Transcript General - Plattsburgh State Faculty and Research Web Sites

Information Research
Lib101
Can You Find the Answers?
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Use the PSU homepage:
 How
many international students are at
PSU?
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Use Library page:
 How
many homepages are recommended as
research sties for anthropology?
Can You Find the Answers?
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Use the PSU homepage:
 How
many international students are at
PSU? -150
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Use Library page:
 How
many homepages are recommended as
research sties for anthropology? 5-7
Unit 1
Student information sheet
 The college network and research
 Unit 1 assignment
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Student Information Sheet
Calendar
 Classes
 Assignments
 Information guide
 Final exam
 Final grading
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Calendar
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Aug 28
Sep 4
Sep 11
Sep 18
Sep 25
Oct 2
Oct 9
Oct 16
1. The college network and research
2. Library web site and online catalog
3. Browsing: web directories and ref sources
4. Web search engines
5. Commercial databases
6. Evaluating search results
7. Citing information in papers/report
8. Final exam
Classes
Present major concepts, lab practice
 No cuts, absence affects grades
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 Report
required absence beforehand via
email, phone message
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Withdrawal date without penalty:
September 20
Assignments
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Handed out in class
Deposit in LIB101 drop-off box in Ref Room
Drop off by Friday, 5PM (2 days)
Assignments graded and returned next class
Three possible assignment grades
 7.5
or 6.0 or 3.5
 Redo 3.5 for 6.0 pts if handed in with next assignm
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Late assignments downgraded 1.5pts, not
accepted after 2 weeks
Information Guide
Assigned topic distributed October 9
 Find various books, articles, web sites
and cite in a standard format
 Test of ability to use ref sources, online
catalog, databases, web directories and
search engines
 Due Friday, October 18, 2002
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Final Exam
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Given October 16, 2002 in class
Short, written answers
Questions on how to search, where to find
books, journal articles, using commercial
databases, and web search engines and
directories
Final Grading
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Six assignments worth 7.5; total of 45 points
Information guide: 25 points
Final exam: 30 points
Completion of 3 TILT Lite modules and quizzes
(+3pts); non-completion (-3pts)
Grades available at end of semester from
registrar, email
Unit 1
The College Network and
Research
 Information
literacy
 The college network
 Library web pages
 The web, the library, and research
Information Literacy - the ability to:
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Analyze what you need
 Encyclopedias,
books. articles, statistics,
databases web sites?
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Develop a search strategy
 Selecting
the best sources
 Deciding which keywords to use?
 Knowing how to use search technologies
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Evaluate and cite search results
The College Network
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Connects to local information
 College
homepage
 Administrative
information
 department web sites
 College life
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Connects to global information
 free
search engines
 commercial databases
Web Connections
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The College homepage: your link to local
web sites
 Prospective
students
 Academics
 Athletics
 Library
 Discover
Plattsburgh
 Web mail
Prospective Students
Academic majors
 Tuition and fees
 Campus Life
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Library
 Collections
General
(books)
Periodicals
 E-Reserves
 ILL –
Interlibrary Loan
 Subject Databases
 Library policies
Interlibrary Loan
 ILL/Copy
Service - description
 ILL/Copy Service - forms
Subject Databases
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Art
 Art
index
 Humanities Abstracts
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Chemistry
 Applied
Science and Technology Index
 General Science Abstracts
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Political Science
 Lexis-Nexis
 Social
Sciences Abstracts
Library Web Page and Global
Information
Databases
Search Engines
Online Catalog
Ref Sources
CDRoms
Print Indexes
Tips When Using a Web Page
Scan the entire page
 Notice if the page has frames
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 Top,
center, sides
Always scroll to the bottom of page
 Pay attention to links in the page’s text,
headings, sidebars, or frames
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The Web, the Library and Research
 Web
 communication
tool
 repository of digital information
 Libraries
 repository
of print information
 provides access to digital information
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Library and Web = new research structure
What We Need to Learn
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How libraries and the Web work together to
access different kinds of information
What is unique about info provided by libraries
What is unique about info from Web
What is the Library on the Web? How does it
fit in with the Web and with resources in the
physical library
What search skills do I need to tap into
databases via library or Web to find what I
need?
This Week’s Assignment
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Explore
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College homepage
Library web pages
Practice
 Using
frames, links, critical thinking, and
guesswork to answer questions