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Melanie Chu
Outreach Librarian
KEL 3426
mchu@csusm.edu
(760) 750-4378
Kimberley Wilcox
Adjunct Librarian
KEL 3419
kwilcox@csusm.edu
(951)850-7355 Email, call or stop by with any
questions or concerns.
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What is the GEL Library Module?
The Library Module will introduce you to the basics of
college-level research. The skills you learn during the
module will help you for 2 main reasons:
- specifically, for the final presentation
you will do in this class.
- in general, for the papers and projects you will be
expected to do
for the rest of your college career.
Schedule, Topics and Assignments
The Library Module covers a lot of information in only 9
classes, so
attendance and participation are important. Each
in-class activity and homework assignment is for credit and must be
completed on time.
| Attendance/participation |
10 pts |
| Homework (typed & printed out) |
15 x 6 = 90 pts |
| Quiz |
20 pts |
| Draft (annotated bibliographies) |
30 pts |
| Total |
150 points |
Advanced
internet searching
Google or DMOZ? Yahoo or LII? What's the difference?
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Search Engines |
Subject Directories |
Compiled by
computer "spiders" that "crawl"
the web, constantly adding websites |
Compiled by
people, selectively adding websites |
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"More is better" or "Quick and easy" |
"Less is more" or "Quality, not quantity" |
| Websites often
listed by popularity or paid sponsors |
Websites often
listed by subject categories |
BEST FOR:
- very specific searches (e.g. person or org.)
- phrase searches (e.g. "Martin Luther King Jr")
- you know exactly what you're looking for
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BEST FOR:
- broad topic or concept searches
- need background information (e.g. alternative
health treatments, history of, types of)
- you're not sure what you're looking for
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Try out:
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Try out:
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Evaluating
websites
From your own Internet searching,
you probably realize there is an overwhelming
amount of information available online.
Like searching for a book
or article, you can
plug keywords related to your topic into
a search engine... but doing a Google search
and using the first few results for your
paper does not constitute research!
Anyone can put up a website. How
do you know that its information is accurate,
legitimate or current? Learn how to
evaluate a web site before choosing
to include the information you find in your
research project.
Finding books
Find books by searching the
Library Catalog. A good strategy
is to:
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Enter
a keyword or two |
housing and Hispanic
bilingual education
gender and role |
Scan
the list for one good
title of interest |
'Clear and convincing evidence: measurement of
discrimination in America'
'The
Hispanic child: speech, language, culture, and
education'
'Gender
and domestic life : changing practices in families
and households'
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Click
on the subject
headings for that
book |
Discrimination In Housing United States
Education Bilingual
Sex role -- United States -- History |
*The following are just
a few subject headings from our Library
Catalog related to the class topics.
Try clicking on some that are related to your topic and see
what titles come up:
E98.E2 O75 1999??
What does a call number tell you? Here's a quick
guide to the Library of Congress system.
Writing an annotated bibliography
An annotation is a brief
description of a book, article, website or other source.
An annotation, written as a paragraph approximately 150
words in length, should be guided by the following 6
points (not necessarily in this order):
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What are the qualifications of the
author?
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What is the main purpose of the text?
(summarize in one sentence)
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How does this source relate to your topic
or other sources on your topic?
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What is the viewpoint or bias of the
author?
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Who is the intended audience of this
work?
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What is your final comment on this
work?
An annotated bibliography includes an
annotation AND a citation for each of your
sources. EXAMPLE:
Mélendez,
A. (1990). The Effects of Local Labor Market on Puerto
Rican, White and Black Women. Journal of
Social Issues, 35 (3), 4-24.
Retrieved March 5,
2005 from Sociological Abstracts database.
Considering earnings, unemployment, city size, industrial
change, and other variables, the author, a researcher at
M.I.T., focuses on the impact of local labor market
conditions and infers differences in the long-term trends in
labor force participation for each of these groups. He
supports the thesis that White women are less responsive to
income change and more responsive to the discouraged worker
effect when unemployment rises, a viewpoint that is
radically different than other sources on this topic. This
detailed account provides new information that will be of
interest to scholars as well as educated adults.
Here is an extended
explanation
and examples
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APA:
Publication manual of the American Psychological
Association.
5th ed. Washington, DC : American
Psychological Association, 2001.
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Finding articles
Journals articles include the latest
research in the field. To find articles, you need to start
with a research database. Each will allow
you to search hundreds or even thousands of journals at once
by searching for keywords relevant to your topic.
The following databases are useful for this class. Try searching for
keywords related to your topic:
NOTE: Depending on your topic, other databases
might be more relevant.
You can choose a
database by
subject.
Think you can find all this stuff on the Internet?
Not for free!
See an article you want in one of
these databases?
- Look for "Full Text" in
PDF,
 HTML,
 Linked
or 
- If all else fails, fill
out an Interlibrary
Loan article request form. You'll get it within 5-10 days for FREE.
- Or, any time you need
help, ask a librarian!
Scholarly vs Popular articles
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Scholarly (peer-reviewed,
refereed, empirical) |
Non-scholarly (popular) |
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Audience |
academic readers |
general audience |
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Author |
researchers, experts, specialists |
journalists, free-lance
writers, generalists |
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Language |
professional
jargon; may be
difficult to read |
common; easy to
understand |
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Style |
specific structure (e.g.
abstract, methodology,
data, results, conclusion, references) |
structured like a story; can look
glossy with pictures and ads |
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Sources
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long list of
bibliography, references, footnotes |
no bibliography or
references listed |
| Examples |
Ethnic and
Racial Studies; Gender & Society;
International Migration Review;
American Journal of
Public Health;
Latin American Perspectives |
Time; Newsweek; Business
Week;
US News & World Report; New York Times;
Christian Science
Monitor |
Some databases provide a 'peer-reviewed' or 'scholarly
only' limit function that can narrow the results, but will
still bring back non-scholarly materials that were published
in a scholarly journal (e.g., editorials, letters to the
editor, book reviews.) When in doubt, ask a librarian!
Plagiarism and academic honesty
From
UCLA Bruins Success,
tips on how to quote, summarize and paraphrase your
sources.
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What is it? |
Tips |
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Quoting |
Using the
author's exact words. Always cite it and use "quotation
marks." |
Some good reasons to
include a quote are:
- You want to support
or add credibility to your arguments
- The original is
difficult to rephrase
- The original is so
good that you want to preserve the language
Quoting is good, but
stringing a bunch of quotes together without analysis
and well-crafted transitions is bad.
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| Summarizing |
Condensing the author's
words or ideas without altering the meaning or providing
interpretation—you use your own words for this.
Basically, presenting the original information in a
nutshell. Always cite it. |
In academic writing,
there are a few things to keep in mind when summarizing
outside sources:
- Use your own words
- Include the key
relevant elements of the original and keep it
brief—you're just going for the original's essence
- Do not include your
interpretation/analysis within the summary—make a clear distinction between your thoughts and
someone else's
- Vary how you
introduce or attribute your sources, like "according
to…," or "so-and-so concludes that..." so your
readers don't get bored
- Always include a
citation.
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| Paraphrasing |
Restating, in your own
words, the author's words or ideas without altering the
meaning or providing interpretation. Paraphrases are
about the same length as the original. Always cite it. |
Paraphrasing
is similar to summarizing in that you: |
Paraphrasing
differs from summarizing in that you: |
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Do NOT include
your interpretation/analysis within the
paraphrase—make a clear distinction between
your thoughts and someone else's
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Should vary how
you introduce or attribute your sources,
like "according to…," or "so-and-so
concludes that..."
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Always include a
citation
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Usually write
about the same length as the original
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Use your own
words, but you may occasionally want to
include a sequence of words or a brief quote
from the original (Remember to use
"quotation marks" if you decide to include
any sequence of words from the original.)
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Pulling
it all together
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