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COL 105

COL 105. Dr. Kelly Tribble. Research vs. “Finding Stuff”. Are you a researcher? Are you a retriever?. Galloping New Ignorance. People often assume that huge amounts of information equals knowledge. Don’t confuse information for understanding. Being Information Literate.

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COL 105

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  1. COL 105 Dr. Kelly Tribble

  2. Research vs. “Finding Stuff” • Are you a researcher? • Are you a retriever?

  3. Galloping New Ignorance • People often assume that huge amounts of information equals knowledge. • Don’t confuse information for understanding.

  4. Being Information Literate • Know how to find and retrieve information • Evaluate the information! • Facets of Information Literacy • Computer Literacy • Media Literacy • Cultural Literacy

  5. Plagiarism • pla·gia·rize : " to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source . . . to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source."

  6. Plagiarism • If you use somebody else’s exact published words, you MUST give that person credit. • If you use somebody else’s published ideas, even if you use your words to express those ideas, you must give the person credit

  7. Get Better Results • Use “+” and “-” • Use “OR” • Use Quotation Marks for phrases • Use the tilde ( ~ ) • Use “site: ” • Use “define: ”

  8. Math! • 56*78 • Square root of 894 • 100 miles in kilometers • sine(30 degrees) • 1952 in roman numerals • 42 square miles in acres • 1 a.u./c

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