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Dazed, Amazed, & Googled

Dazed, Amazed, & Googled. Information Literacy & YOU!. I nformation C ommunication T echnology. Literacy. Ability to identify what information is needed Understand how the information is organized Identify the best sources of information for a given need

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Dazed, Amazed, & Googled

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  1. Dazed, Amazed, & Googled Information Literacy & YOU!

  2. Information CommunicationTechnology Literacy • Ability to identify what information is needed • Understand how the information is organized • Identify the bestsourcesof information for a given need • Locate those sources • Evaluate the sources critically • Share that information. It is the knowledge of commonly used research techniques

  3. WHY IS INFORMATION LITERACY IMPORTANT? The amount of information available is going to keep increasing. The types of technology used to access, manipulate, and create information will continue to expand. • Not all information is created equal • Some is • Authoritative • Current • Reliable • Some is • Biased • Out of date • Misleading • False

  4. HOW ARE INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS USED? • Academic purposes • Research papers • Group presentations • Employment • Ability to find and evaluate • Use and share information • Consumer decisions • Which smart phone or car • Citizenship • Understanding issues and voting.

  5. What You Need and How to Get It HOW? Access from any computer with Internet capabilities • To see what the library has in their collection • To access remotely as much information as possible • Full Text of magazines, newspapers, reference books • To Save Time

  6. EVALUATING WEB SITES

  7. Click on each for examples Focus On: Authority Coverage Currency Accuracy Objectivity Evaluating Web Sites • Anyone can publish on the Web • It is “unfiltered” • Internet sources are much more fluid- the information they provide can change in an instant • Content not evaluated before posting

  8. Online Database vs. Google

  9. DATABASE COMPARISON

  10. KEYWORD SEARCH SCREENBOOLEAN SEARCHING • AND • COMBINES SEARCH TERMS FOR ALL • Cyberbullying ANDTeens • OR • COMBINES SEARCH TERMS FOR AT LEAST ONE • CyberbullyingORharassment • NOT • EXCLUDES TERMS • Cyberbullying NOTAdults

  11. Full Text Databases • EBSCOclick on the hyperlink for access. Enter User Name: vmhs Password: bronco • Articles from periodicals • Newspapers - 200 United States and International • New York Times • Wall Street Journal • Magazines – 2000 magazines • Time • Newsweek • Scholarly Journals – over 3000 journals • Oxford University Press • Cambridge University Press

  12. Finding Information in EBSCO • Basic Search: 2010 Economic Crisis • Compare with a Google search: • 2010 Economic Crisis • ??????Apart from the number of results,differencesbetween EBSCO & Google?

  13. COMPARISON • EBSCO & Google - Virtual Library vs. Web Sites • Wikipedia • the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. • Look at the Disclaimerat the bottom of every page! • 1,413,387 articles in English • Who is responsible for the articles on Wikipedia? • You are! Actually, you can even edit this very FAQ! As there are more than 2.34 million (2,340,000) other Wikipedians, this is a collaborative effort. Thousands of people have contributed information to different parts of this project, and anyone can do so, including you. All you need is to know how to edit a page, and have some encyclopedic knowledge you want to share. The encyclopedia provides users with a certain amount of freedom.

  14. Books Online • Specialized Reference Books • Opposing Viewpoints Series • Complete or “Full Text”

  15. E-Booksclick on hyperlink for accessEnter password: bronco • Quality Reference Books Online – accessible to unlimited number of students at one time • Arts and Humanities Through the Eras, Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion, History Behind the Headlines, St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, and Science and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery, Encyclopedia of Religion, Encyclopedia of World Biography, American Decades, American Decade Primary Sources, Dictionary of American History, Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Major 21st Century Writers, Countries and their Cultures, Gale Encyclopedia of Science and Encyclopedia of Bioethics

  16. Destiny Quest – The Library Catalog Search for Books, Web Sites (already critically evaluated for accuracy, content, currency, objectivity), Internet Libraries, and online databases. EBSCO, Gale Opposing ViewPoints, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Encyclopedia Britannica, and more!

  17. Your Information Gateway VMHS Library Web Page

  18. Acknowledgements • "Selection Criteria." ALA | Home - American Library Association. Web. 17 Aug. 2010. <http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/greatwebsites/greatwebsitesforkids/greatwebsites.cfm>. • "Finding Information on the Internet: Table of Contents." The Library-University of California, Berkeley. Web. 18 Aug. 2010. <http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html>.

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