“meet the info kittehs!” everything you ever wanted to know about the kendall college library
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Who?
• Elise Brown • Reference & Instruction, & Web Librarian
• Artist, Makeup Artistry, Singer, Dancer, Art Historian
Don’t Make Me “Shush” You!
Let’s Talk About!Library Basics
KCAD Catalog
MeLCat
Information Evaluation
Boolean Who? Boolean What?
Article Databases
All Things Plagiarism
Questions?
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
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?
Library Basics!
Borrow materials from the Library Borrow materials through MeLCat
24 / 7 - Off-Campus Access to the:
• The Library Catalog
• MeLCat
• Article Databases
Library Basics!
KCAD Library Catalog
• Books
• Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Titles
• CDs, DVDs, Book on CD
• Course Reserves (Faculty Name)
• Patron Record
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)
Popular
• Reviewed by an Editor or Editors• Written by Journalists / Reporters / Staff Writers• Slick, Glossy & Illustrated• Entertainment & Advertising• Audience = General Public• No citations
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
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.
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?
C. R. A. A. P.
R = Relevant:
• Appropriate for college-level work?
• Is the information related to your topic?
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
C. R. A. A. P.
A = Accurate:• Documentation: Footnotes, Endnotes, Links
Verification
• Does the information match up?
• Typos, Spelling and/or Grammatical Errors
C. R. A. A. P.
P = Purpose:• “ Tone?” - Point of view?
• Educate, Inform, Factual, Data
• Sell, Entice, Advertise
• Persuade, Opinion, Biased
• Propaganda, Misinformation
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
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
Article Databases!
Provides access the contents of
• Magazines
• Newspapers
• Journals
• Trade Publications
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.
What does Full-Text mean?
• Electronic format of an article or essay:
Read
Copy & Paste
Download & Save
Other Types of Databases?
• Images - ARTstor & CAMIO – IMAGES
• Reference - Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
• Subject Specific Example: Grove Art Online / Oxford Art Online
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
LexisNexis Academic
Multi-Subject Database
+ 350 News Sources
+ 300 Magazines & Journals
Business & Legal Sources
Opposing Viewpoints
Multi-Subject Database
+ 14,000 Pro / Con Essays
+ 5000 Topic Overviews + 5 million Magazine, Journal & Newspaper
Articles
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.
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.
How do I “cite” stuff?
MLA – Modern Language Association
Format and Style Guide ~ 2009 Edition
OWL – Purdue University
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
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