholar
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Google Search Strategies
1. Keywords 2. quotes 3. - (minus sign) 4. Site operators (.edu, .org, .gov) 5. truncation: *, #, $ (gives you versions of a word example: racis$: racist, racism…. 6. Boolean: and, or, not 7. more: See Link
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Site limiter
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Websites & Credibility
Currency Authority Biased (or objective) Accuracy Coverage Easy Who Is Martin Luther King.org WHO.int Personal Webpages: 1 and 2
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7 Snowbear – the sweet one
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Yuki, The crazy one
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Plagiarism
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Intellectual Freedom: Read, seek information, speak freely
Intellectual Property Automatic Immediate
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Copyright & Fair Use The guidelines also limit the amount of copyrighted multimedia material that can be included in educational projects to A film/DVD: Up to three minutes or 10 percent, whichever is less. up to 10 percent or 1,000 words, whichever is less, of a single copyrighted work of text. an entire poem of less than 250 words or up to 250 words of a longer poem but no more than three poems by one poet or five poems by different poets from a single anthology. A song: Up to 30 seconds or 10 percent of the song’s length , whichever is less. up to five photographs or illustrations by one person and no more than 15 images or 10 percent, whichever is less, of the photographs or illustrations from a single published work. up to 2,500 fields or cell entries or 10 percent, whichever is less, from a numerical database or data table.
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Citing Sources MLA paper Before the revolution of Cambodia, many of the people were peasants, many were Khmer, and many were Buddhist (Kiernan 5). Kiernan, Ben. The Pol Pot Regime. New Haven: Yale University Press, Print.
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Citing Sources Kissi says: “Genocide is a twentieth-century term describing an ancient crime” (236). Kissi, Edward. “Genocide.” World at Risk: A Global Issues Sourcebook. Ed. Valerie Tomaselli. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2002, Print.
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Librarians
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Sources Slide 5: LibraryNet (OPAC), Wikipedia (old card catalog)
Slide 6: Wikimedia Commons, Robey Memorial Library (OPAC stations) Slide 7: EMS Media Center (F), Avan Halem – Fiverr (NF) Slide 10: Town of Davie, FL, Chromosome 18 Registry Slide 11: AppAdvice.com, Marionberry Style Slide 12: Vans.com, Sees.com Slide 16: Nickelodeon.com, eClickPerformance.com Slide 18: National Institute of Technology Slide 19: Amazon.com Slide 20: The New Yorker (Vol. 69 (LXIX) no. 20), page 61, 5 July 1993. Slide 23: Carmel Clay Schools Slide 24: Flickr.com Slide 24: Batgirl, Jessica Olin; Reference Desk, Cunningham Memorial Library, Indiana State University
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2nd half
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Review Handouts 3 handouts from class: MLA Review Sheet
Avoiding Accidental Plagiarism Parenthetical Citations Print out the Sample MLA 7th edition paper
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Banned Books ALA’s list of Challenged and/or Banned Books
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Censorship FOIA Freedom of Speech – 1st Amendment Rights Student Rights – Rights of Schools
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Sample citations Book citation Magazine citation Website citation
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Book – One Author – Title Page
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Book – One Author Davidson, Arthur. The Incredible State of Absolute Nothingness. New York: StarCatcher, Inc., Print. Author. Title in Italics. City: Publisher, Year. Print. Parenthetical Citation: (Davidson #).
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Magazine Citation (print)
Kiviat, Barbara. “How to Create a Job.” Time Magazine. 29 Mar. 2010: Print. Parenthetical citation: (Kiviat #).
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How to Cite Websites 1. Author. (ex.: Smith, John A.) 2. “Title of Webpage.” (in quotes) 3. Title of Website (ex.: CNN.com.) 4. Sponsoring organization, (ex.: Cable News Network,) 5. Date on webpage (if any). If no date, use n.d. 5. Format (Web.) 6. Date you looked at it (ex.: 14 Sept. 2011). URLs? (don’t need them)
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Websites – with Author on Page
CNN Article: Colbert
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Webpage – with Author Silverleib, Alan. “Colbert storms Capitol Hill for migrant workers.” CNN.com. Cable News Network, 24 Sept Web. 25 Sept Author. “Title of Webpage.” Name of Website. Sponsoring Organization of Site, date on webpage. Web. Date you viewed webpage.
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If No Date on Webpage Silverleib, Alan. “Colbert storms Capitol Hill for migrant workers.” CNN.com. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 25 Sept
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Parenthetical Citations
According to one source, “here is my quote in my paper” (Dixon 42). Burnett said, “and we quote Burnett” (13). CNN reported……………. (author or “Title of webpage”). Works Cited Author. Or… “Title of webpage.” CNN.com. etc. …… Burnett, Mark. …………………………….. Dixon, Byron. ………………….
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URLs for Quiz – Mr. Plaia
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URLs for quiz – Mrs. Sulick
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URLs for Quiz - Mrs. Ripullo
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URLs for Quiz - Mrs. McKeagney
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Sources fs.fed.us.
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