Information challenge

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Information Exercise
Can you translate this into words?
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Library Research is not Rocket Science BUT it is
complex!

• It takes effort, knowledge and persistence to
  find what you want
• 350,000 books in Milne
• 2,500 journal titles and 70,000 journal volumes
  in Milne
• ¼ million government documents in Milne
• Lots of microfiche, CDs, DVDs, recordings
• 52 million books in WorldCat
• Hundreds of online scholarly databases
• Hundreds of thousands of articles in online
  databases
• 40,000,000 Internet web sites
• 6,000,000,000 items indexed by Google

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Library Instruction Class MGMT 385 Health Care
Marketing and Management Dr. Paul
Scipione

• Richard Dreifuss
• (But not THE Richard Dreyfuss)
• New to Geneseo Summer 2004
• Librarian at Corning Inc. (20 years)
• Business Librarian University
• of Missouri at Kansas City (3 years)

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Why Learn this Stuff???

• Be able to find the information
  you need to complete your assignment.
• Be efficient in locating what you need.

Grades
Hanging Out
JOBS!
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Why not just the
Internet??????

• There is 500 times more information in the Deep
  Web than Open Web
• 
  http//brightplanet.com/technology/deepweb.asp
  
• Geneseo College Libraries
  collections
• Subscription databases and online
  journals
• Materials in other libraries
• 2. You will be expected to use scholarly
  resources

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Searching for Information

• 1. What? 2. Where? 3. How? 4.
  Why?

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Factors used to Discriminate Information Sources?

• Credibility is it authoritative, reliable,
  accurate?
• Currency is it up-to-date?
• Perspective is the source biased?
• Purpose is there a reason for posting?
• Value is the information worth the cost?
• Access is it relatively easy to obtain?
• Level is authorship and audience appropriate?
• (Publication Hierarchy Refereed,
  Scholarly, Trade, Popular, Tabloid)

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Where to Look

• Research Guide Under Research Resources
• on Library Home
  Page
• Find Periodicals by Title Under Research
  Resources
• on Library Home
  Page
• Books Govt Docs
• in Geneseo Library GLOCAT
• in other libraries WORLDCAT
• Journal articles Online databases
• popular (general by subject)
• scholarly trade Printed Indexes

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Information Exercise
Use GLOCAT to answer the following

• What is the format of Innovation in the
  pharmaceutical industry?
• Where in Milne Library would you find The rising
  cost of health care for small business?
• What is one Subject Heading used to catalog
  Unequal Treatment?
• How many copies of the book The maturing
  marketplace does Milne have? How many are
  checked out?

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How are Materials Obtained?

• Hard copy in Milne Books on Upper Level
• 
  (availability and call in GLOCAT)
  Journals on Lower Level
• 
  (use Periodicals page for holdings)
• Milne floor plans
• Electronic copy Find Text
• used in Milne library pages
• used in external database results
• 
  http// . online link in GLOCAT
• Not owned by Milne Information Delivery Services
  (IDS)

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Databases

• ABI/Inform
• Gale Business and Company Resource Center
• Medline
• LexisNexis Academic
• PAIS (Public Affairs Information Services)
• ProQuest Research Library
• Standard Poors Net Advantage

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Why Is Citing Sources Important?
copying
Seattle Times business columnist admits
plagiarism and resigns. The America's
Intelligence Wire August 23, 2004 pNA

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Why Is Citing Sources Important?
copying

Harvard takes back admission offer after
plagiarism suggested. The America's Intelligence
Wire, July 11, 2003 pNA

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Why Is Citing Sources Important?
copying
Plagiarizing students unable to graduate. The
Quill, June-July 2004 v92 i5 p63(1)

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Why Is Citing Sources Important?
copying
Plagiarism with modern technology, copying
people's work and passing it off as your own is
easier than ever -- but it is also easier to get
caught. Student BMJ, Sept 2004 v12 p326(2)
What constitutes plagiarism? http//www.geneseo
.edu/brainard/avoidingplagiarism Ctrl C Copy
Ctrl V Paste Ctrl F - Search

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Do you have Information Overload???

• There are plenty of places to turn for
  HELP
• Ask a librarian for assistance
• Refer to the Research Resources pages
• Schedule an information or technology
  consultation
• Look under Help on library web site
• see Research Guides
• see Writing Style Guides
• Use Search to search Milne web site
• Use Help in online databases including GLOCAT
• Try Research 101 interactive online tutorial from
  U. of Washington

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One-Minute Paper

• Anonymously, briefly answer these 2 questions
• What is the big point, the main idea, that you
  learned in class today?
• What is the main unanswered question you leave
  class with today?