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1 Information Resources Libraries & the Open Web 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 Assignment Students are gathering art, music, movie, and literature sources under a theme of their choosing that relates to the larger theme of "The Changing Family, Gender, and Identity."

3 Did You Know….

4 The Internet is… a worldwide collection of computer networks ubiquitous

5 Web Searching is easy because….. Speed Choice Availability 24/7 Always get an answer

6 Web searching is difficult because … Organization Quality control/Reliability Formats

7 21 st Century

8 Potential Sources-Academic Video Podcasts Audio Podcast Wikis Blog (Weblog) and Video Blog Post Forum or Discussion Board Posting E-mail Computer Software/Downloaded Software Nonperiodical Web Document or Report Online Lecture Notes and Presentation Slides Qualitative Data and Online Interviews Graphic Data (e.g. Interactive Maps and Other Graphic Representations of Data) Data Sets Bibliographies Annotated Bibliographies Encyclopedias and Dictionaries Dissertation/Thesis from a Database Book Reviews Chapter/Section of a Web Document or Online Book Chapter Kindle Books Electronic Books Newspaper Article Abstract Article from a Database Article From an Online Periodical with no DOI Assigned Article From an Online Periodical with DOI Assigned Online Scholarly Journal Article: Citing DOIs Article From an Online Periodical

9 Potential Sources –Popular

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11 Anatomy of a URL

12 Domain Names Which one is right? –www.whitehouse.com www.whitehouse.com –www.whitehouse.gov www.whitehouse.gov –www.whitehouse.net www.whitehouse.net –www.whitehouse.org www.whitehouse.org Whois.net –www.whois.net www.whois.net.gov.org.mil.com.edu.net.int Indicates a reliable domain name

13 GoogleGoogle: Improve Your Searches* Site Specific Command What it does: searches only specific domains What to type: family gender identity site:edu family gender identity site:gov

14 family gender identity site:edu

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16 family gender identity site:gov

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18 Pew Research Center* Family and Relationships Family Roles Household and Family Structure Marriage and Divorce Parenthood

19 Why Use Site Specific search? Academic sources Bibliographies Citations

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21 Peer Review

22 Scholarly and Popular Periodicals POPULAR MAGAZINES USUALLY SOMEWHAT SLICK AND ATTRACTIVE IN APPEARANCE RARELY CITE SOURCES. INFO. IS USUALLY SECONDARY, REPORTED FROM SOURCE ARTICLES SHORT, WRITTEN IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE AND FOR A MINIMAL EDUCATION LEVEL USUALLY LOT OF ADVERTISING AND PICTURES PAGINATION RESTARTS IN EVERY ISSUE SCHOLARLY JOURNALS HAVE A SOBER, SERIOUS LOOK ALWAYS CITE THEIR SOURCES IN FOOTNOTES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES ARTICLES WRITTEN BY A SCHOLAR OR RESEARCHER “HORSE’S MOUTH” PEER-REVIEWED BY SCHOLARS LANGUAGE OF JOURNAL ASSUMES SOME SCHOLARLY BACKGROUND ON THE PART OF READER ADVERTISING IS SPECIALIZED TO THAT DISCIPLINE PAGINATION IS CUMULATIVE

23 Potential Sources-Academic Video Podcasts Audio Podcast Wikis Blog (Weblog) and Video Blog Post Forum or Discussion Board Posting E-mail Computer Software/Downloaded Software Nonperiodical Web Document or Report Online Lecture Notes and Presentation Slides Qualitative Data and Online Interviews Graphic Data (e.g. Interactive Maps and Other Graphic Representations of Data) Data Sets Bibliographies Annotated Bibliographies Encyclopedias and Dictionaries Dissertation/Thesis from a Database Book Reviews Chapter/Section of a Web Document or Online Book Chapter Kindle Books Electronic Books Newspaper Article Abstract Article from a Database Article From an Online Periodical with no DOI Assigned Article From an Online Periodical with DOI Assigned Online Scholarly Journal Article: Citing DOIs Article From an Online Periodical

24 Tools of Scholarship Content Books Articles Journals Citations WWW Tools Catalogs Databases Lists Indexes Search Engines

25 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).

26 Search Techniques Keyword Basic Boolean

27 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.

28 Research Question Is the role of art therapy a proven method for counseling clients? Art therapy Counseling Art Therapy and Counseling

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

30 Boolean AND = Narrow OR = Expand NOT = Exclude

31 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!

32 Assignment Students are gathering art, music, movie, and literature sources under a theme of their choosing that relates to the larger theme of "The Changing Family, Gender, and Identity."

33 Library Resources Art Film Literature Music

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36 Library Resources* Art –Oxford Art Online Film –Kanopy Streaming Literature –Catalog/eBooks Music –Music Online

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38 On Our Shelves

39 Reference Works International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family R 301.4203 I n855 2003

40 SWOSU Discovery Service 500,000 Books 150,000 Ebooks 50,000 Journals 150 Databases One Search To Rule Them All

41 Using Discovery Limit To Full Text Peer Reviewed Publication Date Facets Source Types* Subject* Publisher Publication Language Geography Location* Databases Searched

42 Discovery Tools Folders Email Cite Permalink Export (Refworks)

43 Create Folders Create Account Manage Content Easy Retrieval Printing

44 Class Exercise How has marriage changed since the 1950s? Find one article from each source Write down in MLA Google site specific i.e. edu Pew Research Center Discovery Specific Databases –Oxford Art Online, Kanopy, ebooks

45 Research the Assignment Research Question Keywords/Boolean Discovery –Full Text/Cite/Folders

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

47 Thanks!


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