SMART STARTTHE LRC for ITCT students

I AM . . .

Melanie ParletteProgram Liaison for School of Engineering and Information Technology

mparlette@conestogac.on.ca

TODAY we will…• Locate key sections of the LRC’s website• Perform a basic search of LRC resources, narrow our

search and create a list of relevant results• Locate the tools available to assist with organizing citations

and using correct style

Off-Campus Access

LIBRARY as a GATEWAY• The LRC is a gateway to a variety of quality resources for your

College studies

YOUR Research GuideLRC Homepage Research Help Engineering ITCT

ONLINE DATABASES andLibrary Discovery

Individual Databases• Databases are usually organized

by major subject i.e. nursing, business, etc

• Benefit: use advanced search tools to find millions of trustworthy, subject-specific resources Detriment: you have to choose and search multiple databases

• Use your Research Guide to discover these!

Discovery Search

• Searches majority of LRC’s databases all at once

• Benefit: you just search—simple and convenient

• Detriment: You don’t get the specific treatment and advanced search capabilities of individual databases.

Today’s Research Topic is….

• How does multi-tasking affect the learning process?

Finding A Source to Answer Your Question• Where do we begin?

• Google• Wikipedia• Other suggestions…

Choosing Better Sources • How can you tell trustworthy information (the “better”

information) from less-trustworthy information (“worse” information)?

The CRAAP Test• Currency The timeliness of the information

• Relevance The importance of the information for your needs

• Authority The source of the information

• Accuracy The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the information

• Purpose The reason the information exists

Let’s begin our search…

Today We…

• Located key sections of the LRC’s website• Performed a basic search of LRC resources, narrowed our

search and created a list of relevant results• Located the tools available to assist with organizing

citations and using correct style

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