Library Session 1 - Intro. to Library Research COSC 111 Section 002

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1. K I M B E R LY M I L L E R , M S I K I M B E R LY M I L L E R @ T O W S O N . E D U COSC111: AN INTRO. TO RESEARCH & THE LIBRARY
2. ASK A LIBRARIAN! • Kimberly Miller • kimberlymiller@towson.edu • 410-704-6324 • Cook Library • In-person: Reference desk (3rd Floor) • Phone: 410-704-2462 • IM/Email: http://cooklibrary.towson.edu • Text: 66746 & start your question with askcook • Social Media
3. COSC 111 RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT From your assignment: “In this group study you will work with a team to research, create, and present information on topics that you have selected. In the process you will improve your skills in the areas of team building, information gathering, organization and presentation.”
4. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT? Research Process Evaluating Information Using Library Resources Ethical Information Use • Search Strategies • Finding Books & Articles • Plagiarism • Citing Information
5. Interpreting the Assignment Reading Background Information Using Online Databases & Indexes Gathering Sources Drafting Paper or Presentation Identifying & Listing Vocabulary Citing Sources Refining a Topic Evaluating Sources Selecting a Topic Research Process
6. Image: Daniel Kulinski, “One done,” via Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 SOURCE EVALUATION
7. THE INTERNET IS A CRAZY PLACE
8. LOOK FOR CRAAP • Currency • Relevance • Authority • Accuracy • Purpose
9. LOOK FOR CRAAP • Currency - Timeliness of the information • Relevance • Authority • Accuracy • Purpose
10. LOOK FOR CRAAP • Currency • Relevance – Importance of information for your needs • Authority • Accuracy • Purpose
11. LOOK FOR CRAAP • Currency • Relevance • Authority – Source & expertise • Accuracy • Purpose
12. LOOK FOR CRAAP • Currency • Relevance • Authority • Accuracy – Reliability, truthfulness, and correctness • Purpose
13. LOOK FOR CRAAP • Currency • Relevance • Authority • Accuracy • Purpose – Reason the information exists
14. LOOK FOR CRAAP • Currency - Timeliness of the information • Relevance – Importance of info. for your needs • Authority – Source & expertise • Accuracy – Reliability, truthfulness, and correctness • Purpose – Reason the information exists Remember: Not just one criteria, but a balance of all!
15. ACTIVITY •In pairs, use your favorite search engine to find a website about your research topic for this class. •Use the CRAAP worksheet to evaluate the site. •Be ready to share your website and your evaluation with the class.
16. COOK GUIDE TO THE WEB We’ve done some of the work for you! http://cooklibrary.towson.edu/ “Research” → “Guide to the Web” “Help Guides” → “Google Advanced Search”
17. Image: Sakurako Kitsa, “terrified sandwich closeup,” via Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 TAKING A BITE OUT OF LIBRARY RESEARCH
18. WHAT KINDS OF “SOURCES?” • “Background”/Reference Works • Books & eBooks • Periodicals • Newspapers • Popular/Trade journals • Scholarly journals • World Wide Web • Other?
19. A recursive relationship Resources Topic General idea Research question Thesis TOPIC DEVELOPMENT
20. TOPIC DEVELOPMENT Questions to consider: •What issues/concepts are related to this topic? •What do I want to know/show? •So what?
21. BASICS OF GOOD SEARCHING Sample Research Question What are some important ethical considerations in the “digital era?” 1. Breakdown your topic or research question into the “main ideas”
22. THINK IT… BUT DON’T SEARCH IT •Effect / Affect •Impact •Change •Influence •Advance / Improve • Help / Aid • Cause • Pro / Con • Benefit • Importance
23. YOUR TURN •Write your topic in the first box on your worksheet •Identify at least two main concepts in your topic and write them on the lines in the second box on your worksheet
25. BASICS OF GOOD SEARCHING Concept 1: “Ethics” Morality Law Legal … Concept 2: “Digital era” Internet Computers Cyberspace … 2. Brainstorm keywords for each “main idea”
26. YOUR TURN • In the third group of boxes on your worksheet list additional key terms (synonyms) you might be able to use in your search • What other words could describe each main concept?
27. BASICS OF GOOD SEARCHING 3. Use “connectors” to build your search * / AND / OR / “ “ Connect main concepts Ethics AND Computers Connect synonyms Internet OR Computers
28. BASICS OF GOOD SEARCHING 3. Use “connectors” to build your search * / AND / OR / “ “ Ethic* will find…. Ethic Ethics Ethical Ethicality
29. BASICS OF GOOD SEARCHING 3. Use “connectors” to build your search * / AND / OR / “ “ MORE COMPLEX SEARCH: (ethic* OR cyberethics) AND (internet OR computer* OR “digital era”) SIMPLE SEARCH: ethics AND internet
30. BASICS OF GOOD SEARCHING 4. Put your search into the database or catalog Catalog: Books / Reference Works / Media Database: Articles / Reference
31. WHERE DO I START? COURSE GATEWAY Library Homepage → Research → Course Gateways → COSC 111
32. ONESEARCH TO RULE THEM ALL… Cook OneSearch • Search more* of the Library's resources at once. • Find books, articles, media, government information, and other library resources all in one place. • Search what Towson owns as well as resources at other USMAI Libraries. *but not ALL!!
33. C O O K O N E S E A R C H http://cooklibrary.towson.edu
34. RECAP • Research process – many steps! • Evaluating information – check for CRAAP! • “Library Research” – can mean a lot of things! • Practice good search techniques • NEXT TIME: • Finish searching • Ethical use of information
35. QUESTIONS? • Kimberly Miller • kimberlymiller@towson.edu • 410-704-6324 • Reference • In-person: Reference desk (3rd Floor) • Phone: 410-704-2462 • IM/Email: http://cooklibrary.towson.edu • Text: 66746 & start your question with askcook