1. Information Literacy Relevance & Reliability/Database Navigation Session II Intermediate 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. Focus Question How do you evaluate/trust the authority of what you find?

3. Selecting Sources You just moved to town and need a doctor for a physical: A.An internationally known, award-winning podiatrist who specialized in foot fungus B.A general practitioner in town who is affordable; he has just been investigated for Medicare fraud C.Your aunt’s best friend’s general practitioner, who has been rated highly online The best choice is relevant, reliable, and contextual.

4. Class Activity What’s the Difference?

6. Periodicals MAGAZINESMAGAZINES –Popular Info –Audience: General Public Casual Reader –Purpose: Hobby Pleasure Curiosity JOURNALS JOURNALS –Scholarly Info –Audience: Researcher Professional Who Needs to Stay Up-to-Date –Purpose: Goal-Driven –Research Paper –Certification, Tenure –Job Requirement

7. Difference Between 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

8. Peer Reviewed

9. Study Design 101 EDITORIAL PROCESS

10. Databases A large, regularly updated file of digitized information related to a specific subject or field. This is where we find Journal Articles This is where most of your research will take place

11. Searching in Databases Keywords with Boolean Subject terms from thesaurus Limiters: date, peer reviewed, geography, and full text

13. Databases for ENG 1213 Academic Search Complete CQ Researcher Issues & Controversies JSTOR

14. Academic Search Complete Limit To* Source Types* Publication Subject: Thesaurus Term* Subject* Publisher Company Language Geography NAICS/Industry

15. Academic Search Complete Limit To* Source Types* Subject: Thesaurus Term* Subject*

16. Full Text Results Good Problematic

17. Example Topic Oil Production Oil Production and Oklahoma Oil Production and Oklahoma or Texas

18. JSTOR JSTOR is a full-text scholarly journal archive. JSTOR specializes in making available the back issues of journals in a wide variety of humanities and social science disciplines.

19. JSTOR Limit by Language – English Limit by Publication Type – Journal Article Narrow by discipline – History

20. Class Exercise Locating Articles

21. Navigation Exercise Find an article (peer-reviewed/ full text) dealing with video games, violence and alienation. Find an article dealing with fishing treaties involving countries from the pacific rim (newspaper/ full text) focused on international law.

22. Reading Scholarly Articles Title: Communicates the central topic Abstract: Summarizes the text Section headings: Serves as a title for a specific part of an article Conclusion: Recaps on what was said and expands on its significance Analysis of Cases of Harm Associated With Use of Health Information on the Internet

23. Main Argument: Exercise After examining the title, abstract, section headings, and conclusion, identifying the main argument or idea of the text will help you read it effectively and efficiently Try stating the main point in your own words (single sentence) in order to understand the text.

24. Citations We think of citation patterns as the flow of information," says Carl Bergstrom, a biologist at the University of Washington. "That's what a citation is — the trace that an idea flowed from one place to another."

25. Bibliographies/References Do not solely rely on digital tools –i.e. Ebrary/Ebsco Bibliographies are rich sources of knowledge and information-use them Know how to read a citation

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

27. Thank You