Freshman Orientation Ms. Swedo

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JSerra Library Webpages

Main Page:http://www.jserra.org/libraryThis class:Freshman English ClassOPAC:Library Catalog

Today’s Discussion

•Research process

•Sources of information

•Intellectual Freedom & Intellectual Property

•What librarians do to help!

BooksArticles WebsitesVideos

Facts say….Experts say….I think…..

Research1.

2.

3.EvaluateSuccess

6.

Primary/Secondary/Tertiary Sources

Former President Ronald Reagan’s“Evil Empire Speech” (1983) vs.A biography about President Reagan vs.

An almanac

Reference

• Newspaper• Dictionary• Thesaurus• Atlas• Encyclopedias

3 Sources of Information 1. OPACs – libraries

OLD vs. NEW

What’s in an OPAC?

Book Addresses

aka, Call Numbers

Search Options

Text box

Subject Headings

Insides of Books

2. Databases

NO!

WANT

Old vs. New

Formats

Database Log-In

• Go to Jserra Library webpage• Go to Research Databases & Videos

Username: accessPassword: jserra1213

Databases

• Link to Rutgers University video

3.

• Google• Google Advanced Search• Google Scholar

Google Search Strategies

1. Keywords2. quotes3. - (minus sign)4. Site operators (.edu, .org, .gov)5. truncation: *, #, $ (gives you versions of a word example: racis$: racist, racism….6. Boolean: and, or, not7. more: See Link

Site limiter

Websites & Credibility

• Currency• Authority• Biased (or objective)• Accuracy• CoverageEasy Who IsMartin Luther King.orgWHO.intPersonal Webpages: 1 and 2

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Snowbear – the sweet one

Yuki,The crazy one

Plagiarism

Intellectual Freedom: Read, seek information, speak freely

Intellectual Property

Automatic Immediate

Copyright & Fair Use• The guidelines also limit the amount of copyrighted multimedia material that can

be included in educational projects to • A film/DVD: Up to three minutes or 10 percent, whichever is less. • up to 10 percent or 1,000 words, whichever is less, of a single copyrighted work of

text. • an entire poem of less than 250 words or up to 250 words of a longer poem but no

more than three poems by one poet or five poems by different poets from a single anthology.

• A song: Up to 30 seconds or 10 percent of the song’s length , whichever is less. • up to five photographs or illustrations by one person and no more than 15 images

or 10 percent, whichever is less, of the photographs or illustrations from a single published work.

• up to 2,500 fields or cell entries or 10 percent, whichever is less, from a numerical database or data table.

Citing SourcesMLA paper

Before the revolution of Cambodia, many of the people were peasants, many were Khmer, and many were Buddhist (Kiernan 5).

Kiernan, Ben. The Pol Pot Regime. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. Print.

Citing Sources

Kissi says: “Genocide is a twentieth-century term describing an ancient crime” (236).

Kissi, Edward. “Genocide.” World at Risk: A Global Issues Sourcebook. Ed. Valerie Tomaselli. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2002, 236-249. Print.

Librarians

Sources• Slide 5: LibraryNet (OPAC), Wikipedia (old card catalog)• Slide 6: Wikimedia Commons, Robey Memorial Library (OPAC stations)• Slide 7: EMS Media Center (F), Avan Halem – Fiverr (NF)• Slide 10: Town of Davie, FL, Chromosome 18 Registry• Slide 11: AppAdvice.com, Marionberry Style• Slide 12: Vans.com, Sees.com• Slide 16: Nickelodeon.com, eClickPerformance.com• Slide 18: National Institute of Technology• Slide 19: Amazon.com• Slide 20: The New Yorker (Vol. 69 (LXIX) no. 20), page 61, 5 July 1993.• Slide 23: Carmel Clay Schools• Slide 24: Flickr.com• Slide 24: Batgirl, Jessica Olin; Reference Desk, Cunningham Memorial Library, Indiana State University

2nd half

Review Handouts

3 handouts from class:

•MLA Review Sheet•Avoiding Accidental Plagiarism•Parenthetical Citations----------------------------------------------------------------Print out the Sample MLA 7th edition paper

Banned Books

•ALA’s list of Challenged and/or Banned Books

Censorship

FOIAhttp://www.foia.gov/about.html

Freedom of Speech – 1st Amendment RightsStudent Rights – Rights of Schoolshttp://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_stud.html

Sample citations

• Book citation

• Magazine citation

• Website citation

Book – One Author – Title Page

Book – One Author

Davidson, Arthur. The Incredible State of Absolute Nothingness. New York: StarCatcher, Inc., 2009. Print.

Author. Title in Italics. City: Publisher, Year. Print.

Parenthetical Citation:(Davidson #).

Magazine Citation (print)

Kiviat, Barbara. “How to Create a Job.” Time Magazine. 29 Mar. 2010: 19-27. Print.

Parenthetical citation:(Kiviat #).

How to Cite Websites

1. Author. (ex.: Smith, John A.)2. “Title of Webpage.” (in quotes)3. Title of Website (ex.: CNN.com.)4. Sponsoring organization, (ex.: Cable News Network,)5. Date on webpage (if any). If no date, use n.d.5. Format (Web.)6. Date you looked at it (ex.: 14 Sept. 2011).

URLs? (don’t need them)

Websites – with Author on PageCNN Article: Colbert

Webpage – with Author

Silverleib, Alan. “Colbert storms Capitol Hill for migrant workers.” CNN.com. Cable News

Network, 24 Sept. 2010. Web. 25 Sept. 2010.

Author. “Title of Webpage.” Name of Website. Sponsoring Organization of Site, date on webpage. Web. Date you viewed webpage.

If No Date on Webpage

Silverleib, Alan. “Colbert storms Capitol Hill for migrant workers.” CNN.com. Cable News

Network, n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2010.

Parenthetical Citations• According to one source, “here is my quote in my

paper” (Dixon 42).• Burnett said, “and we quote Burnett” (13).• CNN reported……………. (author or “Title of

webpage”). Works CitedAuthor. Or… “Title of webpage.” CNN.com. etc. ……Burnett, Mark. ……………………………..Dixon, Byron. ………………….

URLs for Quiz – Mr. Plaia

URLs for quiz – Mrs. Sulick

URLs for Quiz - Mrs. Ripullo

URLs for Quiz - Mrs. McKeagney

Sources

• fs.fed.us.