“Meet the Info Kittehs!” Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Kendall College Library

1. “Meet the Info Kittehs!” Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Kendall College Library

2. Who? • Elise Brown • Reference & Instruction, & Web Librarian • Artist, Makeup Artistry, Singer, Dancer, Art Historian Don’t Make Me “Shush” You!

3. Let’s Talk About! • Basic Library Stuff • Library Access – KLO – 24/7 Off-Campus Access • Research – What's & Whys? • Evaluating Information • Sources: KCAD Catalog & MeLCat • Sources - Databases • All Things Plagiarism • Questions?

4. Do I need a KCAD/Ferris ID Card? Absolutely! • Access materials in the Library • 24/7 - Off-Campus Access: Library Catalog, MeLCat, Online Article Databases • New Students – Bring new ID to Library to link barcode

5. Does the Library have a Web site? YUP! http://libkcad.ferris.edu/

6. How do I access Kendall Library Online? • KCAD/FERRIS ID Card – Linked to Library record LOGIN: • My FSU ID + Password or • Name, Barcode + Pin

7. Ideal for Snow, Sick & Lazy Days!

8. What is in the KCAD Library Collections? + 22,000 Items: • Books • 125 Current Print Journals & Magazines • Bound Back Issues of Print Journals & Magazines • Newspapers - Grand Rapids Press, New York Times, Chicago Reader • Music CDs, Book on CD and DVDs • Course Reserves - Materials put on reserve by KCAD Faculty • 3 Great Full-Time Librarians

9. My professor said I need to use scholarly resources?

10. 3 Levels of Information • Popular • Scholarly • Peer Reviewed

11. Wait! How can I tell the difference?

12. Popular Stuff • Reviewed by an Editor or Editors • Written by Journalists / Reporters / Staff Writers • Slick, Glossy & Illustrated • Entertainment & Advertising • Audience = General Public • No citations

13. Scholarly Stuff • 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

14. What the heck 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.

15. I found this great Web source… http://www.theonion.com/content/index

16. Information Evaluation

17. C.R.A.A.P.

18. 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?

19. C.R.A.A.P. R = Relevant: • Appropriate for college-level work? • Is the information related to your topic?

20. 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

21. C.R.A.A.P. A = Accurate: • Documentation: Footnotes, Endnotes, Links Verification • Does the information match up? • Typos, Spelling and/or Grammatical Errors

22. C.R.A.A.P. P = Purpose: • “ Tone?” - Point of view? • Educate, Inform, Factual, Data • Sell, Entice, Advertise • Persuade, Opinion, Biased • Propaganda, Misinformation

23. How do I find stuff in the KCAD Library? Search the Online Library Catalog

24. The Online Library Catalog • TITLES ~ BOOKS • TITLES ~ JOURNALS, MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS • TITLES of CD’s, DVDs, & other MEDIA • Course Reserves ~ Materials put on reserve by KCAD Faculty • Access to Your Library Account

25. Access to Materials not owned KCAD MeLCat is your best friend… • 380 (720) Libraries State Wide • + 42, 000,000 Million Catalog Items • Available Items Arrive in 3-5 days • 3 Week Checkout (possible renewal)

26. How do I sort through this hot mess!?

27. Boolean Who? • Plain and simple, a basic search strategy using connectors • AND • OR • NOT

28. 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

29. Boolean - AND Section in the middle shows the results of a search for Cats AND Dogs

30. 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

31. Boolean - OR • Cats • Dogs • Cats & Dogs

32. Google & Wikipedia VS. Databases!

33. What is an Article Database? Online Electronic Periodical Index: Provides access the contents of • Magazines • Newspapers • Journals • Trade Publications

34. What is an Article Database? Contents Provided = • Citations • Abstracts • Full-Text

35. 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.

36. What is an Abstract? • A brief description or summary of the content of an article, essay or paper

37. What does Full-Text mean? • Electronic format of an article or essay: Read Print Copy & Paste Download & Save Email

38. Other Types of Databases? • Images - ARTstor & CAMIO – IMAGES • Reference - Encyclopedias & Dictionaries • Subject Specific Example: Grove Art Online / Oxford Art Online

39. General OneFile http://library.ferris.edu/cgi-bin/onefile.cgi Multi-Subject Database + 100 Million Articles (1980 – 2011) Art · Business · Computers · Current Events · Economics · Education · Environmental Issues · Health care · Humanities · Law · Literature · Politics · Science · Social Sciences · Sports · Technology

40. Opposing Viewpoints in Context http://library.ferris.edu/cgi-bin/ovrc.cgi Multi-Subject Database + 14,000 Pro / Con Essays + 5000 Topic Overviews + 5 million magazine, journal & news paper articles

41. LexisNexis Academic http://library.ferris.edu/cgi-bin/lexisnexis.cgi Multi-Subject Database + 350 News Sources + 300 Magazines & Journals Business & Legal Sources

42. Google VS. Databases!

43. Avoiding Plagiarism

44. 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.

45. What is a Bibliography? Bibliography / Works Cited A list of information resources Contains citation information: Books, articles, Web sites, images, and other forms of media.

46. Do I Have to Cite Images? Absolutely!

47. How do I “cite” stuff? MLA – Modern Language Association Format and Style Guide ~ 2009Edition OWL – Purdue University http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

48. When In Doubt…Ask!

49. Don’t Delay! Start Today!

50. Any Questions?