This document contains slides from a presentation given by Sam Alfrey on research tips and tools. The presentation covers common problems with online search like algorithms that misrepresent groups, how to evaluate sources, and frameworks for conceptualizing research like authority being constructed and scholarship being a conversation. It poses questions researchers may have and includes activities for the audience.

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sam alfrey, research and instruction librarian
s l i d e s h a r e . n e t / s a l f r e y

2. 01 02 03what do librarians
even do
the problems of
google
tips and tools for
common research
concerns

3. WHAT IS ONE THING
YOU HAVE LEARNED
ABOUT RESEARCH
SINCE STARTING
COLLEGE?

4. WHAT ARE TWO
THINGS YOU HAVE
LEARNED ABOUT
RESEARCH SINCE
STARTING COLLEGE?

5. WHAT IS A
QUESTION YOU
STILL HAVE ABOUT
RESEARCH?

6. GOOGLE

10. ALGORITHMS OF
OPPRESSION

11. Search engines
misrepresents women
and girls, particularly
women and girls of
color (for more, see the
work of Professor Safiya
Noble in Dept of Info
Studies, UCLA)

17. INFORMATION
LITERACY
determine
information needed
access that
information evaluate your source
add information to
your knowledge base
understand legal and
ethical implications of
using information

18. AUTHORITY IS CONSTRUCTED
AND CONTEXTUAL

19. AUTHORITY IS CONSTRUCTED
AND CONTEXTUAL
INFORMATION CREATION AS A PROCESS

20. AUTHORITY IS CONSTRUCTED
AND CONTEXTUAL
INFORMATION CREATION AS A PROCESS
INFORMATION HAS VALUE

21. AUTHORITY IS CONSTRUCTED
AND CONTEXTUAL
INFORMATION CREATION AS A PROCESS
INFORMATION HAS VALUE
RESEARCH AS INQUIRY

22. AUTHORITY IS CONSTRUCTED
AND CONTEXTUAL
INFORMATION CREATION AS A PROCESS
INFORMATION HAS VALUE
RESEARCH AS INQUIRY
SCHOLARSHIP IS A CONVERSATION

23. AUTHORITY IS CONSTRUCTED
AND CONTEXTUAL
INFORMATION CREATION AS A PROCESS
INFORMATION HAS VALUE
RESEARCH AS INQUIRY
SCHOLARSHIP IS A CONVERSATION
STRATEGIC EXPLORATION

24. THERE ARE NO
RESOURCES
ON MY TOPIC!!!

25. THERE ARE TOO
MANY SOURCES
ON MY TOPIC!!!!!!!!

26. I DON’T REALLY
KNOW WHAT
MY TOPIC IS?

27. HOW DO I KNOW
IF THIS IS A
GOOD SOURCE?

28. WHAT DO I DO WITH
ALL OF THESE
SOURCES NOW
THAT I HAVE THEM?

29. CITATIONS
UGH :(

30. ACTIVITY

31. REFERENCE@
WHITTIER.EDU