HI1331 History of Technology

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HI1331 History of Technology

• Library Research Guide
• wpi.edu/Library/Help/Courses/HI1332/HI1332spanag
  el.html

Massachusetts Institute of Technology -
Visualizing Cultures
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QUICK START Step 1 QuickFIND or ThomsonGale
Powersearch

• Try QuickFIND or Gale Powersearch _at_
  wpi.edu/library to find 1-2 items on your own
  research topic (for each team member).
• Copy/paste the reference here in APA format. Use
  the FullTextFinder link to try to get to the full
  text of a scholarly article (you'll need this in
  a few minutes for Step 3). Example of Journal
  Article APA Citation
• Ericson, S. J. (1998). Importing locomotives in
  Meiji Japan International business and
  technology transfer in the railroad industry.
  Osiris, 13, 129-153.

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Discussion Questions

• What are you searching when using QuickFIND?
• Try sorting by relevance. What is being sorted?

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QUICK START Step 2 Find Books

• Go to Find Books at WPI (library catalog)
  Beyond (WorldCat). Copy/paste 1 item from each
  that could be useful for your research (for each
  team member).

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Discussion Questions

• If you find something useful in WorldCat, how do
  you obtain it?

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QUICK START Step 3 - Find Journals, Magazines,
Newspapers at WPI (journals list)

• In one of the articles you found take a quick
  look at the bibliography. Find one
  reference listed that may be useful and look up
  the journal title in our journals list.
• Go to Find Journals, Magazines, Newspapers at
  WPI (journals list)

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Web Site - Find One Critique It

• Search Google, Google Scholar, or whatever search
  engine you choose to find a web site on your team
  (one per team member).
• Create a reference in APA format for your web
  site (be sure to include author, title of site)
  and post here.
• Example referenceAuthor Last Name, First.
  (Year). Title of Web Page. Retrieved Month, Day,
  Year, from Name of Web Site or Organization web
  address.
• Harada, K. (1979) "Japan's discovery, import,
  and technical mastery of railways." Retrieved
  August 21, 2007, from IDE-JETRO Digital Archives
  http//d-arch.ide.go.jp/je_archive/english

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Discussion Questions

• How does one tell whether or not a web site is
  credible or worthy of citing in an academic
  research paper?
• Criteria to consider
• Authority 
• Perspective 
• Bias 
• Accuracy 
• Comparability 
• Context 
• See checklist for detailed questions
  wpi.edu/Library/Help/PDF/evalchecklist.pdf