Are You Ready to Are You Ready to Be Information Be Information

Literate?Literate?

Your guide: Fran Zedney, Your guide: Fran Zedney, LibrarianLibrarian

Information Literacy

Is the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information

In other words, it’s knowing what info you need, where to find it, being able to judge (evaluate) its accuracy, and using the information ethically (no plagiarizing, illegally copying, etc!)

Is life long—we never stop needing info

But everything I need is on Google! ---- NOT!!

Many library resources, including full text books and full text online articles, ARE NOT on Google

And library staff are always happy to help you in person, by phone, email, chat

Can Google top that?

This is gonna be exciting!This is gonna be exciting!

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Let’s play Way or No Way

You can access over 40,000 journals with full text articles, (some into the 1800s!) online from Stewart Library 24/7

Way or No Way

You can read over 8000 full text books online from Stewart Library’s catalog

Way or No Way

Everything I need to do scholarly research for a class assignment is on Google

Research at Stewart Library is Research at Stewart Library is so easy a child (or a monkey!) so easy a child (or a monkey!) can do it—so can you!can do it—so can you!

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library.weber.edulibrary.weber.edu Use the Use the catalogcatalog to find books, to find books,

government documents, mediagovernment documents, media Use Use article databasesarticle databases to find to find

articlesarticles Use the Use the database finderdatabase finder to find to find

article databasesarticle databases Use Use EjournalsEjournals to see if we have a to see if we have a

particular journal or magazine particular journal or magazine Use our Use our guidesguides to make researching to make researching

easiereasier

Use the online catalog

To find books by keyword, subject, title, author

To find journals and magazines we own, both in print and online

Limit by format to find electronic books, books in foreign languages, etc.

Reference AssistanceReference Assistance

What in the heck is a What in the heck is a database finder?database finder?

Stewart Library subscribes to Stewart Library subscribes to over 200 article databases—over 200 article databases—collections which index articles collections which index articles from newspapers, journals, from newspapers, journals, magazines—some have full textmagazines—some have full text

The Database Finder is your The Database Finder is your way into those databasesway into those databases

Academic Search Premier

Just one of many databases but a good starting place

Indexes about 9000 journals, magazines & newspapers with full text for about 4500

Limit to scholarly/peer reviewed Format citations Print, save, email, save searches Lots more!

But I’m looking for a specific journal

Use Ejournals to see if a specific journal is available online or in print (it’s like searching over 200 databases instantly!)

I told you this would be easy!

Who died and made Google the boss?

Google is more than google.com Use Google’s Advanced Search,

Help screens, etc. Take a look at Google Books,

Google Scholar—see more info on your handout

So how’d I do?

Before you leave, give this presentation a virtual rose or virtual rotten tomatoes!