Civil Liberties: Library Seminar Liberty of Person information

sources

Sarah Crofts,

Law & Criminology Librarian

February 2015

By the end of this session you will be able to:

By the end of this session, you will be able to: Recognise the value of appraising and

evaluating the results of online searches, Identify relevant information sources for some

civil liberties topics, Organise and communicate your findings.

Linked to the Learning Outcomes in your Civil Liberties course handbook.

NEWS HEADLINES – CAN YOU TRUST THEM?

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The news headline, the press release & the original journal article See the link in Moodle.

The news headline: 'Half of UK people' will get cancer

The press release: 1 in 2 people in the UK will get cancer

The journal article: Trends in the lifetime risk of developing cancer in

Great Britain: comparison of risk for those born from 1930 to 1960

Websites and online news

Here are some news reports about the delayed Chilcot Inquiry Report.

See the link in Moodle Delayed Chilcot report leads to questions for Sir

Jeremy Heywood

Rulers want Chilcot inquiry to hide their crimes in Iraq

Chilcot Inquiry Delays Will Fuel Fears Report Is Being 'Sexed-Down', Nick Clegg Warns

Questions Which news source is the story from? What is the viewpoint of the writer?

Think about their choice of words, use of language

Is there a named author? Can you find out anything about them? Have they written anything else?

Does the newspaper/news source have a stated view or political affiliation? This may not be obvious, look for “About us” or similar.

How reliable are these sources? Would you cite them in your work?

Is there an official website for the Chilcot Inquiry?

Google: Terrorism and Personal Liberties

Results 30/1/15

Google Advanced Search – find it by Googling: Google Advanced Search

http://www.google.com/advanced_searchOr google Google Advanced Search

Advanced Search: in title of page

Advanced Search: in title of page results

Advanced Search: Reading level

Advanced Search: Reading level results

Why are there so few results?

Readability – just for fun

Readability Formulas You need to confirm that you are human!

Try cutting and pasting a news item or article from a law journal. The results may be surprising.

Topics Pick a topic and find two news articles with

varying points of view), Freedom of Association Terrorism and Personal Liberties Article 6/Right to a Fair Trial Article 9/Freedom of Thought, Conscience and

Religion Post the links on the Moodle Forum for your

group. Consider the questions on the next slide, Report your findings to the rest of the group.

Questions

Which news source is the story from? What is the viewpoint of the writer?

Think about their choice of words, use of language.

Is there a named author? Can you find out anything about them? Have they written anything else?

Does the information source have a stated view or political affiliation? This may not be obvious, look for “About us” or similar.

How reliable are these sources? Would you cite them in your work?

Thank you

Law and Criminology/Criminal Justice Senior Academic Services Librarian: Sarah Crofts

Law Subject Guide: http://libguides.gre.ac.uk/law Email: cs02@gre.ac.uk, x9078

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