English 1213 Dr. Nye

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English 1213Dr. Nye

• Session 3
• Identifying Differences Between Informational
  Sources, Finding News Resources Digital
  Collections

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Part 1

• Identifying Differences
• Between
• Informational Sources

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Periodicals

• JOURNALS
• Scholarly Info
• Audience
• Researcher
• Professional Who Needs to Stay Up-to-Date
• Purpose
• Goal-Driven
• Research Paper
• Certification, Tenure
• Job Requirement

• MAGAZINES
• Popular Info
• Audience
• General Public
• Casual Reader
• Purpose
• Hobby
• Pleasure
• Curiosity

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Class Activity

• Whats the Difference?

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Difference Between Scholarly and Popular
Periodicals

• POPULAR MAGAZINES
• USUALLY SOMEWHAT SLICK AND ATTRACTIVE IN
  APPEARANCE
• RARELY CITE SOURCES. INFO. IS USUALLY
  SECONDARY, REPORTED FROM SOURCE
• ARTICLES SHORT, WRITTEN IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE AND
  FOR A MINIMAL EDUCATION LEVEL
• USUALLY LOT OF ADVERTISING AND PICTURES
• PAGINATION RESTARTS IN EVERY ISSUE

• SCHOLARLY JOURNALS
• HAVE A SOBER, SERIOUS LOOK
• ALWAYS CITE THEIR SOURCES IN FOOTNOTES/BIBLIOGRAPH
  IES
• ARTICLES WRITTEN BY A SCHOLAR OR RESEARCHER
  HORSES MOUTH
• PEER-REVIEWED BY SCHOLARS
• LANGUAGE OF JOURNAL ASSUMES SOME SCHOLARLY
  BACKGROUND ON THE PART OF READER
• ADVERTISING IS SPECIALIZED TO THAT DISCIPLINE
• PAGINATION IS CUMULATIVE

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Periodicals List

• A directory used to identify the location of
  journals, magazines and newspapers accessible
  through the library regardless of format
• Formats
• Electronic (article database)
• Paper (soft or hard bound)
• Microfilm (reel)
• Microfiche (card)

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Periodicals List
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Class Activity

• Citation Investigation

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Part 2

• Finding
• News Resources

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21st Century Skills

• Knowing more about the world
• Thinking outside the box
• Becoming smarter about new sources of information
• Developing good people skills
• How well informed are you? Take the Quiz

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News Sources

• Newspapers
• Local information (The Oklahoman)
• Newswires
• National or International information (AP)
• Transcripts
• Broadcast media---radio and television (NPR
  or Anderson Cooper 360)
• News web pages
• Free vs. Pay
  (Yahoo News vs. Washington Post)

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Newspaper Databases

• LexisNexis Academic
• New York Times 1851-2004
• Americas Newspapers (Newsbank)
• Newspaper Source (EbscoHost)

NEW TERM RELEVANCY Ranking System Beginning with
100 decreasing to 0
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Part 3

• Digital
• Collections

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Digital Collections-Oklahoma

• Oklahoma Periodical Index
• Oklahoma Historical Society
• National Cowboy Western Heritage Museum
  Research Center
• Gateway to Oklahoma Online
• Oklahoma Statewide Catalog
• SoonerSearch

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Digital Collections-Books

• Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
• Electronic Text Center (Univ. of Virginia)
• Project Gutenberg
• Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text Image
  (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
• Universal Digital Library

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Digital Collections-Periodicals

• Directory of Open Access Journals
• Education Resources Information Center
• Highwire Press
• Online Resources for Magazines, Journals
  E-zines
• PubMed

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Digital Collections-Miscellaneous

• American Memory
• Denver Public Library-Digital Images
• CUL Gateway
• National Archives-Documents Online Exhibits
• National Gallery of Art
• NYPL Digital Gallery
• Princeton University Library Digital Collections
• Smithsonian Institute Art, History, Science
• UCLA Library Digital Collections
• UFDC
• Yale University Library Digital Collections

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End of Session 3

• Thank You
• for listening

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Newswire