hsc100 information cycle
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HSC100 Information CycleTRANSCRIPT
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INFORMATION CYCLEHSC100Fall 2014
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Learning Outcomes • Distinguish the six parts of the information cycle in order
to select research articles for your final term project annotated bibliography.
• Search Academic Search Premier and find a research articles for your final term project annotated bibliography.
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Using the Computer at UNLV Libraries
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Ask at the Research & Information and/or Computer Help desk @ Lied Library
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Ask for Research Help
• Don’t Forget! Ask For Help• Ask a Librarian: Chat, Text, Phone, Email
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What is the information
cycle?
http://www.library.illinois.edu/diglit/tutorials/InfoCycle/InformationCycle.html
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Academic/ Scholarly Journals
Books &
Government Publications
Blogs TwitterFacebook
Newspapers
The Day of …
The week of …
Popular Magazines
Reference Books
Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
The week after …
Months after …
A year after …
Years after …
The Information Cycle
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Twitter, August 9, 2014 5:18 PM
The Day of …
Blogs TwitterFacebook
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New York Times, August 23, 2014
The week of …
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September 3, 2014
Gun Violence
Popular Magazines
The week after …
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What’s Missing? • New issue there isn’t anything yet in the scholarly
literature about this specific case• There is literature about gun violence • Scholarship as a conversation
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Academic/ Scholarly Journals
Books &
Government Publications
Reference Books
Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Months after …
A year after … Years
after …
The Information Cycle
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iClicker Question #1
Three months ago, a vaccine for Ebola was developed. According to the information cycle, could information on this new development be found in a book?
a)Yes
b) No
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LIBRARY RESOURCES How to find stuff at UNLV
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HSC 100 Subject Guide
http://guides.library.unlv.edu/hsc100
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Use Academic Search Premier to find journal articles on your topic
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ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER
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Research Articles Synonyms
Scholarly articles
Academic articles
Peer reviewed research
Peer reviewed article
Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals
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Academic Search Premier @UNLV Libraries
Type keywords* to find information resources on your topic.
*Keywords used by the researchers give better results.
Not sure which keywords to use? Ask a Librarian!
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Other helpful tips and hints
Email a copy of the citation to yourself
Look for Full Text links to get to your article.
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iClicker Question #2
Which of the following is trait of a research article? a) Color pictures
b) An Abstract
c) For a wide audience
d) Short, succinct with conversational language
e) None of the above
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Active Searching
• Search for a research article about the topic on your card.• 4 Groups Quick Search – Red • 4 Groups Google – Blue • 4 Groups Academic Search Premier – Green
In your groups: • Elect 2 people, one to type and one to speak • Typist:
1) Will demonstrate your group search.
• Speaker will report: 1)Where your group searched for your article?
2)What words you used to find your article?
3)How your group decided you had research article?
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iClicker Question #3
Where is the best place to search for a scholarly article? a) Information cycle
b) Google
c) Social media
d) Academic Search Premier
e) Newsweek
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Academic/ Scholarly Journals
Books &
Government Publications
Reference Books
Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Months after …
A year after … Years
after …
The Information Cycle
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Summary • Information Cycle • Research Article Synonyms• Parts of a Research Article • Modeled searching in: Academic Search Premier • Active searching using:
• Quick Search, Academic Search Premier and Google
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Thank You
• John Watts [email protected] • Rachelle Weigel [email protected] • Ms. Xan Goodman, [email protected]