Transcript instruction presentation - Kendall College Library

“Meet the Info Kittehs!”
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the
Kendall College Library
Who?
• Elise Brown
• Reference & Instruction, & Web Librarian
• Artist, Makeup Artistry, Singer, Dancer, Art Historian
Don’t Make Me “Shush” You!
Let’s Talk About!
 Library Basics
 KCAD Catalog
 MeLCat
 Information Evaluation
 Boolean Who? Boolean What?
 Article Databases
 All Things Plagiarism
 Questions?
Library Basics!
 KCAD Library:
• Located on the 2nd Floor of Kendall
• Has 3 Full-Time Librarians
• 22,000 + Items
• Books & 125+ Print Magazines, Journals &
Newspapers
• CDs, Book on CD, & DVDs
• Course Reserves
Library Basics!
To Use the KCAD Library:
• Get Your KCAD / FSU ID Card
• Come to the Library
• Link your ID barcode to Library Record
• WHY?
Library Basics!
 Borrow materials from the Library
 Borrow materials through MeLCat
 24 / 7 - Off-Campus Access to the:
• The Library Catalog
• MeLCat
• Article Databases
24 / 7 – Access
 KCAD / FSU ID Card
LOGIN:
• My FSU ID + Password
OR
• Name + Barcode + Pin
Ideal for Snow, Sick & Lazy Days!
Library Basics!
 KCAD Library Catalog
Library Basics!
 KCAD Library Catalog
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Books
Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Titles
CDs, DVDs, Book on CD
Course Reserves (Faculty Name)
• Patron Record
Library Basics!
 MeLCat is your best friend…
Library Basics!
 MeLCat is your best friend…
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Borrow materials from other libraries
380 Libraries State Wide
+ 44 Million Items
Available Items Arrive in 3-5 days
3 Week Checkout (possible renewal)
Information Evaluation!
My professor said I need to use
scholarly resources?
3 Levels of Information
• Popular
• Scholarly
• Peer Reviewed
Wait! How can I tell the difference?
Popular
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Reviewed by an Editor or Editors
Written by Journalists / Reporters / Staff Writers
Slick, Glossy & Illustrated
Entertainment & Advertising
Audience = General Public
No citations
Scholarly
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Reviewed by an Editor & Editorial Board
Written by Scholars & Experts
Lengthy Articles & Essays
Subdued in Appearance; Formal Language
Very Few Advertisements & Images
Research Oriented; Factual Content
Audience = Scholars & Experts
Citations, Footnotes
Bibliographies
What does “peer reviewed” mean?
• “Peer reviewed” refers to a review process
of publication.
• Specialists and experts submit research
and writing for publication. These
materials are reviewed by other experts.
Information Evaluation!
I found this great Web source…
http://www.theonion.com/content/index
C. R. A. A. P.
C. R. A. A. P.
C = Current:
• When was the site/page last updated?
• When was the material published?
• Is the information current enough for your
topic/subject?
C. R. A. A. P.
R = Relevant:
• Appropriate for college-level work?
• Is the information related to your topic?
C. R. A. A. P.
A = Author:
• Personal, Professional, or Business
• Business, Company, Organization,
Government - For or Non-Profit
• Author? Credentials? Authority?
• Publisher?
• Domain / URL?
.org, .gov, .mil, .edu, .net, .com
C. R. A. A. P.
A = Accurate:
• Documentation: Footnotes, Endnotes, Links
Verification
• Does the information match up?
• Typos, Spelling and/or Grammatical Errors
C. R. A. A. P.
P = Purpose:
• “ Tone?” - Point of view?
• Educate, Inform, Factual, Data
• Sell, Entice, Advertise
• Persuade, Opinion, Biased
• Propaganda, Misinformation
How do I sort through this
hot mess!?
Boolean Who?
• Plain and simple, a basic search strategy
using connectors
• AND
• OR
• NOT
Boolean - AND
• Retrieve all the results where both terms appear
• To narrow or reduce too many search results
• AND will give you the smallest number of results
Boolean - AND
Section in the middle shows the results of a
search for Cats AND Dogs
Boolean - OR
• Retrieve all the results where either term
appears
• To expand or increase search results
• OR will give you the largest number of results
Boolean - OR
• Cats
• Dogs
• Cats & Dogs
Google & Wikipedia VS. Databases!
Article Databases!
Provides access the contents of
• Magazines
• Newspapers
• Journals
• Trade Publications
Article Databases!
Contents provided include:
• Citations
• Abstracts
• Full-Text
What is a Citation?
• Exact details of a published source of
information
• Books, Periodicals, Web pages, Lectures,
Interviews, Photographs, Images, Movies,
Music, Performances, Letters, Email, etc.
What is an Abstract?
• A brief description or summary of the content
of an article, essay or paper
What does Full-Text mean?
• Electronic format of an article or essay:
Read
Print
Copy & Paste
Download & Save
Email
Other Types of Databases?
• Images - ARTstor & CAMIO – IMAGES
• Reference - Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
• Subject Specific
Example: Grove Art Online / Oxford Art Online
General OneFile
Multi-Subject Database
+ 100 Million Articles (1980 – 2011)
Art · Business · Computers · Current Events ·
Economics · Education · Entertainment · Environmental Issues ·
Health care · Humanities ·
Law · Literature · News · Politics ·
Sciences · Social Sciences · Sports ·
Technology
LexisNexis Academic
Multi-Subject Database
+ 350 News Sources
+ 300 Magazines & Journals
Business & Legal Sources
Opposing Viewpoints
Multi-Subject Database
+ 14,000 Pro / Con Essays
+ 5000 Topic Overviews
+ 5 million Magazine, Journal & Newspaper
Articles
Avoiding Plagiarism
Avoiding Plagiarism
Plagiarize:
To take and use as one's own (the thoughts,
writings, or inventions of another person);
To copy (literary work or ideas) improperly
or without acknowledgement.
What is a Bibliography?
Bibliography / Works Cited
A list of CITATIONS for the information resources
you used in your paper, presentation, project, etc.
Books, Articles, Web sites, Images, & Other Media:
Email, Interviews, Letters, Movies, Music,
Peformance,Video, etc.
Do I Have to Cite Images?
Absolutely!
How do I “cite” stuff?
MLA – Modern Language Association
Format and Style Guide ~ 2009 Edition
OWL – Purdue University
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
When In Doubt…Ask!
Don’t Delay! Start Today!
Any Questions?
Stuck?! Stumped!? Overwhelmed!?
“The Info Kittehs say…Visit the Library!”
Images & Captions
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“The Info Kittehs say…Thank You!”