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Library 20243 major finding tools for finding information - answer Search engines
Library discovery tools
Periodical indexes
For research on current events, which information sources should I use? - answer
Newspapers
News sites
Magazines
For background research, which information sources should I use? - answer Books
Encyclopedias
Good Websites
For in-depth and scholarly research which information sources should I use? - answer
Scholarly articles
Books
Eyewitness account (author was there)
Usually reported/created near time it occurred
Usually in depth or detailed information
Types: diaries, letters, manuscripts, interviews
Scholarly articles describing results of an experiment - answer Primary source
Second hand report (author didn't see)
Usually reported after event
Often a summary
Types: encyclopedia articles, books, textbooks
Report or article describing research someone else did - answer Secondary source
Written for everything (easy to read)
Edited/proof-read
Frequent publication cycle (daily, weekly, monthly)
Author gives no credentials
No references (or incomplete citations)
Often short summaries
Often accompanied by eye-catching graphics and advertisements - answer Popular
source
Written for specialists (like scholars/scientists)
Peer reviewed
Slower publication cycle (monthly, yearly)
, Signed with author credentials
Full citations given (often long lists)
Detailed account
Focus on the research. Figures support the text and there is little (if any) advertising -
answer Scholarly sources
Computers are stupid - answer Indexes and library discovery tools (quick search) let
you decide how you want the computer to search and provide lots of control
Use Quick search: anywhere in the record when - answer you know more than one
aspect of what you want to find (ex: if i know the subject and author of a book or the
author and title of a book) OR if you don't know exactly what you want to find (no
particular title, author, date: only a general subject)
Index purpose? - answer They help you locate information by providing a searchable
directory of published knowledge
Define information literacy - answer The skills of how to find, determine the quality of
and use information
According to ch 1, what if important to consider when determining your information
need? - answer How much information you need for your assignment
Which of the three major finding tools is best for finding up to date information, but
misses most subscription-based scholarly resources - answer Web search engines
Cons of article indexes? - answer Not all indexes provide the full-text articles
themselves
Best tools to use when you're looking for articles - answer Article indexes
List resources (books, journals, DVDs, databases, etc.) - answer Library discovery tools
Con: can be difficult to narrow down your results or know what you're searching -
answer Library discovery tools
con: miss most subscription based scholarly resources - answer Web search engines
Help you find all types of great information available on the open web - answer Web
search engines
Search terms and phrases using everyday language or even complete sentences -
answer Natural language queries
scholarly indexes and databases are less likely to support casual searching and rely
instead on _____ - answer Controlled vocabulary
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