Richard Dreifuss

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Library Instruction Class ECON 202 Business
and Economic Statistics Dr. Daniel
Strang

• Richard Dreifuss
• (But not THE Richard Dreyfuss)
• Geneseo 2004 -
• Librarian at Corning Inc. (20 years)
• Business Librarian U. of Missouri at Kansas
  City

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Information Exercise
Can you translate this into words?
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BUT library research can be 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 Fraser
• Lots of microfiche, CDs, DVDs, recordings
• 52 million books in WorldCat
• Hundreds of online scholarly databases
• Hundreds of thousands of articles in online
  databases
• 80,000,000 Internet web sites indexed by
  Google

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What Word do these Photos have in Common ?
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Use of Statistical Analysis
Flu Shots for Elderly May Not Save Lives a new
study suggests that flu shots are far less
effective among the elderly than is generally
assumed We could not correlate increasing
vaccination coverage after 1980 with declining
mortality rates in any age group.
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Disaggregated data suitable for Minitab analysis

• Knowing the right place(s) to look
• Navigating statistical web sites
• Locating or creating tables
• Downloading data (Excel spreadsheet format)
• Citing sources

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Information Exercise 1 Data from Internet Site
http//tinyurl.com/cjmln Highlight the Maps of
World Medals table and copy to your clipboard
(Ctrl C). Open Excel worksheet and paste
results (Ctrl V). Sort alphabetically, Add
column for Total Medals. Include formula for
Totals.
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Information Exercise 2
www.census.gov
Use American FactFinder to create an Excel table
showing of workers over 16 years using public
transportation for counties in New York State.
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Information Exercise 3
Use data from the United States Statistical
Abstract to find the 2005 marriage rate by
state. Integrate this data with Household Income
data from the 2000 Census.
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Whos the Smartest in the Class?
Can you find information on how these work?
Using the correct terminology makes it easier to
find what you are looking for
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Information Exercise 4
Use data from the CIA World Factbook found in
CREDO to create a table by country listing both
Area in sq. km and how long people can expect to
live in years.
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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 Harvard
takes back admission offer after plagiarism
suggested. The America's Intelligence
Wire, July 11, 2003 pNA 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)


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Why Is Citing Sources Important?
copying
but it is also easier to get caught
South Korea's disgraced human cloning scientist
did not produce any stem cells tailored to
individual patients as claimedBBC News
12/29/05 Mr. Frey has repeatedly stated that
his book is true. But a lengthy article posted
Sunday by The Smoking Gun Web site
(www.thesmokinggun.com) quotes Mr. Frey as saying
that events "were embellished in the book for
obvious dramatic reasons." New York Times
1/10/06

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Differing Citation Styles

• McGee, R., Brodeur, D., Symons, D., Andrade, B.,
  Fahie, C. (2004). Time perception Does it
  distinguish ADHD and RD children in a clinical
  sample? Journal of abnormal child psychology,
  32(5), 481-490. (APA)
• McGee, R., et al. "Time Perception Does it
  Distinguish ADHD and RD Children in a Clinical
  Sample?" Journal of abnormal child psychology
  32.5 (2004) 481-90. (MLA)
• McGee, R., D. Brodeur, D. Symons, B. Andrade, and
  C. Fahie. 2004. Time Perception Does it
  Distinguish ADHD and RD Children in a Clinical
  Sample? Journal of abnormal child psychology 32,
  no. 5 481-490. (Turabian)
• McGee R, Brodeur D, Symons D, Andrade B, Fahie C.
  Time perception Does it distinguish ADHD and RD
  children in a clinical sample? J Abnorm Child
  Psychol. 200432481-490. (AMA)

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Available at Milne Circulation Desk
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MLA Style

• Information Database
• Site name. Date of Internet publication. Name
  of institution sponsoring the site. Date of
  access ltURLgt.
• Thomas Legislative Information on the
  Internet. 19 June 2001. Library of Congress,
  Washington. 18 May 2002 lthttp//thomas.loc.gov/gt.
• MLA How do I document sources from the Web in
  my works-cited list?
• http//www.mla.org/style_faq/style_faq4

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Information Overload???HELP is available

• Ask a librarian for assistance
• Look under Research Help on library web site
• Schedule an information or technology
  consultation
• Use Search to search Milne web site
• Use Help in online databases including GLOCAT

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Class Learning Outcome

• You should be now be able to
• Locate statistical information
• Download statistical information into Excel
  spreadsheet
• Understand required Bibliographic Citation
  format.
• Appreciate issue of plagiarism
• http//library.geneseo
  .edu/dreifuss/

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Works Cited

• Ruby, Laura. Home Page 6 Oct. 2004. 8 Oct. 2004.
  Thinker gif lthttp//www.hawaii.edu/lruby/art400/T
  HINKER.GIFgt.
• Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Home Page 2004 8 Oct.
  2004 Depend gif lthttp//www.depend.com/products/p
  roducts.aspgt
• Overload gif www.coolmuledesign.co.uk/
• Brewers. Home Page Photos from Albania 8 Oct.
  2004 Haystack gif lthttp//www.nbrewer.net/indexpi
  c.htmlgt
• Esquire. The Esquire cover Gallery. 8 Oct. 2004
  Dreyfuss gif http//www.esquire.com/covergallery/c
  overdetail.html?y1987m11
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• http//www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2004/06/09/rhs_kobe
  bryant.jpg
• http//www.americanphoto.co.jp/photosearch/Preview
  s/CIN01122_014.jpg
• http//www.stamprussia.com/5048b.jpg