FYS Information Literacy

Tools for Locating Goodish Information

Zack UnderwoodKatelyn Smith

Jonathan Brewster

Search Engines• Easiest form of

research• Available to ALL• 185+ Million Websites• Responds to directions

Pros/Cons-Search EngineCons

• Information may not be scholarly

• Hard to sift through• Advertising

Pros• Easiest form of

locating information• Accessible by

everyone• Fastest form of

searching

Scholarly Peer-Reviewed

• Expert Approved• Very Scholar• Accepted by Science

Community• Most Credible

Research

Double Dip Recession Effects

• Inflation-1. Gas Prices2. Food Prices 3. Real Estate• Tax Raises• Spending

Cuts

Electronic Databases

• Reliable, detailed, information on a specific subject.

• Full-text entries from popular sources.

• Some are free and available to the public.

• Many only subscription based.

• Able to access some of these databases through Marshall’s libraries.

Catalogs• Located by

Subject, Author, Title, or keywords

• Available library resources

• WorldCat.org- 10,000+ libraries worldwide

Indexes• Newspapers,

periodicals, and government publications

• Direct to specific articles/reports

• Searchable by author, title, subject, or key terms

Supplementing The Tools• Physical Proof• Library• Interviews

Avoid The Double Dip

• Informs the reader• GlobalPost• Liberal Article• Recent- 2010• Relevent• Micheal Moran-Foreign Affair columnists• Nouriel Roubini-World Class Economist-Professor of

Economics• Economic/Buisness Majors or a politician.

The Penguins Dictionary of Economics

• Reference For Economic Definitions• Penguin Group Publishers• Alphabetical• Timeless• Graham Bannock-professional economist and

consultant • Robert E. Baxter-Investment Adviser Representative• Evan Davis- Economist at Institute of Fiscal Studies

Investopedia.com

• Cory Janssen-Degrees in FinanceForbes Inc

• Forbes is well known for financial info.• Positive purpose in providing information• Yes, shows sources• Yes, Forbes Inc reviews all sources• No bias, just facts• It is up-to-date and it’s appropriate to the topic,

because it deals with finances and the economy