welcome to the information literacy student tutorial you have been assigned a research project and...

Welcome to theInformation Literacy Student Tutorial

You have been assigned a research project and you are not surewhere to begin. The Touro College Libraries have many resourcesto assist you.

This instruction module is designed to introduce you to a variety ofuseful library resources and services and to prepare you toresearch your topic.

Research can seem a little overwhelming at first, but we believeyou will feel much better prepared after you complete this step-by-step module.

Let's get started

A worksheet is available for you to use as you complete the tasks at the end of each section. At the bottom of each assignment page there are links to the Touro College Virtual Library.

Click on the following student worksheet link and use the Windows File Print command to print a copy of the worksheet. Student Worksheet. Then click the back arrow to return to the tutorial.

Touro College Virtual Library

The Virtual Library is located at the following URL:

www.touro.edu/library/

The Virtual Library has information on and links to:

About the Libraries

Library Services

Find Resources

Using this tutorial, you will learn:

How to search for books, media, and ebooks by subject in the Library Catalog and how to use ebooks.

How to search for full text periodicals using Proprietary Databases

How to use a Subject Directory to locate quality Web sites selected by human editors

How to use a Search Engine to find Web resources selected by computer programs

How to evaluate Web sites using five basic rules to determine if the information is appropriate for your research assignment

How to complete your bibliography using a style guide and NoodleTools

Part 1: Using the Library Catalog

You can search for books and media using an online catalog.

To access our online catalog, click on the Books & Media (Library Catalog) link.

Touro College Library Catalog

The Library Catalog SIMPLE SEARCH screen appears.

This catalog includes all physical items (books and media) in the library collections as well as ebooks, etheses, and ejournal databases.

Searching the Catalog

Let’s do a subject search in the Touro College Library Catalog.

For this section we will use the subject terms global warming to retrieve information about books and media in the libraries. Type the terms in the Search box (arrow).

Click the down arrow next to Any Field (circled), to view the list of options that allows you to specify the area in the record to search.

Searching the Catalog

The following options can be used to search for resources: Any field Author Title Subject (non-medical) Subject (medical) LC Call number (non-medical) NLM Call number (medical) ISBN/ISSN OCLC number

Searching by Subject (non-medical)

To search on a subject area that we are interested in, click on Subject (non-medical) (arrow).

We are using the search terms:

global warming



Place the cursor on Subject (non-medical). This option will fill in the second box as is displayed to the right (circled).

Click (arrow). Go!

Search Results

Your search results will appear on the screen as shown to the right. If there is not an exact match to your subject terms, the catalog will provide nearby LC SUBJECTS.

Let’s look at the third entry on the list titled: Global warming -- Economic aspects : Moore, Thomas Gale; for which there is 1 entry.

Click the title link (arrow).

Search Results

Now we will examine the catalog entry for the book:

“Climate of fear : why we shouldn't worry about global warming …”

Book Details

This screen depicts the following details about the book (circled).

Title/Author Imprint Location Call # Status Additional Subjects

Let’s review each detail.

Title / Author

The book detail screen shows the book Title followed by the author’s or editors name.

In this example the book title is: “Climate of fear : why we shouldn't worry about global warming” / Thomas Gale Moore

Location

The Location describes where the book is physically located.

In this example, the book, “Climate of fear : why we shouldn't worry about global warming …” is located at the Midtown library.

Call #

The Call # refers to the number that was assigned to this book using the Library of Congress Classification System.

Each book has a unique number that organizes it on the shelves by subject area. The Call # for this book is: QC981.8.G56 M64 1998

Note that the call number ends with the publication year so you will know how current the book is.

Status

The Status lets you know if the book is available.

Examples of status types include:

Available ReservedOn Hold Checked OutIn Transit Non-TC ILLMissing Overdue

In this example, the book is Available.

Subject Headings

You can search for more books in the catalog by clicking on Subject links in the book details.

Additional subjects are listed towards the bottom of the book detail record.

For example: Global warming -- Economic aspects (arrow).

Locating ebooks in the Catalog

Touro College Libraries subscribe to over 40,000 ebooks.

Let’s go back to the Catalog SIMPLE SEARCH screen and type the search terms

global warming

Select to search in Any Field

Click (circled). Advance to continue or click here to return to the Index

Go!


Review the result list and select an entry that is noted Electronic Resources. The entry will have the following as its location: College E-Books (circled).

On the screen to the right, scroll down to locate the ebook titled, “Wildlife responses to climate change North American case studies ”.

Click on the title link for this book to open the record (arrow).


The catalog entry for this ebook appears on the screen.

Notice the blue box in the center of the screen.

Click here to access the electronic book

Click on this link to open the ebook record (arrow).

Reviewing an ebook

This ebook is one of many entries that is available through an electronic book service called ebrary.

After you have opened the ebook, you can scroll through the Table of Contents, Chapters, index, etc. by clicking on one of the links. (arrow)

Click on the link for Contents…(circled).

Reviewing an ebook - Contents

You will see the Table of Contents appear on the right side of the window.

You can scroll up and down through the Contents of the book on screen. (arrow).

Next, let’s do a search for specific concepts relating to Global Warming within this ebook.

Searching within an ebook

To search within an ebook, use the Infotools feature at the top of the ebrary menu bar.

Click on the down arrow next to InfoTools (circled).

A list of choices appear on screen. Highlight the option to Search document (arrow).


Type in the search terms for the information that you are seeking within the ebook (arrow).

For example:

temperature changes

Click Search


The first instance of the term temperature changes appears on screen, highlighted in red (arrow).

You can read the context right on the screen to see if this is suitable for your research.

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To go to the next instance of the terms temperature change, click on the symbol for next search page (circled).

Search for additional ebooks in ebrary

To do a Simple search for additional ebooks type your terms global warming in the white box (circled) and click search (arrow).

Using Advanced Search in ebrary

To do an Advanced Search in ebrary, click on the tab for Advanced search (arrow).

Type in your search terms global and warming and select search in: Subject (circled).

Using Advanced Search in ebrary

Advanced Search will return a list of results. The book jacket appears on the screen to the left, followed by the Title link in blue (arrow).

Publishing details are to the right (bracket), with related subjects listed at the bottom of each book entry (circled).

Assignment 1

Go to the Touro College Virtual Library and perform a Library Catalog search using your topic.

Select one of the entries in your catalog search results.

Review the detailed record

for a book that looks interesting and answer the questions for Assignment 1 on your worksheet.

Catalog search practice Advance to continue or click here to return to the Index

Part 2: Proprietary Databases

Touro College subscribes to many online databases to help you with your research needs.

Subscription databases are found on the Touro College Virtual Library by clicking on the Proprietary Databases link.

Touro College subscribes to many online databases to help you with your research needs.

Subscription databases are found on the Touro College Virtual Library by clicking on the Proprietary Databases link.

Advance to continue or click here to return to the Index

Proprietary Database Links

The databases that you need can be viewed by clicking on a subject area link.

OR

You can scroll down the complete list of databases arranged in alphabetical order.

Using Academic Search Premier

For this tutorial let’s use the database Academic Search Premier. This database is very good for general research.

Scroll down the complete alphabetical list of resources and click on Academic Search Premier.

Advanced Search in Academic Search Premier

Click on the Advanced Search button indicated by the symbol in the graphic.

Type in the keywords as follows:

Find globalAnd warming

Click on the down arrow and select SU Subject Terms as indicated in the graphic to search IN the subject fields.

Note in the circle that you can check and limit your search Full Text documents. This will eliminate citations from the results.

Click on Search.

Search Results

Your search results will appear on the screen. A sample is to the right.

The total number of items retrieved is displayed. In this example 1-10 out of 5792 results are displayed.

Narrow Results By Subject

Look at the colored box to the left of your search results. This box contains additional subjects related to your search terms.

You can narrow down your search by clicking on them. Let’s click on the subject link: GLOBAL temperature changes.


Search Results

You are now searching on (SU global AND SU warming) AND DE “GLOBAL temperature changes”.

In Academic Search Premier the DE tag performs an exact search for subject headings describing an article.

Your result list is now 851 entries instead of 5792.

Citation of the Article

The results of your narrowed search are displayed on the screen and are numbered. The title of each article is in blue.

To view the citation of the article, click on the title of the article in blue.

The Article in Citation Format

Full Text Article

When you scroll down the list of results, you will notice that one of the articles on the list is available in PDF Full Text (arrow).

If you click on the PDF Full Text link, you will see a copy of the entire article. You can print out this article if you choose.

The Article in Full Text Format

Journal Sources

We are pretty comfortable with books, so now let’s take a look at journal sources.

There are different classifications of journal sources. The types that you will likely encounter in your research are:

Scholarly

Trade

Popular Advance to continue or

click here to return to the Index

Scholarly Journals

Used by Academics

Scholarly materials have a serious appearance and containvery little advertising.

They are written for professors,students, or researchers.

The authors have expertise,have done research, and areaffiliated with or sponsored bya professional association.

Trade Journals

Used by Professionals

Trade or professional materials

may have a bright cover and

contain advertising that appeals

to those in the industry or field.

They are written to provide

information of use to that

particular industry or field of

study.

Popular Magazines

Used by Anyone

Popular materials may have abright cover, and contain manyglossy pictures and lots ofadvertising.

They are written to attract a broadsegment of the population and areusually published commercially.

They have second or third-handinformation, are opinions on acontemporary issue, and attempt toinform/entertain a wide audience ontopics of general interest.

Practice Selecting a Journal Type

Assignment 2

Go to the Touro College Virtual Library and perform a periodical Proprietary Database search using your topic.

Select one of the entries in your proprietary database search results. Print the citation of the article. You will need to use this to create your bibliography later in this tutorial.

Select an article in Full Text and answer the questions for Assignment 2 on your worksheetPractice Proprietary Databases


Part 3: Quality Internet Sites

There are many Web pages published on the Internet.

Your goal is to choose a quality Web site that is appropriate for your research needs.


Web & Search Sites

The Touro College Virtual Library offers links to many quality web sites that can help you in your research.

Under Find RESOURCES, click on Web & Search Sites.


Web & Search Sites

The WEB & SEARCH SITES page is divided into four major categories:

Ready Reference Subject Directories Search Engines Metasites, Portals &

Gateways

Let’s review Subject

Directories.

Subject Directories

Subject Directories include collections of links that were selected by human editors / specialists who have subject expertise.

These links have been reviewed and carefully chosen to assist students with their research needs.


Types of Subject Directories

The Subject Directories have been organized into the following categories: General Business Education & Psychology Health Sciences Humanities Jewish Studies Mathematics & Science Social Sciences

Subject Directories

Each subject directory contains lists of Web links that relate to a specific area of interest.

For example, if you click on Business, you will see a list of Web links that you can use for research on accounting, economics, finance, management,

marketing, etc.

Business Subject Directories

The BUSINESS SUBJECT DIRECTORIES page contains an alphabetical list of links to collections of links to Web resources on all aspects of business.

Using subject directories can focus your research by going directly to quality Web resources that relate to your topic.

Using a Subject Directory

Let’s continue our research using our term global warming.

Click on Mathematics & Science for a list of subject directories on biology, chemistry, computer science, earth science, the environment, physics, etc.

Mathematics & Science Subject Directory

By clicking on this link, the first page of the MATHEMATICS & SCIENCE SUBJECT DIRECTORIES appears.

Let’s look for a link that might be useful for our topic global warming.

Selecting a link for your topic

Scroll down the mathematics and science subject links and you will see a link for:

Energy & Environment

Click on this link to review sites related to global warming and similar topics.

Energy & Environment Site

Note that this site has an .edu extension. Web sites that end with .edu are developed for education or research institutions.

http://www.zebu.uoregon.edu/energy.html

If you scroll down this page…

Energy & Environment Links

…you will see that these web links are within the subject area of global warming.

Using subject directories for web site navigation is a quick way to go directly to reviewed sources that are relevant to your research topic.

Part 4: Using a Search Engine

Another way to locate a Web site for your research is to use a Search Engine.

Some search engines that you will want to consider include:

GoogleAsk.comYahoo Search

Under Find RESOURCESclick on Web & Search Sites. Advance to continue or


General Search Engines

Search engines use computer programs to look for matches based on subject terms. The results are returned in a list that is not evaluated by subject area experts.

Click on General under Search Engines to bring up a list of all inclusive search tools.

General Search Engines

Let’s choose Google for this tutorial and type in our search term global warming.

Click on *****Google.

…then type in global warming and click on Google Search.

Search Engine Results

Your search results will appear on the screen.

Google ranks the top search results in order of relevance to your search terms.

Be as specific as you can with your search terms.


Part 5: Evaluating Search Results

Before selecting a Web site retrieved by a search engine, you should be aware of some characteristics of Web site evaluation.

When you use a Search Engine the results are computer-generated, and therefore need examination.

We will review five rules to follow when reviewing Web sites.


Web Site Evaluation – Rule 1

Authorship

This is a major criterion used in evaluating information. Who issponsoring, authoring, or managing theWeb site?

Does the publisher list his or herqualifications? You can determine thetype of Web site by the extension on itsURL.

.edu education / research

.com commercial / business

.gov government agencies, offices, and departments

.org group or individual

.mil military

.net Internet service provider

http://www.touro.edu/


Accuracy

Is the information on the site

reliable? Unlike scholarly

materials, Web sites are rarely

refereed or reviewed.

Differentiate fact from opinion. Look out for ambiguity,manipulative reasoning, and bias.


Currency

Is the material up to date? Check

the date on the page to see when

it was updated.

Is some of the information

obviously out of date?


Comprehensiveness

What is the depth of the

information presented?

Does it cover a time period,

specific topic, claim to be

inclusive?


Style and functionality

Is the site laid out clearly and logically? Check for correct grammar and spelling. Is the writing style appropriate for the intended audience?

Is the site easy to navigate? Are there clearly labeled icons and links? Do links to remote sites work?

Selecting a Site

Getting back to your Google search results for the topic global warming, let’s choose the following site from the search results:

EPA: EPA Global Warming Site

Click on the EPA: EPA Global Warming Site link.

Let’s see if this site meets our requirements for the five rules.

The EPA Global Warming Site

Authorship

The URL (Uniform Resource Locater) is:

http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html

This URL ends in .gov which means that it is a site maintained by a government agency.


Accuracy

This site focuses on the science and impacts of global warming or climate change, and on actions by governments.

The data on this site includes factual information represented in documents, statistics, and reports from both a domestic and global perspective.


Currency

The date this page was last modified is Wednesday, October 2nd, 2002. Page modifications are usually cosmetic in nature.

However, if you click on the EPA home link, the date the site was last updated was Thursday, July 20th, 2006. Updates signify that enhancements were made to the content of the Web site.


Comprehensiveness

This site has links to position papers, emission reports, international material, EPA Conference reports, and outreach materials.

The site covers the topic of global warming pretty thoroughly.


Style and functionality

The EPA site is organized by major subject area and the material is presented using both graphic and narrative links as well as a vertical menu.

This site looks like it will be useful for your research.

Assignments 3, 4 and 5

Go to the Touro College Virtual Library Web & Search Sites page and, using your search terms, select a Subject Directory to locate relevant Web sites for your research.

Review the results of your search and choose a Web site for your topic. (Do not choose a .com site.)

From the Web & Search Sites page, choose a Search Engine and, using the same subject terms, perform a search and compare your results.

Answer the questions for assignments 3, 4 and 5 on your worksheet.

Practice Using Web & Search SitesAdvance to continue or


Part 6: Writing Your Bibliography

The Touro College Virtual Library has tools to assist you in creating your bibliography or reference list.

There are style guides and online tools to help you.

From the Virtual Library, under Our SERVICES, click on the Guides & Tutorials link.


Resources for Bibliographies

Scroll down the page to

Quick links.

You will see links: For Students For Faculty

Click the link For Students


You will see Quick links for:

o Primary and Secondary Sources o Scholarly, Trade and Popular Materials o Style Guides o Citation Style for Research Papers (APA,

Turabian, MLA, Chicago, AMA) o NoodleTools (MLA & APA via NoodleBib)

For detail on using this program, read our Creating Your Bibliography with NoodleTools.

o Turnitin (plagiarism prevention system) For detail on how to submit a term paper, read

our Introduction to Turnitin for Students

Check with your professor tosee which style (APA, Turabian,MLA, etc.) is required for yourresearch paper.


NoodleToolsNoodleTools is a web based bibliography generator that Touro College Libraries has purchased for faculty and student use.

To create your NoodleTools ID, click on NoodleTools, New user? Create a new folder

Note: For detail on using this program, read our Creating Your Bibliography with

NoodleTools

Citation – Journal Resource

Below is an example of a journal article that would be included in

your bibliography for the research on global warming.

This is the journal article that we looked at using the Proprietary

Database, Academic Search Premier.

Bibliography

Moros, M., Jensen, K. G., & Kuijpers, A. (2006, May). Mid-to-late-Holocenehydrological and climatic variability in Disko Bugt, central West Greenland. Holocene, 16(3), 357-367. Retrieved May 10, 2006, from EBSCOhost - Academic Search Premier20377841 database (20377841).

This citation was created online using the program NoodleTools. Contact your local libraryfor assistance in creating your NoodleTools account.

Citation – Web Resource

Below is an example of a Web resource that would be included in

your bibliography for the research on global warming.

This is the EPA Global Warming Site that we just reviewed.

Bibliography

Global Warming. (2002, October 2). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Global Warming Site. Retrieved July 20, 2006, from Environmental Protection Agency Web site: http://yosemite.epa.gov/ oar/ globalwarming.nsf/ content/ index.html

This citation was created online using the program NoodleTools. Contact your local library for assistance in creating your NoodleTools account.

Assignment 6

Review the style guides and create a citation for your bibliography. Use your article list from assignment #2 to choose an article for your citation.

Write your citation in the space provided on your worksheet or attach a NoodleTools bibliography.

Submit your worksheet to your professor.

Style GuidesNoodleTools


Congratulations!

You have successfully

completed the

Information Literacy

Tutorial.

Any questions can be

submitted to:

[email protected]

Or visit your local Touro

College Library.Advance to continue or


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