1. FYE 191, LOVE AND WAR
LIBRARY ORIENTATION SESSION
OCTOBER 16 & 19, 2020
DR. FRANK QUINN
Dr. Michael Deckard and Dr. Dawn Floyd
2. OBJECTIVES
• The information landscape – an introduction
• Finding and using library information
o Formats
o Books – catalog, Summon
o Streaming media – catalog, Summon, databases
o Articles – Summon, databases
o Pro tips…
3. TWO THEMES FOR TODAY…
• Information is created.
• Information has value.
5. FINDING “THE GOOD STUFF”
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deepweb_graphical_representation.svg
6. FROM PHYSICAL TO VIRTUAL…
• Books Ebooks
• Print journals Ejournals
• Indexes Databases
• Libraries…
All images courtesy of Wikimedia Commons – CC BY SA
7. SCHOLARLY RESEARCH ARTICLES – A FIELD GUIDE…
Scholarly Popular
Abstract Yes No
Audience Scholars, experts General public
Author Professionals in the field,
credentials listed
Journalist or writer, credentials
optional
Language Formal, with field-specific
jargon
Informal or everyday language
Graphics Minimal, but including charts,
graphs, and formulas
Colorful; photos, illustrations.
Advertising
Length Usually long Short
Citations Yes. All sources listed, with both
in-article references and
bibliographies
Not normally
Ms. Magazine cover, CC-BY-SA
JSCS cover, CC-BY-SA
8. LET’S GO TO THE LIBRARY…
• …for books and other media
• …for scholarly journal articles
• …and for help!
9. TO REVIEW…
• Information is created, and
• Information has value.
• To find better information resources,
• you need to dive into the Deep Web,
and…
• …the library can help you do that.
Summon and the Library Catalog
Databases
Research Guides
10. QUESTIONS?
XKCD comic “Second,” by Randall Munroe, CC BY-NC 2.5
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Notes de l'éditeur
Why this outline? Why not just ‘here’s the library stuff?’ Because you need to know why you need to use the library….
Discuss different ways you use information in a day: games, music, phone calls, texts, social media, etc.
Google (love- .org .edu .gov) … YouTube (My Sweet Lord)… Wikipedia
all information has value…
Google (guns)
YouTube (My Sweet Lord [Guardians of…], He’s So Fine)
“Define ‘muggle’…” – Canvas module on “citing and plagiarism”
Rowling v. Vander Ark (information has value – intellectual property)
Since information has value, we can assume that some is “more valuable” than others. How do we find it?
What are we talking about here, and where did it come from? On how all these virtual, online resources come from print origins….
OA – “How much money does the average professor make on a published scholarly article?”
Brief history of the library as a physical facility, then—
“…for books and other media” = Catalog (Summon)
“…for scholarly journal articles” = Databases, Summon …be sure to mention ‘keyword’ vs. ‘subject’ searching if time.
“…and for help!” = Research Guides, Chat
“And the library can help you do that.” Books and other media (in our catalog); articles, ebooks, and streaming content (Summon), and librarian assistance (Chat widget, Research Help).
