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Are You Ready to Be Information Literate?

Are You Ready to Be Information Literate?. Your guide: Fran Zedney, Librarian. Information Literacy. Is the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information

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Are You Ready to Be Information Literate?

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  1. Are You Ready to Be Information Literate? Your guide: Fran Zedney, Librarian

  2. Information Literacy Is the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information In other words, it’s knowing what info you need, where to find it, being able to judge (evaluate) its accuracy, and using the information ethically (no plagiarizing, illegally copying, etc!) Is life long—we never stop needing info

  3. But everything I need is on Google! ---- NOT!! Many library resources, including full text books and full text online articles, ARE NOT on Google And library staff are always happy to help you in person, by phone, email, chat Can Google top that?

  4. This is gonna be exciting! http://lifelonglearners.name/Bored_Students_op_800x533.jpg

  5. Let’s play Way or No Way • You can access over 40,000 journals with full text articles, (some into the 1800s!) online from Stewart Library 24/7

  6. Way or No Way • You can read over 8000 full text books online from Stewart Library’s catalog

  7. Way or No Way • Everything I need to do scholarly research for a class assignment is on Google

  8. Research at Stewart Library is so easy a child (or a monkey!) can do it—so can you! www.psy.fsu.edu/history/wnk/ape.html

  9. library.weber.edu Use the catalog to find books, government documents, media Use article databases to find articles Use the database finder to find article databases Use Ejournals to see if we have a particular journal or magazine Use our guides to make researching easier

  10. Use the online catalog • To find books by keyword, subject, title, author • To find journals and magazines we own, both in print and online • Limit by format to find electronic books, books in foreign languages, etc.

  11. Reference Assistance

  12. What in the heck is a database finder? Stewart Library subscribes to over 200 article databases—collections which index articles from newspapers, journals, magazines—some have full text The Database Finder is your way into those databases

  13. Academic Search Premier • Just one of many databases but a good starting place • Indexes about 9000 journals, magazines & newspapers with full text for about 4500 • Limit to scholarly/peer reviewed • Format citations • Print, save, email, save searches • Lots more!

  14. But I’m looking for a specific journal • Use Ejournals to see if a specific journal is available online or in print (it’s like searching over 200 databases instantly!) • I told you this would be easy!

  15. Who died and made Google the boss? • Google is more than google.com • Use Google’s Advanced Search, Help screens, etc. • Take a look at Google Books, Google Scholar—see more info on your handout

  16. So how’d I do? • Before you leave, give this presentation a virtual rose or virtual rotten tomatoes!

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