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name________________________________ Before we get started:
Remember
books?? I'll have these on a truck in the front of the classroom
for the class. Otherwise, they are shelved in the Reference area of
the library. If a suitable background source for your topic isn't
listed here, let me know and I'll find you one!
Encyclopedia of Family Life Summarizes the important issues and questions associated with families, e.g., single-parent families, homeless families, and family issues related to ethnic groups, e.g., Latinos, Muslims. Location: ref HQ534.E53 Encyclopedia
of Social Issues Women's
Issues
There are also one-volume specialized background sources, e.g.,
Published weekly, each issue deals with a single topic of current political or social interest. In 16 to 20 pages, major aspects of the topic are outlined, along with background information and a description of the current situation. For most topics, a pro-con opinion page highlights primary points of the opposing arguments. Each issue closes with a discussion of future outlooks and a list of sources for additional research.
Search for coverage of your topic. Make notes here about what you find. NOTE: you can email these articles to yourself. Try it!!
Public
Agenda --
The Issues
Other background sources: Online encyclopedia
Your notes____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ For other background resources, check the resources on the Controversial Topics Library Research Guide, under the first section: "Picking a Topic and Getting Background Information."
Article title__________________________________________________ Periodical title (look where the screen says Source) _____________________________________________________ Date of periodical_______________ EBSCOhost
has a nifty email feature. Once your article is on your screen,
slick on E-mail towards the top of the screen.
Find some articles on your topic. Article title____________________________________________ Where & when was it published?_________________________________ Article title____________________________________________ Where & when was it published?_________________________________ Article title____________________________________________ Where & when
was it published?________________________________
Some
"tricks" to use in evaluating Web sites
1.
Frequently, authors of Web pages include a date to indicate when the
page was last updated. Look towards the bottom of the Web page to
see if there's a date.
2. Examine the domain name carefully. Usually, but not always, domain names in the U.S. that end in .com are commercial, those that end in .gov are governmental, .edu is for educational institutions, and .org is for nonprofits and other organizations. 3. Frequently (but not always), a tilde (the symbol ~) prior to a file name indicates that it is someone's personal Web page. Some places on the Web are in the business of hosting personal Web pages. When a domain name has geocities, angelfire, tripod, or aol in it, the Web page is probably a personal one. 4. If a
site has a long file name, try taking off the last part of the URL
to see the Web page or site to which it is hooked.
5.
If you're curious as to who owns a Web site, go to register.com
and find out!
Picturing How Search Engines Work Search Engines: How Well Do They Cover the Internet? What are Boolean Search Statements? Smart Searching Internet search engines, unfortunately, don't all work in the same way. Most search engines have an advanced search mode. Google's advanced search mode is pictured below
Get to a list of Internet Search Engines
Search for Web sites on your topic. Since you are using words for searching, and will become knowledgeable about which words retrieve appropriate resources, sketch out your keywords and their relationships here.
Make notes below about 3 quality Web sites you find. 1. URL____________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 2. URL____________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 3. URL______________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________
Here's how to do the transfer:
Your image is there, in your Word document. Word is not a picture editor like Photoshop. You can make the image larger or smaller, but you often end up with distortions, especially as you stretch it to enlarge it. You can write next to and below the image. Putting text around the image would take another lesson. But, at least your image is there, and you can write text near it, commenting on it. To practice, open a Word document if you don't already have one open (Start -> Word). Transfer 2 images from, perhaps, Web pages you have explored. Or, alternatively go to one of these sources of photos on the Web:
How to Get to This Page on the Internet
L. Joakimides, T. N. Smalley 3/04 |
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With the Advanced search screen, you can most efficiently
search more than one term at a time. Click on the little box next
to the word 
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