“Meet the Info Kittehs!” Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Kendall College Library

1. “Meet the Info Kittehs!” Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Kendall College Library

2. Who? • Elise Brown • Reference & Instruction, & Web Librarian • Artist, Makeup Artistry, Singer, Dancer, Art Historian Don’t Make Me “Shush” You!

3. Let’s Talk About! • Library Basics • KCAD Catalog • MeLCat • Information Evaluation • Boolean Who? Boolean What? • Article Databases • All Things Plagiarism • Questions?

4. Library Basics! • KCAD Library: • Located on the 2nd Floor of Kendall • Has 3 Full-Time Librarians • 22,000 + Items • Books & 125+ Print Magazines, Journals & Newspapers • CDs, Book on CD, & DVDs • Course Reserves

5. Library Basics! • To Use the KCAD Library: • Get Your KCAD / FSU ID Card • Come to the Library • Link your ID barcode to Library Record • WHY?

6. Library Basics! • Borrow materials from the Library • Borrow materials through MeLCat • 24 / 7 - Off-Campus Access to the: • The Library Catalog • MeLCat • Article Databases

7. 24 / 7 – Access • KCAD / FSU ID Card • LOGIN: • My FSU ID + Password OR • Name + Barcode + Pin

8. Ideal for Snow, Sick & Lazy Days!

9. Library Basics! • KCAD Library Catalog

10. Library Basics! • KCAD Library Catalog • Books • Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Titles • CDs, DVDs, Book on CD • Course Reserves (Faculty Name) • Patron Record

11. Library Basics! • MeLCat is your best friend…

12. Library Basics! • MeLCat is your best friend… • Borrow materials from other libraries • 380 Libraries State Wide • + 44 Million Items • Available Items Arrive in 3-5 days • 3 Week Checkout (possible renewal)

13. Information Evaluation!

14. My professor said I need to use scholarly resources?

15. 3 Levels of Information • Popular • Scholarly • Peer Reviewed

16. Wait! How can I tell the difference?

17. Popular • Reviewed by an Editor or Editors • Written by Journalists / Reporters / Staff Writers • Slick, Glossy & Illustrated • Entertainment & Advertising • Audience = General Public • No citations

18. Scholarly • Reviewed by an Editor & Editorial Board • Written by Scholars & Experts • Lengthy Articles & Essays • Subdued in Appearance; Formal Language • Very Few Advertisements & Images • Research Oriented; Factual Content • Audience = Scholars & Experts • Citations, Footnotes • Bibliographies

19. What does “peer reviewed” mean? • “Peer reviewed” refers to a review process of publication. • Specialists and experts submit research and writing for publication. These materials are reviewed by other experts.

20. Information Evaluation!

21. I found this great Web source… http://www.theonion.com/content/index

22. C. R. A. A. P.

23. C. R. A. A. P. C = Current: • When was the site/page last updated? • When was the material published? • Is the information current enough for your topic/subject?

24. C. R. A. A. P. R = Relevant: • Appropriate for college-level work? • Is the information related to your topic?

25. C. R. A. A. P. A = Author: • Personal, Professional, or Business • Business, Company, Organization, Government - For or Non-Profit • Author? Credentials? Authority? • Publisher? • Domain / URL? .org, .gov, .mil, .edu, .net, .com

26. C. R. A. A. P. A = Accurate: • Documentation: Footnotes, Endnotes, Links Verification • Does the information match up? • Typos, Spelling and/or Grammatical Errors

27. C. R. A. A. P. P = Purpose: • “ Tone?” - Point of view? • Educate, Inform, Factual, Data • Sell, Entice, Advertise • Persuade, Opinion, Biased • Propaganda, Misinformation

28. How do I sort through this hot mess!?

29. Boolean Who? • Plain and simple, a basic search strategy using connectors • AND • OR • NOT

30. Boolean - AND • Retrieve all the results where both terms appear • To narrow or reduce too many search results • AND will give you the smallest number of results

31. Boolean - AND Section in the middle shows the results of a search for Cats AND Dogs

32. Boolean - OR • Retrieve all the results where either term appears • To expand or increase search results • OR will give you the largest number of results

33. Boolean - OR • Cats • Dogs • Cats & Dogs

34. Google & Wikipedia VS. Databases!

35. Article Databases! Provides access the contents of • Magazines • Newspapers • Journals • Trade Publications

36. Article Databases! Contents provided include: • Citations • Abstracts • Full-Text

37. What is a Citation? • Exact details of a published source of information • Books, Periodicals, Web pages, Lectures, Interviews, Photographs, Images, Movies, Music, Performances, Letters, Email, etc.

38. What is an Abstract? • A brief description or summary of the content of an article, essay or paper

39. What does Full-Text mean? • Electronic format of an article or essay: Read Print Copy & Paste Download & Save Email

40. Other Types of Databases? • Images - ARTstor & CAMIO – IMAGES • Reference - Encyclopedias & Dictionaries • Subject Specific Example: Grove Art Online / Oxford Art Online

41. General OneFile Multi-Subject Database + 100 Million Articles (1980 – 2011) Art · Business · Computers · Current Events · Economics · Education · Entertainment · Environmental Issues · Health care · Humanities · Law · Literature · News · Politics · Sciences · Social Sciences · Sports · Technology

42. LexisNexis Academic Multi-Subject Database + 350 News Sources + 300 Magazines & Journals Business & Legal Sources

43. Opposing Viewpoints Multi-Subject Database + 14,000 Pro / Con Essays + 5000 Topic Overviews + 5 million Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles

44. Avoiding Plagiarism

45. Avoiding Plagiarism Plagiarize: To take and use as one's own (the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another person); To copy (literary work or ideas) improperly or without acknowledgement.

46. What is a Bibliography? Bibliography / Works Cited A list of CITATIONS for the information resources you used in your paper, presentation, project, etc. Books, Articles, Web sites, Images, & Other Media: Email, Interviews, Letters, Movies, Music, Peformance,Video, etc.

47. Do I Have to Cite Images? Absolutely!

48. How do I “cite” stuff? MLA – Modern Language Association Format and Style Guide ~ 2009Edition OWL – Purdue University http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

49. When In Doubt…Ask!

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