Readings and Assignments for Week Three of LRS 590
Homework Review
Discuss Readings
Final Project Discussion
Today's Discussion: Electronic Resources
Databases:
• Choosing the right database
• Figuring out their idiosyncrasies
Smart Web Searching:
• Search engines.
• Metasearch
• Subject directories
• Privacy and personalization
• Web 2.0 technologies
Types of Sources:
• Primary
• Secondary
• Synthetic works (e.g. New York Times Index)
BREAK
In Class Exercise
- Subject Headings & Folksonomies
Use one of the tools discussed in class (e.g. http://del.icio.us or http://www.flickr.com/ ) to search for items relevant to your topic. Compare the tags you find with your own keywords and the subject headings you find in the library catalog or article databases.
Required Readings:
- Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Avoid It:
- Libraries’ Introduction to MLA Style:
Optional Readings:
- Barthes, Roland. Mythologies. (pp. 26, 53, 68, 97, 109-159)
- OR -
- Baudrillard, Jean. Simulations. (pp. All)
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