Finding and managing information (including endnote OR zotero)Jamie Bisset
Most recent version of slides from Durham "Finding and Managing Information" session.. Delivered as part of the Durham University Researcher Development Programme.
[These slides cover the content for the 'Finding Information' component of the session]
[Last Devlivered November 2014]
Further Training available at https://www.dur.ac.uk/library/research/training/
The question of what constitutes a keyword is the starting point for query design for that is what makes querying and query design practically a part of a research strategy. When formulating a query, one often begins with keywords so as to ascertain who is using them, in which contexts and with which spread or distribution over time. In the following a particular keyword query strategy or design is put forward, whereby one queries competing keywords, asking whether a particular term is winning favour and amongst whom.
Finding and managing information (including endnote OR zotero)Jamie Bisset
Most recent version of slides from Durham "Finding and Managing Information" session.. Delivered as part of the Durham University Researcher Development Programme.
[These slides cover the content for the 'Finding Information' component of the session]
[Last Devlivered November 2014]
Further Training available at https://www.dur.ac.uk/library/research/training/
The question of what constitutes a keyword is the starting point for query design for that is what makes querying and query design practically a part of a research strategy. When formulating a query, one often begins with keywords so as to ascertain who is using them, in which contexts and with which spread or distribution over time. In the following a particular keyword query strategy or design is put forward, whereby one queries competing keywords, asking whether a particular term is winning favour and amongst whom.
Presentation for Ref22, a monthly webinar for reference and virtual reference librarians through the Washington State Library.
Redux of "Searcher's Academy 2.0", a full-day pre-conference at the 2009 Internet Librarian Conference in Monterey, CA.
The emergence of social media means a new and different way for people to contribute digital content. Likewise, it means we need new ways to search for and find this new content. The big search engines don't necessarily focus on finding this content. This session will provide an overview of some search engines that help you find information in the social media. At the end of this session, you should be able to:
Understand why we want to search and participate in the social media
Understand what types of search engines are available on the public Internet that allow you to search social content.
About Bill Chamberlin
Bill is a 30 year veteran of IBM spanning a career in both Sales and Marketing. He has spent the last 16 years in IBM's Market Insights organization supporting IBM Marketing and Strategy professionals. He currently works as a Principal Consultant Analyst on a small team focused on helping IBMers develop social media marketing strategies. Bill is also a community leader, having built and managed the 1900 member HorizonWatch community within IBM since 2001. He is very active in the social media blogging and tweeting under the HorizonWatching brand name. Bill received his MBA in 1995 from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management and has lived in the Chicagoland area his entire life.
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- introduce some of the principles of information literacy
- talk about constructing a search strategy and implementing some search techniques
- show students how to use the library's resources (catalogs, databases, and LibGuides)
- discuss evaluating information sources
- using information ethically and legally (citation styles)