Transcript InformationLiteracyCourse1_Nov2010.ppt

Information Literacy @ SKL
for Graduate Students
Instructor:
Sina Mater
1st Lesson
[email protected]
Course Calender
Lesson 1
IL, defining research topic, web resources and
SKLibGuides
Lesson 2
Effective search strategies and using the Library
Catalog, Databases etc.
Lesson 3
Organize and manage information
MAIN OBJECTIVE
• The main objective of this tutorial is to
teach you how to conduct a library
search
• Through this tutorial, you will
gain basic information literacy skills
INFORMATION LITERACY
Information Literacy
is the set of skills
needed to find,
retrieve, analyze,
and use information.
(ACRL)
Why is IL important?
Information is power
These are basic critical-thinking skills
Free and democratic society
These are necessary for doing
effective research
Types of Information
Resources
Print
Books
Reference Resources
Journals
Electronic
E-Books
E-Reference Resources
E-Journals
Databases
Internet
Online Library Catalogs
Reference
Resources
Dictionaries
Encyclopaedias
Atlases
Almanacs
Indexes
Journals
Scholarly Journals
•Articles written by scholars in the field
Magazines
•Reporting original academic research
•Characterized by short articles written by
staff
•Focus on current events, popular topics
•Written for a more limited (academic)
environment.
•Designed to attract a broad segment of
the population.
SCHOLARLY ARTICLE
Researching Process
• Curiosity
• Assignment
Subject
Tutorial
Basic
Research
• Reference
resources
• Making a
question from
your subject
Question
Deep
Research
• Selecting
keywords/search
terms
• Result of
your
research
Hypothesis
What are your information
requirements?
• Analyse your assignment to determine the
type, quantity and format of information you will
need
• Try to answer the following questions:
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What kind of assignment do you have to complete?
How much information do you need?
What types of publications do you need?
How much time do you have to complete your
research? (Assignment calculator)
Researching Process for
“Renewable Energy”
Basic Research
• Before starting your research, locate and read short articles that will
give you a broad overview of the topic
• These articles can be found in encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs,
etc., which are also called reference sources
Source: Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of
Chemical Technology
Source: Oxford Reference
Online
Limitation of subject
Renewable Energy
Genre
Device
Solar Energy Electric vehicles
“Solar energy for electric vehicles”
Component/
Material
Energy System
Crystalline
silicon
Photovoltaic
Effect
“Crystalline silicon and photovoltaic effect”
Selecting Keyword
Topic:
“Crystalline silicon and photovoltaic effect”
Question:
“How crystalline silicon solar cells reflect photovoltaic effect ? ”
Keywords:
“Crystalline, silicon, photovoltaic, effect”
Practising for preparing
keywords
Web Resources
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Directories
Portals
Associations & Organziations
Scholarly resources (Open access)
Search Engines
– Google
– Google Scholar
Evaluating Web Pages
Isaac Newton Laws of
Motion
Google
http://academicinformation07.blogspot.com/
Evaluating Web Pages
When evaluating web pages, check
these issues:
 Authority (Who wrote/maintains the page?)
 Purpose/intended audience
 Currency of the data
 Objectivity vs. Bias
 Support
Evaluating Web Pages
Authority
• Look for the author’s name or a copyright credit ()
or link to an organization
• Look for bibliographic information about the author
• Look at the domain name(.com-commercial, .edueducation, .gov-government, .org-organization etc)
• Look for contact information
Evaluating Web Pages
Purpose / Intended Audience
• What is the purpose of the page?
• Who is the target audience?
Currency
• Is the information up-to-date?
• To find whether the web page is up-to-date, one way
is to click on ”View” then “Page Info” in Netscape for
“Last modified” information
Evaluating Web Pages
Support
• Does the author support the information that
s/he uses?
• Is the support respectable?
• If checking support is hard to make, be
suspicious!
http://academicinformation07.blogspot.com/
SKLibGuides
• SKLibGuides is the popular, easy to use, web 2.0
library knowledge sharing system.
• SKLibGuides is a good starting point.
• You can use it to access reliable web resources
about Science & Engineering.
http://library.ku.edu.tr
Please feel free to consult Reference
librarians at any stage of your research
for further help.
THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING