COMM1180-Alcock November 2012
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COMM1180-Alcock November 2012
- 1. Library Resources for Mechanical Engineering Technology SMART START
- 2. I AM . . . Melanie Parlette LRC Program Liaison for School of Engineering and Information Technology mparlette@conestogac.on.ca
- 3. TODAY we will… • Locate the LRC website and identify the most relevant components of the site as emphasized during the session • List and explain the criteria one can use to evaluate resources to ensure they are of good quality. • Perform a basic search in an article database or Article Search in the Library’s Discovery Service and narrow that search and create a list of results. • Discover resources to help you cite in IEEE
- 5. LRC Homepage Research Help Engineering Mechanical Engineering YOUR Research Guide http://bit.ly/LRCMechEng Key Tabs: •Articles from Databases •Books . . . •Cite Your Sources •Contact Us
- 6. Today’s Research Topic is…. • Is there a relationship Facebook use and academic performance?
- 7. Finding A Source to Answer Your Question • Where do we begin? • Google • Wikipedia • Other suggestions…
- 9. Choosing Better Sources • How can you tell trustworthy information (the “better” information) from less-trustworthy information (“worse” information)? The CRAAP Test • Currency The timeliness of the information • Relevance The importance of the information for your needs • Authority The source of the information • Accuracy The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the information • Purpose The reason the information exists http://bit.ly/LRCcraaptest
- 12. Searching Tips: •Select “Full Text” •Narrow by Date •Determine appropriate source type •Consider narrowing by subject
- 13. IEEE Tools: •Conestoga “IEEE Information”: Examples of citations for both Print and Electronic References •RefWorks: Online tool available to create your References. Step 1: Export directly from the databases. Step 2: Export bibliography from RefWorks to Word. Check out the tutorials! Or ask at the Service Desk
- 14. Today We… • Located key sections of the LRC’s website • Practiced evaluating resources to ensure they were of good quality • Performed a basic search of LRC resources, narrowed our search and created a list of relevant results • Located the tools available to assist with organizing citations and using correct style
- 15. HELP AT THE A1109 LIBRARY Visit the Service Desk Email or Phone Instant Messaging
Editor's Notes
- How you can help them and how they can find you – leads into the ISEMP introduction
- This can be amended to reflect a specific assignment they are working towards or that information could be added verbally.
- Student ID and PIN overview
- Student ID and PIN overview
- This will depend on the group of students and their assignment
- We could find out all about this using Wikipedia, right? Perhaps start with Wikipedia – to get them to understand where you’re going with this, say “Wikipedia works for day-to-day questions, but why can’t you use just Wikipedia for all your research needs?” You’re looking for them to understand that a single source, regardless of what it is, is not enough for their research, even if it seems to provide all the answers they need…because it’s providing just one perspective, one author’s viewpoint. Facts may have been excluded or modified. You have to use a variety of sources to ensure you’ve got the best information, and the broadest perspective. List potential sources on the screen or on the board – the ones students suggest and you suggest will depend on the research topic
- Do a quick search for your question, together. Have students look at the first page of results and see if they intuitively know the best from the worst (this can be just by the names of the links and their domain suffixes, or you could pick one or two (one good, one bad) and present the question openly (“Do you think this website is trustworthy, or not? Why or why not? Think about it and then we’ll discuss it.”). You could also do this with preselected websites which you lead students to with links. After the open discussion, present the CAARS/CRAAP acronym to fill in additional considerations. Could also do this in reverse, using the CAARS evaluation tool up front [depends on timing and audience]
- Do a quick search for your question, together. Have students look at the first page of results and see if they intuitively know the best from the worst (this can be just by the names of the links and their domain suffixes, or you could pick one or two (one good, one bad) and present the question openly (“Do you think this website is trustworthy, or not? Why or why not? Think about it and then we’ll discuss it.”). You could also do this with preselected websites which you lead students to with links. After the open discussion, present the CAARS/CRAAP acronym to fill in additional considerations. Could also do this in reverse, using the CAARS evaluation tool up front [depends on timing and audience]
- Do a quick search for your question, together. Have students look at the first page of results and see if they intuitively know the best from the worst (this can be just by the names of the links and their domain suffixes, or you could pick one or two (one good, one bad) and present the question openly (“Do you think this website is trustworthy, or not? Why or why not? Think about it and then we’ll discuss it.”). You could also do this with preselected websites which you lead students to with links. After the open discussion, present the CAARS/CRAAP acronym to fill in additional considerations. Could also do this in reverse, using the CAARS evaluation tool up front [depends on timing and audience]
- Describe what the Discovery Service is and what it does Library subscribes to 1000s of electronic journals, 1000s of ebooks, tons of specialized databases and we still have lots of those crazy things called books. We have a special search engine that helps you discover what the library has to offer Rather than getting a mixed bag of results from Google that you aren’t sure what the true source is this will help you retrieve results that are appropriate for the assignments you will complete at the College level. Here are mine: learning and multi-taskingg Spell one of the words incorrectly to show the “did you mean” Learning and multi-taskingg Highlight any of the limiters and features you feel appropriate e.g. subject limiters, full-text online, catalogue for books and e-books, etc. Peer Reviewed: Scholarly research or projects. Illustrations are usually charts and graphs. Authors are authorities in their field. Often professors or researchers. Peer review process is in place where the content of an article is reviewed by one or more experts in the field. Date 2010 Subject – multitasking “ Check for Full Text” show and Regular item Show how to access the full-text and save the information about the article for citing and sharing PDF Download Save E-Mail Citing Citing allows us to clearly direct our instructors and fellow students to the source where we found our information This is key in avoiding plagiarism. We need to give credit where credit is due
- Describe what the Discovery Service is and what it does Library subscribes to 1000s of electronic journals, 1000s of ebooks, tons of specialized databases and we still have lots of those crazy things called books. We have a special search engine that helps you discover what the library has to offer Rather than getting a mixed bag of results from Google that you aren’t sure what the true source is this will help you retrieve results that are appropriate for the assignments you will complete at the College level. Here are mine: learning and multi-taskingg Spell one of the words incorrectly to show the “did you mean” Learning and multi-taskingg Highlight any of the limiters and features you feel appropriate e.g. subject limiters, full-text online, catalogue for books and e-books, etc. Peer Reviewed: Scholarly research or projects. Illustrations are usually charts and graphs. Authors are authorities in their field. Often professors or researchers. Peer review process is in place where the content of an article is reviewed by one or more experts in the field. Date 2010 Subject – multitasking “ Check for Full Text” show and Regular item Show how to access the full-text and save the information about the article for citing and sharing PDF Download Save E-Mail Citing Citing allows us to clearly direct our instructors and fellow students to the source where we found our information This is key in avoiding plagiarism. We need to give credit where credit is due
- Describe what the Discovery Service is and what it does Library subscribes to 1000s of electronic journals, 1000s of ebooks, tons of specialized databases and we still have lots of those crazy things called books. We have a special search engine that helps you discover what the library has to offer Rather than getting a mixed bag of results from Google that you aren’t sure what the true source is this will help you retrieve results that are appropriate for the assignments you will complete at the College level. Here are mine: learning and multi-taskingg Spell one of the words incorrectly to show the “did you mean” Learning and multi-taskingg Highlight any of the limiters and features you feel appropriate e.g. subject limiters, full-text online, catalogue for books and e-books, etc. Peer Reviewed: Scholarly research or projects. Illustrations are usually charts and graphs. Authors are authorities in their field. Often professors or researchers. Peer review process is in place where the content of an article is reviewed by one or more experts in the field. Date 2010 Subject – multitasking “ Check for Full Text” show and Regular item Show how to access the full-text and save the information about the article for citing and sharing PDF Download Save E-Mail Citing Citing allows us to clearly direct our instructors and fellow students to the source where we found our information This is key in avoiding plagiarism. We need to give credit where credit is due
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