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Comp I Library Resources
Frederic MurrayAssistant Professor MLIS, University of British ColumbiaBA, Political Science, University of Iowa
Instructional Services LibrarianAl Harris Library [email protected]
Where do I start?
• Formulate a good question Should guns be allowed on campus?
Are college campuses Safe?
How do we prevent school shootings?
What causes campus violence?
Helpful Keywords to Use
• Issue• Controve
rsy • Statistic• Ethical• Rights• Debate• Attitude• Trend• Conditio
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Examples:• Rights and Gun
Ownership• School Shootings
and Controversy• guns and schools
and Debate
Where do I start?
• Formulate a good question
• Create a search string
Campus shootings and guns
Campus shootings and guns and debate
Boolean
• AND = Narrow
• OR = Expand
• NOT = Exclude
Where do I start?
• Formulate a good question
• Create a search string
• Library Databases
Where do I start?
Library Databases
– CQ Researcher– Issues and Controversies– Points of View Reference Center – Topicsearch
Where do I start?
– CQ Researcher– Issues and Controversies– Points of View Reference Center – Topicsearch
Pro/Con Resources
• Points of View Reference Center– full-text database that provides
essays presenting multiple sides of a current issue. Each topic has an overview, point/counterpoint argument
• TOPICsearch– contains articles from thousands of
sources, including international and regional newspapers, magazines, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.
Pro/Con Resources
• CQ Researcher– contains information on current and
controversial issues-U.S. Gov’t • Issues and Controversies
– provides up-to-date, objective information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day
Exercise:
Topic: Oklahoma HB 1083 & SB 1101 Amends existing law to allow concealed handgun permit holders to carry concealed handguns on college or university property.
Topic : Guns on Campus?
Class Exercise
• Formulate a good question
• Create a search string ( at least 3)
• Search all 4 Pro/Con Library Databases– CQ Research, Issues & Controversies, Points of View, Topic Search
• Select 1 article from each database
Class Review
• What databases proved most useful?
• Google vs Databases?
Legislation: 2015• SB 557 // Senator Ralph Shortey // The legislation allows any full-time, part-time or adjunct faculty
member of a public college, public university or technology center who is in possession of a valid handgun license issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to carry a weapon on campus. The faculty member must provide proper notification to the college, university or technology center of the intent to carry licensed weapon on campus.
• SB 461 // Senator Nathan Dahm // The legislation allows individuals with a valid handgun license to carry a concealed weapon onto public college or university property or a public technology center property. Additionally, under no circumstances shall consent to carry a concealed handgun by a citizen with a valid handgun license on any public college, public university or public technology center school property be denied by the public college or public university president or public technology center school administrator unless evidence is shown that the licensee has previously been involved in a violent incident that showed deliberate or reckless disregard for the health or safety of faculty, other students or any other person. The legislation also allows an individual who has been issued a handgun license pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to carry a concealed or unconcealed weapon onto a private college, private university or private career technology center property provided a policy has been adopted by the governing entity of the private university, private college or private vocational-technical school that authorizes the carrying and possession of a weapon on private university, private college or private vocational-technical school property.
• SB 212 // Senator AJ Griffin // The legislation requires the board of regents for every institution within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to provide notice to the public utilizing a public method that sets out the firearm policy relevant to that campus and the procedure for requesting permission to carry on the college, university or technology center campus.
• HB 1143 // Representative George Faught // The legislation allows a citizen in possession of a valid handgun license issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to carry a concealed handgun into or upon any public college, public university, or public technology center school property.
• HB 1265 // Representative Ken Walker // The legislation allows an individual who has been issued a handgun license pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to carry a concealed or unconcealed weapon onto a private college, private university or private career technology center property provided a policy has been adopted by the governing entity of the private university, private college or private vocational-technical school that authorizes the carrying and possession of a weapon on private university, private college or private vocational-technical school property.
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