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Library Briefing

Library Briefing. By Denise Marshall. Navigating Library Resources and Information Literacy. Information Literacy.

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Library Briefing

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  1. Library Briefing By Denise Marshall Navigating Library Resources and Information Literacy

  2. Information Literacy • Information Literacy 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.“ American Library Association Presidential Committee on Information Literacy. Final Report • Information Literacy means-among other things-that you can use all information resources of the library, library subscription databases, and the internet-knowledgeably and well. • Information Literacy includes the ability to correctly credit the sources used for research and writing.

  3. Circulation Check-out Material Inter Library Loan Reference Non-circulating Research Aid Periodicals Journals Newspapers Stacks Circulating Materials Computers Coolcat Catalog Subscription Databases Internet Services Copiers Reserves Printing Academic Libraries’Major Areas

  4. Circulation • At the Circulation Desk you can: • Check out materials, books and so forth,to take out of the library for study. • You can submit an InterLibrary Loan form to request material from another library. • The Circulation Desk has staff available during all open hours.

  5. Reference • The Reference Desk is hosted by a professional librarian who will help you with your research and discovery. • The Reference Room is filled with non-circulating material that you can consult and copy. This material is generally to get you started on your research, and to direct you to more in-depth material. • The Reference Room is also where the OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) is located. You will use the OPAC to find library resources.

  6. Periodicals • Periodicals are publications which appear in parts at regular or stated intervals, like newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals. • Periodicals contain articles by different contributors. • Periodicals are in two places in the library: the Periodicals Room and in Subscription Databases.

  7. Stacks • Stacks are areas that hold materials which circulate in some way. • We have “open” stacks for books. That is, you can go and get the books you want yourself. • We have “closed” stacks in the Periodicals Room. You must request the journal you wish and the librarian will get it for you. • Periodicals do not go out of the library.

  8. Library Web Page • Here’s some of what you can find on the library web page: • Online Catalog: Coolcat • Databases • Interlibrary Loan Request Forms • Remote Access Password Request Form • Ask A Librarian • Other Library Information http://alpha.fdu.edu/library/index.html

  9. Databases at FDU • Subscription Databases are databases for which the library pays as you do for a magazine subscription. • These databases may have corresponding web sites BUT you will not find the same information at the web site. As a subscriber, FDU can access parts of the databases not open to the casual web browser. Some of these perks are full text online, and topic finders. http://alpha.fdu.edu/library/description.html

  10. Research Process • 1. DEFINE AND REFINE YOUR TOPIC • 2. GET BACKGROUND INFORMATION • 3. SEARCH THE CATALOG (COOLCAT/TRICAT) • 4.FIND JOURNAL ARTICLES • 5. SEARCH THE INTERNET/WORLD WIDE WEB • 6. READ & EXTRACT RELEVANT INFORMATION • 7. SYNTHESIZE, ORGANIZE, & PRESENT INFORMATION

  11. Finding a Topic(1) • Let’s say your topic is the greenhouse effect. Where would you look to begin researching it? • You might want to narrow the topic to a specific process, place, or consequence. • Perhaps you’d begin in the Reference Room by consulting an encyclopedia or volume on environment. . http://www.rivier.edu/regina-library/using/suggested topics.htm: Rivier College Possible Topics for Research

  12. Finding a Topic(2) • Once you have a series of terms, you can search the OPAC for books and materials the library holds which you could then check out. • Next you would consult the databases. For instance, you could look at the Wilson Web (OmniFile Full Text, Mega)or InfoTrac(Expanded Academic ASAP Plus) . These databases have both popular and scholarly articles. • If you wish to consider a number of topics, many of the databases provide topic finders in their help sections or as separate sections. Then they provide a selection of articles for that topic. Remember it’s only a selection.

  13. Evaluating Websites (1) Finally you will consult the Internet to see what is available. By this time you should have enough information that you will be able to judge a relevant worthwhile web site from one that is shoddy. How do you tell? Some of the same ways you can tell popular magazines from scholarly journals. http://www.iona.edu/library/research/wwweval.htm: Evaluating World Wide Web Sites

  14. Evaluating Web Sites (2) • When you evaluate a web site, you are going to look for the following five items: • Accuracy • Authority • Objectivity • Currency • Coverage See your handouts or specialty websites.

  15. Web Domain Types • .gov – U.S. government • .mil – U.S. military • .edu – an accredited postsecondary educational institution • .com – commercial, for profit entity • .org – non-commercial, not for profit entity • .net – a computer network, particularly an internet-related network • .int – an international organization • .jp, .ru, .ca, .au, .uk – country identifiers

  16. http://inside.fdu.edu/pt/stein.html Fairleigh Dickinson University List http://lii.org/ Librarians’ Index to the Internet http://www.iona.edu/library/online/ires.htm: Iona College Libraries Internet Resources http://www.iona.edu/library/online/ref.htm: Iona College Virtual Reference Internet Resources

  17. Citation Styles Online • http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html: Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources. • http://www2.lib.udel.edu/ref/virtref/cite.htm: University of Delaware Library Virtual Reference Desk

  18. REMEMBER:Information Literacy Is: • “recogniz(ing) when information is needed and hav(ing) the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.“ -- American Library Association Presidential Committee on Information Literacy. Final Report • Information Literacy means-among other things-that you can use all the information resources of the library and databases and the web knowledgeably and well. • Information Literacy includes the ability to correctly cite the sources used for research and writing.

  19. Remote Access: The ability to use the university library’s databases from off-campus. • Remote Access requires the use of library issued id’s and passwords. You can get these in either of two ways: • Email a request to the library, fill out the forms and we will email the passwords to you after we verify your student status. • Come into the library and follow the same process.

  20. And Remember: • Search the Library Web Page: It has many sources immediately available to you. • Use Database and Web searches with a critical thinking approach. • The more you use these resources: the better you’ll get at deciding which are best the faster you’ll get. the better your sources will be The better your work will be. The Library’s Resources—books, periodicals, databases, and web expertise—are here for you. Use Them. Give us a call in Madison at x8516 or in Teaneck at x2100. Come to see us. Go online. We’re here to help. Ask A Librarian Presentation by Denise Marshall

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