Post on 27-Mar-2015
Freshman Orientation Ms. Swedo
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JSerra Library Webpages
Main Page:http://www.jserra.org/libraryThis class:Freshman English ClassOPAC:Library Catalog
Today’s Discussion
•Research process
•Sources of information
•Intellectual Freedom & Intellectual Property
•What librarians do to help!
BooksArticles WebsitesVideos
Facts say….Experts say….I think…..
Research1.
2.
3.EvaluateSuccess
6.
Primary/Secondary/Tertiary Sources
Former President Ronald Reagan’s“Evil Empire Speech” (1983) vs.A biography about President Reagan vs.
An almanac
Reference
• Newspaper• Dictionary• Thesaurus• Atlas• Encyclopedias
3 Sources of Information 1. OPACs – libraries
OLD vs. NEW
What’s in an OPAC?
Book Addresses
aka, Call Numbers
Search Options
Text box
Subject Headings
Insides of Books
2. Databases
NO!
WANT
Old vs. New
Formats
Database Log-In
• Go to Jserra Library webpage• Go to Research Databases & Videos
Username: accessPassword: jserra1213
3.
• Google• Google Advanced Search• Google Scholar
Google Search Strategies
1. Keywords2. quotes3. - (minus sign)4. Site operators (.edu, .org, .gov)5. truncation: *, #, $ (gives you versions of a word example: racis$: racist, racism….6. Boolean: and, or, not7. more: See Link
Site limiter
Websites & Credibility
• Currency• Authority• Biased (or objective)• Accuracy• CoverageEasy Who IsMartin Luther King.orgWHO.intPersonal Webpages: 1 and 2
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Snowbear – the sweet one
Yuki,The crazy one
Intellectual Freedom: Read, seek information, speak freely
Intellectual Property
Automatic Immediate
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.
Citing SourcesMLA 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, 2008. Print.
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, 236-249. Print.
Librarians
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
2nd half
Review Handouts
3 handouts from class:
•MLA Review Sheet•Avoiding Accidental Plagiarism•Parenthetical Citations----------------------------------------------------------------Print out the Sample MLA 7th edition paper
Banned Books
•ALA’s list of Challenged and/or Banned Books
Censorship
FOIAhttp://www.foia.gov/about.html
Freedom of Speech – 1st Amendment RightsStudent Rights – Rights of Schoolshttp://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_stud.html
Sample citations
• Book citation
• Magazine citation
• Website citation
Book – One Author – Title Page
Book – One Author
Davidson, Arthur. The Incredible State of Absolute Nothingness. New York: StarCatcher, Inc., 2009. Print.
Author. Title in Italics. City: Publisher, Year. Print.
Parenthetical Citation:(Davidson #).
Magazine Citation (print)
Kiviat, Barbara. “How to Create a Job.” Time Magazine. 29 Mar. 2010: 19-27. Print.
Parenthetical citation:(Kiviat #).
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)
Websites – with Author on PageCNN Article: Colbert
Webpage – with Author
Silverleib, Alan. “Colbert storms Capitol Hill for migrant workers.” CNN.com. Cable News
Network, 24 Sept. 2010. Web. 25 Sept. 2010.
Author. “Title of Webpage.” Name of Website. Sponsoring Organization of Site, date on webpage. Web. Date you viewed webpage.
If No Date on Webpage
Silverleib, Alan. “Colbert storms Capitol Hill for migrant workers.” CNN.com. Cable News
Network, n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2010.
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 CitedAuthor. Or… “Title of webpage.” CNN.com. etc. ……Burnett, Mark. ……………………………..Dixon, Byron. ………………….
URLs for Quiz – Mr. Plaia
URLs for quiz – Mrs. Sulick
URLs for Quiz - Mrs. Ripullo
URLs for Quiz - Mrs. McKeagney
Sources
• fs.fed.us.