Workshop on finding images, sounds, and secondary sources.

1. Adaptations & Remixes
Finding Secondary Sources,
Images & Sound
Nicole Branch, Instruction Librarian
Image courtesy of Flickr user Paolobarzman

2. Objectives
• Think like an information expert
• Find images and sound and use them ethically
in your coursework
• Practice finding & retrieving articles related to
artistic adaptations, remixes & appropriations
Background image courtesy of Flickr user Ellen van Deelen

3. “A new
way of
learning…”
Image courtesy of Flickr user Leo Hidalgo

4. Thinking Like an Information Expert
• Pick a topic you are passionate about
• Identify the type of Information (and where you’ll find
it)
• Cast a wide net (and then strategically narrow)
• Have a system (to keep track of what you find)
• One search is never enough (searching is iterative)

5. Thinking Like an Information Expert
• Pick a topic you are passionate about
• Identify the type of Information (and where you’ll find
it)
• Cast a wide net (and then strategically narrow)
• Have a system (to keep track of what you find)
• One search is never enough (searching is iterative)

6. Topic Selection
• Artist
• Genre
• Artistic work
• Type

7. Topic Examples
• Artist
– Kara Walker
• Genre
– Film
• Artistic work
– Othello
• Type
– Erasure poems; Hip Hop sampling

8. Think & Share
• Brainstorm a potential topic or topic area
• Turn to your neighbor and share

9. Thinking Like an Information Expert
• Pick a topic you are passionate about
• Identify the type of Information (and where you’ll find
it)
• Cast a wide net (and then strategically narrow)
• Have a system (to keep track of what you find)
• One search is never enough (searching is iterative)

10. Thinking Like an Information Expert
• Pick a topic you are passionate about
• Identify the type of Information (and where you’ll find
it)
• Cast a wide net (and then strategically narrow)
• Have a system (to keep track of what you find)
• One search is never enough (searching is iterative)

11. Secondary Sources
• Secondary source
• Scholarly
• Related to adaptation/appropriation/remix

12. Specialized Databases
• Subject-specific
• Content-specific
• Advanced search options

14. Thinking Like an Information Expert
• Pick a topic you are passionate about
• Identify the type of Information (and where you’ll find
it)
• Cast a wide net (and then strategically narrow)
• Have a system (to keep track of what you find)
• One search is never enough (searching is iterative)

15. Thinking Like an Information Expert
• Pick a topic you are passionate about
• Identify the type of Information (and where you’ll find
it)
• Cast a wide net (and then strategically narrow)
• Have a system (to keep track of what you find)
• One search is never enough (searching is iterative)

16. Hip Hop
Image by Banksy; photo courtesy of Flickr user Tim Fuller.

17. Creative Commons
A Shared Culture: http://creativecommons.org/videos/a-shared-culture

18. Creative Commons License
Image courtesy of sourcefabric.org

19. Thinking Like an Information Expert
• Pick a topic you are passionate about
• Identify the type of Information (and where you’ll find
it)
• Cast a wide net (and then strategically narrow)
• Have a system (to keep track of what you find)
• One search is never enough (searching is iterative)

20. Nicole Branch
Instruction Librarian
nbranch@scu.edu
408.554.5436