crowdsourcing keywords & determining authority
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Crowdsourcing Keywords
Nicole BranchInstruction Librarian
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Today we will….
Develop strategic searches
Retrieve sources for your assignment
Determine authority of sources
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Search is strategic exploration
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Class Topic
• Violence in Pig Farming
• The rationality/irrationality of consumer choice when it comes to meat (food)
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Class Topic
• The California Dream: Utopianism (utopia, dystopia, and the problems that go along with being overly idealistic)
• The History and Origins of Factory Farming (especially in California).
Identifying Keywords
Joshua Vossler, Selecting and Using Keywords
Class Topic
• Violence in Pig Farming
• The rationality/irrationality of consumer choice when it comes to meat (food)
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Class Topic
• The California Dream: Utopianism (utopia, dystopia, and the problems that go along with being overly idealistic)
• The History and Origins of Factory Farming (especially in California).
Crowdsourcing
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Crowdsourcing Keywords
• Divide into annotated bibliography teams
• Brainstorm keywords for the keyword assigned your group
• Record on the bulletin board.
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Developing Keywords
Broader
Narrower
Synonym
Academic
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Report Out
• Select your top three terms• Terms you believe will yield the best results
• Share top picks with the class
Authority is constructed & contextual
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Search
• Finding authoritative books
Leave with at least one authoritative book you can use for your annotated bibliography.
Background Information
• Explore one of the databases in the “Get Background Information” box.
• Find and read an encyclopedia entry.
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