GEC 311 Understanding Terrorism

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GEC 311Understanding Terrorism

• Jeana Abromeit, Instructor
• Larry Duerr, Librarian

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Following this session you will be able to

• Find better web resources for your topic
• Search library databases for scholarly (peer
  reviewed) articles on your topic
• Learn how to track down the full text version of
  an article

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Web site evaluation

• Library handout
• Some basic criteria
• URL
• Author Credentials
• Timeliness
• Balance
• Detail

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Web site evaluation

• Finallycan you compare the information and
  corroborate its accuracy based on other sites?

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Web site evaluation

• Two sites to evaluate
• http//www.martinlutherking.org/ma-chapter18.html
  
• http//www.stanford.edu/group/King/

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Web site evaluation

• Group exercise

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Web directories

• Try Librarians Index to the Internet
  http//lii.org

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Web search engines

• Try Ask.com http//www.ask.com
• Dont rely exclusively on Google

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Finding articles library databases

• Popular vs. Scholarly
• Popular
• Sometimes identify author/credentials
• Rarely have suggestions for further reading or
  bibliographies
• Often have photos and ads

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Finding articles library databases

• Popular vs. Scholarly
• Scholarly
• Always identify author/credentials
• Always have references and a bibliography
• Typically include a short abstract that
  summarizes the content of the article
• May contain charts, graphs and statistics

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Finding articles library databases

• Popular vs. Scholarly Exercise

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Finding articles library databases

• Opposing Viewpoints
• http//0-find.galegroup.com.topcat.switchinc.org/o
  vrc/start.do?prodIdOVRCuserGroupNamemilw42749
• CQ Researcher
• http//0-library.cqpress.com.topcat.switchinc.org/
  cqresearcher/

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Finding articles library databases

• Academic Search Elite http//depts.alverno.edu/lib
  rary/dbalpha.html
• Expanded Academic ASAP http//depts.alverno.edu/li
  brary/dbalpha.htmlI

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Finding articles library databases

• Citation vs. Full Text
• Library handout
• Ask first before buying from a publisher

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Selected web links library page

• Countries Regions http//depts.alverno.edu/libr
  ary/countries.html
• Public Opinion http//depts.alverno.edu/library/p
  ubopinion.html

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• Remember, we are here to help
• Stop by reference desk
• Call 382-6062
• Send an e-mail link from the library home page

Fall, 2006 LD