Workshop on keyword development and determining authority of sources.

1. Crowdsourcing Keywords
Nicole Branch
Instruction Librarian
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2. Today we will….
Develop strategic searches
Retrieve sources for your assignment
Determine authority of sources
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3. Search is strategic exploration
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4. Class Topic
• Violence in Pig Farming
• The rationality/irrationality of consumer
choice when it comes to meat (food)
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5. Class Topic
• The California Dream: Utopianism (utopia,
dystopia, and the problems that go along
with being overly idealistic)
• The History and Origins of Factory Farming
(especially in California).

6. Identifying Keywords
Joshua Vossler, Selecting and Using Keywords

7. Class Topic
• Violence in Pig Farming
• The rationality/irrationality of consumer
choice when it comes to meat (food)
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8. Class Topic
• The California Dream: Utopianism (utopia,
dystopia, and the problems that go along
with being overly idealistic)
• The History and Origins of Factory Farming
(especially in California).

9. Crowdsourcing
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10. Crowdsourcing
Keywords
• Divide into annotated
bibliography teams
• Brainstorm keywords
for the keyword
assigned your group
• Record on the
bulletin board.
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11. Developing Keywords
Broader
Narrower
Synonym
Academic
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12. Report Out
• Select your top three terms
• Terms you believe will yield the best results
• Share top picks with the class

13. Authority is
constructed
& contextual
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14. Search
• Finding
authoritative
books
Leave with at least one authoritative book you can use for your
annotated bibliography.

15. Background
Information
• Explore one of the
databases in the
“Get Background
Information” box.
• Find and read an
encyclopedia entry.
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16. Nicole Branch
nbranch@scu.edu
554.5436
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