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Utilizing the Web & Primary Sources Chisa Uyeki LIBR 150: F06, Week 4 Start Page What’s in a domain .gov, .mil, .us, or other country code (.uk) = government sites .edu = educational sites .org = Nonprofit organizations .com = commercial & everything But unregulated
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Utilizing the Web & Primary Sources Chisa Uyeki LIBR 150: F06, Week 4 Start Page
What’s in a domain • .gov, .mil, .us, or other country code (.uk) = government sites • .edu = educational sites • .org = Nonprofit organizations • .com = commercial & everything • But unregulated
Evalution Criteria • Author or creator (check under About or Contact) • Date of creation/update • Footnotes, bibliography, references, or evidence • Active links (for additional info &/or reference) Wiki-warning
Personal Pages • Personal names (Lbrown or samsmith) after % or ~ • Creator’s credentials or authority • Know what you’re looking at
Evaluation Resources • Consumer Report’s Webwatchhttp://www.consumerwebwatch.org/ • Google • alexa for traffic info http://alexa.com/
Trusted starting places • Infomine http://infomine.ucr.edu/ • Librarian’s Index to the internet http://www.lii.org • Internet Public Library http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/
Searching the Web • Free vs. fee • Visible vs. Invisible web (more visible now) • Not searching whole web • tool’s dbase
Search Engines Spiders Full-text & cache Unevaluated Subject Directories Human selection Organized by subject Some abstracts/desc. Meta Searches 1-stop shopping Less control Often exclude Google results Databases Mostly invisible Thru Library Web Dynamically generated (by you!) Search tools
From: Diablo Valley College, Identifying Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources, http://www.dvc.edu/library/libweb/primary_and_secondary_sources.htm
Primary vs. Secondary What’s the difference? Primary Sources: • Firsthand testimony or direct evidence • Contemporary accounts • Original documents Secondary Sources: • A step removed from event or phenomenon • Provide interpretation of primary sources Both come in a variety of formats
Information Cycle • Timeline of Information Creation
Thinking about Primary Sources • What are the primary materials of your own life?
Includes (but not limited to): Addresses Events Pictorial works Autobiographies Eyewitness Personal narratives Correspondences Interviews Diaries Letters Speeches Documents Memoirs Transcript Evidence Oral history Primary Resources: What are they?
Where are they?Sources for Primary Resources Depends upon the format of the resource… • Start with background information • Library catalog • Archival Collections and Special Collections • Newspaper indexes or databases • Reference resources
Primary Resources Online • CSULA Library: What are Primary Sources? http://www.calstatela.edu/library/bi/hyu3/pswhat.htm • LA, Past, Present & Future • Historical Los Angeles Times (and other databases) • Los Angeles Public Library Photo Archive
Resources • Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html) • Searching the Internet (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html)