1. LIS 601
Annotating Sources
Dictionaries
Quiz Review
Spring 2013
Dr. Diane Nahl
Introduction to Reference and Information Services
University of Hawaii
Library and Information Science Program

2. World’s Longest
Sole Authored Book
Morice, David.
2010. Poetry City • 2-feet thick
Marathon. Iowa • Weighs 56 lbs
City: Sackter • 10,119 pages
House Media. • Binding took
24 hours over
Written between four days
July-October,
2010 during a Fulltext:
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3. Annotating Sources
 See pp. 18-19 Assignment
Instructions
 Examine prior Bibliography Plans
 March 19 bring complete drafts of
5-7 annotated entries to class for an
exercise
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4. Sample Book Citation
[7th Ed. 17.1] & Annotation
Rose, Christine and Kay Germain Ingalls. The
Complete Idiot’s Guide to Genealogy. New York: Alpha
Books, 1997. [RG 929.1 RO]
Up-to-date and, despite the title, a surprisingly
comprehensive guide. Written by professional
genealogists and teachers. In-depth Table of Contents
reflects thorough coverage of the subject. Contains the
Idiot Guide series styled-boxed notes on
tips, jargon, pitfalls and lessons. Thorough appendices
on abbreviations and acronyms, worksheets and
definitions.
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5. Sample Journal Citation
[7th Ed. 17.2.2] & Annotation
Venkataraman, Leela. “Transcending the Cultural
Divide: Westerners Performing Indian Classical Dance.”
TDR 38 (2) (Summer 1994): 81-86. [PN1601 .T8]
Highly useful article discussing the breakthrough of non-
Indians into Indian dance and the difficulties they
encounter. Includes interviews with non-Indian dancers
performing in India. An indispensable source for anyone
interested in studying dance in India.
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6. Magazine Citation, Annotation, &
Password-protected URL:
Do not use this format
Ross, John F. “Treasured in its Own Right, Amber is a Golden
Window on the Long Ago: The Hand Carved Amber That Once
Decorated a Palace May Be Lost, but an Impossible Dream of
Paleontologists Might Yet Come True.” Smithsonian, Jan 1993, 30-
40, http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu:2131/ehost.asp?key=204.179.122.140_8000_11
42396748&site=ehost&return=n&custid=s4719510&IP=yes [accessed April
18, 2002].
Discusses the history of amber with a significant portion
regarding the Amber Room. Contains information
regarding the history of the room as well as the current
mysteries and reconstruction of the room. A good
general article to get the feel of the subject.
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7. Revised Magazine Citation
[7th Ed. 17.3] Without URL
Ross, John F. “Treasured in its Own Right, Amber is a Golden
Window on the Long Ago: The Hand Carved Amber That Once
Decorated a Palace May Be Lost, but an Impossible Dream of
Paleontologists Might Yet Come True.” Smithsonian, January
1993, 30-40. [AS30.S6]
Discusses the history of amber with a significant portion
regarding the Amber Room. Contains information
regarding the history of the room as well as the current
mysteries and reconstruction of the room. A good
general article to get the feel of the subject.
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8. Sample Web Journal Article Citation
[7th Ed. 17.2.7], Annotation, & URL
Common Cause. “The Fallout from the Telecommunications Act of
1996: Unintended Consequences and Lessons Learned.” ECommon
Cause Online. http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf%7BFB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE-
BD4429893665%7D/FALLOUT_FROM_THE_TELECOMM_ACT_5-9-05.PDF [accessed March
30, 2006].
Outlines the adverse effects of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Describes how the Act prompted a wave of media mergers, reducing
the number of diverse voices in radio and television and the amount
of minority-owned and locally-owned radio stations. Attempts to
educate the public about the effects of deregulation and to influence
lawmakers to revisit telecommunications policy. Though biased
toward responsible governmental regulation, Common Cause
presents a well-researched argument for change.
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9. Requirements:
Draft Annotations
 Drafts of 5-7 annotated entries are due
March 19 for in-class exercise:
 Include a variety of formats
(books, magazine articles and journal
articles, Web sites, media, etc.)
 Write complete Turabian citations in
Bibliography form (B)
 Write annotations 3-7 sentences long
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10. Relevancy Table: Subject
Heading, Search Term & Strategy
 Keep accurate notes
of CV and NL and
search strings for
each database  Blood & Chocolate
 Rate the relevance  Knitting
of each search term
and/or string  Takarazuka
 Present search
terms used in each
database with
relevance
assessments
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11. Dictionaries:
Historical Beginnings
 Glosses (annotations) Middle Ages
 Dictionarius 1225 Johannes de Garlandia
(Latin word list)
 Dictionarium Linguae Latinae et Anglicanae
1587 Thomas Thomas (Latin-English)
 Table Alphabeticall 1604 Robert Cawdrey (first
English dictionary)
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12. Dictionaries:
Historical Beginnings
 1755 Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary
 London’s Grubstreet writers’ literary
neighborhood
 2003 edition commemorating SJ’s 294th
birthday
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13. Dictionaries:
Historical Beginnings
 Defining meanings: literary and subjective
vs. scientific and objective
 1828 Noah Webster’s unabridged
dictionary
 2006 Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate
Dictionary adds 100 new words
 google (v.)
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14. Dictionaries:
Historical Beginnings & Growth
 1857-1928 1st edition Oxford English
Dictionary 10 vols.
 70 years to complete
 OED words & meanings from 1100 A.D.
 1st Editor James Murray [The Professor
and the Madman by Simon
Winchester,1998]
 W.C. Minor, prolific contributor
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15. Dictionaries:
Historical Beginnings & Growth
 1989 2nd edition OED 20 vols., 616,500
words & phrases
 61 years after the first edition
 5 years to complete
 5,000 new words, adds 450 new words per
year
 2.5 million quotations
 1998 first electronic version
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16. Dictionaries:
Historical Beginnings & Growth
 1992 OED on CD-ROM (2,000 new words)
 2000 OED Web database
 2012 OED 3rd edition won’t be printed
 1.3 million new words & phrases
 Blogosphere (2009); jeggings, mankini, LOL, OMG, the
symbol for “heart” <3 (2011)
 2011 Concise Oxford English Dictionary
 400 new words including retweet, woot, sexting and
cyberbullying
 Centennial edition 240,000 words
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17. OED Online
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18. OED Online
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19. OED Online
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20. Recent Books on the OED
& Roget’s Thesaurus
 The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the OED.
(Winchester, 2003)
 Lost for Words: The Hidden History of the OED.
(Mugglestone, 2005)
 Treasure House of the English Language: The Living
OED. (Brewer, 2008)
 The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness and
the Creation of Roget’s Thesaurus. (Joshua
Kendall, 2008) © 1872, Peter Mark Roget, 25 editions.
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21. Making Dictionaries
 Readers & quotations
 Lexicographers
 Senses
 Descriptive (actual usage)
 Prescriptive (proper usage)
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22. Types of Dictionaries
 See handouts pp. 40-41
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23. Scope of Quiz
 TEXT CHAPTERS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17
 Handouts pp. 2-19; 40-44
 PowerPoints & lecture notes for
sessions 1-9
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24. Due Next Week
 Quiz in class
 TEXT CHAPTERS 18 & 19
 Kleugel & Ross pp. 39-43 (syllabus link)
 Handouts pp. 20-39 (Reference Standards)
 Search Work pp. 16-17 Web Content
Evaluation
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25. Due Dates for
Search Work 4 & 5
 SW 4 Web search engines due
March 19
 SW 5 Dictionaries due
March 19
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26. EB Online Sidebar Links
to Related Information
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27. Reference Interactions Project
• Info Island Reference Desk SLURL (to Teleport, click or paste
into browser window): http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Info
Island/115/112/34
• Reference Desk calendar schedule for the Community Virtual
Library, Info Island: http://bit.ly/aUQZOJ
• Schedule is Pacific Time, subtract 2 hours for Hawaii time (see
bottom left of calendar interface for time zone)
• Reference Interview Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/DNahlRef
• SL LibGuide: http://chaminade.libguides.com/secondlife
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28. Teleport to UH Island
 SLURL to Student Exhibit and Leaf Tour area:
 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/University%20of
%20Hawaii/188/128/22
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