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Introduction to Information Literacy, Search Techniques & Finding Books

Introduction to Information Literacy, Search Techniques & Finding Books. Jane Long MLIS, University of Oklahoma M A , English, Wright State University Reference Services Librarian Al Harris Library jane.long@swosu.edu. Information Literacy.

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Introduction to Information Literacy, Search Techniques & Finding Books

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  1. Introduction to Information Literacy, Search Techniques & Finding Books Jane Long MLIS, University of Oklahoma MA, English, Wright State University Reference Services Librarian Al Harris Library jane.long@swosu.edu

  2. Information Literacy • It is a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.

  3. Library Instruction in the Information Age • A single current newspaper contains more written and visual information than the average person in the 17th Century was likely to come across in his/her entire lifetime. There are many areas of literacy that all add up to Information Literacy: Cultural, Visual, Media, Network, Computer, Traditional Alphabetic Literacy, and Library Instruction.

  4. Educational Goals for 21st Century • Teach students to be self-directed and understand how to organize more and more of their own learning. • Teach students the importance of global communication. • Teach students to deal with massive amounts of information.

  5. Library Instruction in the Information Age • New Search Strategies are required • Critical evaluation is more important than ever

  6. Search Techniques: • Keywords • Flexible Terms • Easy Searches • Less Accuracy in Searching • Use of Phrases

  7. Identifying Keywords • Identify the significant terms and concepts that describe your topic from your thesis statement or research question. • These terms will become the key for searching catalogs, databases and search engines for information about your subject.

  8. Keyword Phrases • Single concept, multiple words • Some electronic resources require keyword phrases be enclosed with punctuation by using • Quotation marks – SWOSU Catalog • Parenthesis

  9. Keyword Phrase Examples: • Basic phrase “criminal justice” • Proper names “Native American” • Hyphenated words “x-ray” • Slogans, advertisements “Where’s the Beef?” • Famous quotations “hope is the thing with feathers” • Movie titles, song titles “Dark Knight”

  10. Search Techniques: 2. Boolean Operators • Connect keywords only • Must be placedbetween keywords • AND • Narrows your search • OR • Expands your search with synonymous terms • NOT • Excludes words from your search • If used too much, it can work against you!

  11. Treatment of employees by fast food restaurants • First, narrow down the topic • Which restaurants are you talking about? • What kind of treatment? • Good or Bad • Focusing on: • Working environment & hours • Benefits & Pay • Promotion & Opportunities • How employees are treated by their peers? Manager(s)? Customer(s)?

  12. How “AND” is used • AND (narrows) • restaurantandemployee • restaurantandemployeeand“retirement benefits”

  13. How “OR” is used • OR (expands) • restaurantorcafeteria • salaryorincome • AND & OR together • restaurantorcafeteriaandemployee • salaryorincomeand “work hours”

  14. Search Strategy • Endless possibilities… • employee OR worker AND cafeteria AND salary • employee AND restaurant AND salary OR income • waitress AND eatery AND income

  15. How “NOT” is used • NOT (excludes) • cafeterianotschool • incomenotinflux • AND, OR & NOT together • employeeandrestaurantorcafeterianotschool

  16. Truncation (Wildcards) • Non-universal symbols used in searching • Common symbols: * ? • Used with a root word • Used to replace a vowel or single character

  17. Truncation (Wildcards) • Root Word- looks for multiple endings of a word, in this case it takes the place of ‘OR’ • jump? • jump, jumps, jumping, jumper, jumpers • rope and jumping or jumps or jump • rope and jump?

  18. Truncation (Wildcards) • Singular/Plural- replaces a vowel or single character in a word, in this case it takes the place of ‘OR’ • wom*n • woman, women • history and woman or women • history and wom*n

  19. Class Exercise • Keyword Building Exercise Topic: Conservation • Thesaurus.com

  20. Conservation save keep safeguard management preservation maintenance protect storage control

  21. Catalog: Finding books

  22. Reference Materials • Almanacs, dictionaries, handbooks, and encyclopedias are useful tools for finding quick facts, statistics, or a broad overview of your topic. • If you don't know much about your topic already, these tools can be a good place to start.

  23. SWOSU Catalog

  24. Open WorldCat

  25. Ebrary • Ebrary provides more than 44,000 digital books in a broad range of subject areas, including business, technology, health and medicine, literature and the humanities, physical sciences, social sciences, and interdisciplinary studies. Ebrary digital books contain the full-text and illustrations of their print counterparts

  26. Exercise • Catalog worksheet • SWOSU • WorldCat • Topic: Race

  27. Questions? • Contact me: • Jane Long • 774-3030 • jane.long@swosu.edu

  28. Thanks!

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