comp i frederic murray assistant professor mlis, university of british columbia ba, political...
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Frederic Murray Assistant ProfessorMLIS, University of British ColumbiaBA, Political Science, University of Iowa
Instructional Services LibrarianAl Harris Library [email protected]
Library Session Comp I:
• Review Library Web Page
• Definitions
• Catalog/Database/Discovery
• PPT Designs
• Digital Storytelling
Information is a Tool
Not a Goal…..
Tools of Scholarship
Content• Books• Articles• Journals• Citations• WWW
Tools• Catalogs• Databases• Lists• Indexes• Search Engines
Definitions
Catalog• List of Books
Database• Resources for full text
articles
Major Resources:
• Book Catalog– Ebrary
• Article Databases– Academic Search Complete
• EBSCO
Exercise: EBSCO
• Locate an article on your home country dealing with economic policy.
• Country: Netherlands
Search Tips
• Boolean– And/Or/Not
• Peer Review• Full Text• Geography• Subject • Publication Date
Boolean
• AND = Narrow
• OR = Expand
• NOT = Exclude
Article
• Aarts, Noelle, Cees Van Woerkum, and Babette Vermunt. "Policy And Planning In The Dutch Countryside: The Role Of Regional Innovation Networks." Journal Of Environmental Planning & Management 50.6 (2007): 727-744. Academic Search Complete. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.
Exercise: Ebrary
• Locate a book on your home country dealing with education policy
• Country: Netherlands
Search Tips: Ebrary
• Boolean• Limiters• Chapter Search • Subject Headings
• Netherlands and Education Policy– Netherland/Education & State/Education/Education,
Higher
• Breimer, Douwe, and Saris, Frans, eds. Whose University Is It?. Amsterdam, NLD: Amsterdam University Press, 2006. ProQuest ebrary. Web. 12 February 2015.
New Service!
DiscoveryDiscovery searches all library content…
…ALL OF IT!
Search Exercise; Discovery• Search your home country for
economic policy
• Example: Netherlands
Search Tips: Discovery
• Boolean (of course)• Full Text• Date Slide
• Are you looking for a book?• Are you looking for an article?
– Peer Reviewed/News/Trade
Designing a good PPT
• 5 minute speech use 5-8 slides maximum (1 minute per slide)
• Less is More ( only use 3-4 elements per slide)
• Rely on visuals not text
The World of Knowledge
• Evolving History of Writing
• Evolving History of Libraries
• Evolving History of Education
LibrariesOld & New
Digital Storytelling
• Multimedia movies that combine photographs, video, animation, sound, music, text, and often a narrative voice.
Thanks!