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Library Workshop Sonia Poulin Journalism Librarian

Library Workshop Sonia Poulin Journalism Librarian. The ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively [and ethically] use that information for the issue or problem at hand. (1). A process….

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Library Workshop Sonia Poulin Journalism Librarian

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  1. Library Workshop Sonia Poulin Journalism Librarian

  2. The ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively [and ethically] use that information for the issue or problem at hand. (1)

  3. A process….. • Recognizing an information need • Knowing where to look to find the information • Evaluating the information critically • Using the information appropriately and ethically.

  4. Our focus today: • Types of information sources • Some criteria for evaluating • Database searching: Newspapers • General intro to library

  5. Where to find……?

  6. Possible sources • Canadian Who’s Who(U of T) • Marquis Who’s Who(MWW) • Current Biography(Wilson) • Statesman’s Yearbook(Palgrave Macmillan) • Canadian Encyclopedia (Historica)

  7. Published vs “non-published” • Published: -Process of review –editorial team/board -Information is vetted prior to publication -Publisher/organization stands behind it. • User generated/websites/non-published -No formal process of review or fact checking -anything goes.

  8. Sources of information

  9. Activity

  10. Criteria for evaluating sources - user generated content? - government organization or body? - a lobby group, trade, professional, civic association? - an established publisher or self published?

  11. What is the purpose? • What is the purpose or intent? • To persuade? Present a point of view? • To sell something? • To inform? To entertain? To report research?

  12. Who is the author? • What are their credentials? Are they listed? Can they be verified in another source?

  13. References • Where do they get their information? • Is it credited? • What references are listed? • Can they be verified?

  14. Reviews of the source • How is the source regarded by others? • Are there reviews of the source?

  15. Reference “books” • Dictionaries (Who’s who….) • Directories • Almanacs • Yearbooks • Encyclopedias (Canadian Encyc.)

  16. Contacts: organizations & people • Directories Associations Canada; Directory of Community Services of Greater Montreal; Dun and Bradstreet; Canadian Almanac & Directory

  17. Fact checking/context • Dictionaries Dictionary of Terrorism ; Language of Canadian Politics • Encyclopedias, handbooks Canadian Encyclopedia; Encyclopedia of modern ethnic conflicts; Encyclopedia of world pop music; Journalists Legal Guide • Yearbooks and Almanacs

  18. Finding sources • Online Reference and Database Finder • Subject Guides • CLUES searches • BANQ library

  19. Google tips • Use quotes to find a phrase: “Louise Harel” • Use site command to limit to specific kinds of sites: gc.ca – federal gouv.qc.ca – Quebec prov. ville.montreal.qc.ca – City .emsb.qc.ca

  20. Activity 2 Statistics violence women site:gc.ca Statistiques violence femmes site:gouv.qc.ca Allintitle: violence women site:gc.ca

  21. Citing sources • Always must cite your source in the text, for example: According to the Encyclopedia of Political Communication (Sage, 2008) a press agent normally……. • Be sure to use your own words. It is the IDEA or FACT that you are using in your own work .

  22. Using CLUES • CLUES exercise questions 1 to 3 only.

  23. Finding journals/magazines/newspapers • Ejournals list – for electronic subscriptions • Journal title search in CLUES – for paper and microfilm

  24. CLUES exercise • Questions 4 to 6

  25. Database searching • Different interfaces (look different) • Common principles – portable from database to database

  26. Records and fields • A database is a collection of RECORDS • Records are made up of fields, such as title, author, subject, text, etc.

  27. Searching all fields is the broadest way to search • Default in many databases is all fields

  28. Field searching • Limiting the results to those records with terms in specific fields

  29. Fields • All databases have records • All records have fields • You can search all (or most fields) at once • Or you can search specific fields. You must know to look for the fields!

  30. Boolean operators • AND Both terms must appear • OR Either term must appear • NOT Term must not appear

  31. Constructing your search…. • Use keywords to describe your topic • Combine your keywords using boolean operators or connectors

  32. Common principle • Always use parentheses when combining synonyms using the OR operator • Parentheses control the ORDER of operations

  33. For example…… Journalis* and (convergence or ownership) Vs. Journalis* and convergence or ownership

  34. Proximity operators • W/3 Establishes a relationship between the terms woman and journalists woman w/3 journalists

  35. Truncation and wildcards….

  36. Database practice exercise

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