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Information Skills for College

Information Skills for College. Eng 112 Workshop II Beyond Googling : Specialized Search Engines Melanie Sellar Education Services and Reference Librarian. Session I: Internet information sources Which are free sources Session II: Scholarly information sources

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Information Skills for College

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  1. Information Skills for College Eng 112 Workshop II Beyond Googling: Specialized Search Engines Melanie Sellar Education Services and Reference Librarian

  2. Session I: • Internet information sources • Which are free sources • Session II: • Scholarly information sources • Most are not free, library pays $$ What will you learn about?

  3. Search Research clicking random easy critical (thinking) purposeful depth

  4. Strategies… Understand and read URLs Use some advanced search strategies in Google Begin asking questions about what you read (*today) Try a specialized, human built search engine (*today)

  5. Strategies Read URLs: they provide some context and meaning!

  6. Strategies .com (a company, usually based in U.S.) .edu(colleges and universities in U.S.) .org (non-profits and charities, typically) .gov(U.S. government) .int(international organizations, United Nations) .ca (Canada!) .eu(individuals or organizations in the European Union

  7. Going Deeper Hasan. com Marissa. com Wikipedia “quantum physics” Free! Google, Bing, Ask etc Ryann .edu Not Free! Specialized Search Engines Specialty sources Expert writing Not in Google, Bing, etc Information that costs money

  8. Strategy: use a specialized search engine Specialized Search Engines: What’s in them? Articles Media Books Statistics Reports News Magazines Journal Encyclopedia Videos Art images Press images Market research Investigative reports *ID117 Numerical descriptions

  9. Source 2 Source 3 Source 1 Strategy: ask questions Source 3

  10. Source 1: A Century of Climate and Ecosystem Change in Western Montana Source 2: Change Facts and Statisticshttp://climatechange.ws/facts/ After comparing the two, would you use either source in your paper? Why (or why not) and how? Compare these two sources:

  11. Who is the author or creator? (credibility) • What do you know about the author/creator? (credibility) • Who is publishing or sponsoring the site? (credibility) • What is the information itself like? (accuracy/depth) • When was the information published? (currency) Always ask these questions:

  12. Criteria for “Scholarly”

  13. Searching for Articles Marymount Library > Find Articles Newspaper, magazine, and journal articles

  14. Available through the library: Academic Search Premier Proquest Research Library (Others?...) For your ENG112 assignments:

  15. Please Complete 1-2 Minute Quiz/Survey: http://tiny.cc/av4IL or http://bit.ly/bcS12Q

  16. For Help With Research Ask your information coaches – Marymount librarians! Walk-in Help: all the hours we are openE-mail: library@marymountpv.eduPhone: 310-303-7260IM: mcpvlibrary (AIM, Yahoo!, MSN)

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