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Online Databases & HSC students

Online Databases & HSC students. Presented by Jenni Campbell-Watt Information Services Librarian Randwick City Library Service. Overview. What are NSW libraries currently doing? ‘Selling’ the databases to HSC students Importance of Information Literacy for Generation Y & beyond

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Online Databases & HSC students

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  1. Online Databases & HSC students Presented by Jenni Campbell-Watt Information Services Librarian Randwick City Library Service

  2. Overview • What are NSW libraries currently doing? • ‘Selling’ the databases to HSC students • Importance of Information Literacy for Generation Y & beyond • Simplifying the Search Strategy

  3. Invite them to come to you image reference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/extraketchup/748443511/

  4. Outreach image reference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredchapman/2867929450/ You go to them…

  5. Key Teachers • Identify the key teachers, teacher librarian, year coordinator • Encourage communication & sharing of information • Developing this relationship can lead to greater usage of online databases Image reference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/399132059/

  6. Teaching research skills image reference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hermida/1535960661/

  7. How do I find the databases? • Offer multiple entries to database links – by subject and title, through the HSC page • Federated search engines such as Webfeat • One login to access all databases image reference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/osuarchives/2659419894/

  8. E-Journal portal Hornsby Library’s E-Journal Portal using Serials Solutions

  9. City of Canterbury Library Online Databases Brochure

  10. City of Canterbury Library Online Databases Brochure pg 2

  11. Excerpt from Griffith City Library HSC Help Brochure

  12. Excerpt from Griffith City Library HSC Help Brochure

  13. Willoughby Library HSC seminar

  14. Sample of Willoughby Library’s HSC Resources Seminar Powerpoint

  15. Parkes Shire Library HSC Brochure – page 1

  16. Parkes Shire Library HSC Brochure - page 2

  17. Holroyd City Council Library Students Brochure – databases page

  18. Mid-Western Regional Council Library “Headspace” package

  19. Hornsby Shire Library & Information Service Online Resources Brochure

  20. Hornsby Shire Library & Information Service Online Resources Brochure - otherside

  21. Wyong Shire Council have created a bookmark

  22. Would you like a database with that? image reference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/99655906@N00/344169954/

  23. The needs analysis or Reference Interview • ..through a series of thought provoking, open-ended questions successful sales people assist their customers to uncover potential needs… Would you like fries with that? Boe, J. Agency Sales, Dec 2008 image reference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/herzogbr/1658397241/

  24. Born into a Web World image reference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stabilo-boss/93136022/

  25. But I’ll just Google it…. image reference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefan2904/419948621/

  26. Or ask Yahoo Answers…

  27. Anyone can put anything on the web • Information can be unreliable, inaccurate, inauthoritative, biased and not credible • No review process on free internet • Not time limit –can be out of date • Can be changed without warning image reference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/samhines/1588018876/

  28. Misinformation the Internet www.martinlutherking.org

  29. Databases offer Quality Control

  30. Search tips & tricks • KISS principle • Develop a search strategy • Key concepts & words • Boolean operators • Database defaults image reference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewparnell/106239111/

  31. image reference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/damaradeaella/2822846819/

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