Transcript Comm 170 - Truman State University

WHEN I NEED TO FIND RESOURCES FOR AN
ASSIGNMENT THE FIRST THING I DO IS...
Go to the Web & Google it
Ask my friends on Facebook
Use Google Scholar
Search the library databases
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DO YOU THINK WEB SITE A –
HTTP://WWW.MARTINLUTHERKING.ORG/
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HOW ABOUT WEB SITE B –RELIABLE?
HTTP://MLKKPP01.STANFORD.EDU/INDEX.PHP/KINGPAPE
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DISCUSSION
Who sponsors these Web sites?
What kinds of things do you do to determine
reliability/credibility of Web sites?
Now take a look at this article from the Institute for Historical Review Web site.
http://www.ihr.org/leaflets/auschwitz.shtml
Focus on the bibliography
THIS ARTICLE IS WELL DOCUMENTED AND PROVIDES
MANY GOOD SOURCES FOR FURTHER READING
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DISCUSSION
INSTITUTE FOR
HISTORICAL REVIEW
INSTITUTE FOR
HISTORICAL RESEARCH
Founded in 1978
Founded in1921
continues the tradition of
historical revisionism
one of ten member
Institutes at the
University of London
Publication: Journal for
Historical Review -88
libraries have print
version, 26 link to online
version
Publication Historical
Research – 505 libraries
have print version, 517
have online version
SEARCHING GOOGLE VS GOOGLE SCHOLAR
What do you notice about the search results generated by the simple keyword search:
flirting in Google compared to Google scholar?
Google - flirting
Google scholar -flirting
DISCUSSION
GOOGLE
GOOGLE SCHOLAR
Includes results from
all domains commercial sites,
personal sites,
news, educational,
government
Indexes only
“academic”
information
OTHER PLACES TO LOOK FOR INFORMATION
Library Catalog
Academic Search Premier
LexisNexis
Use the “Articles and Research Databases “page to find more resources by
subject area.