LIB100

Hi everyone,

We have updated grades for everyone in the gradebook, so you should have grades for everything you’ve done up through now.  The total number of points that have been assigned so far are out of 55 (not counting extra credit).  Remember, the total number of points for the semester is out of 100, so if you are at 50 points, you know that your highest possible grade at this point is 95.

Be sure to make the corrections we recommended to your work before contributing it to your group notebook!  If you have any questions at all, please be sure to ask.  Kaeley and my contact information is in the sidebar to the right.

If you want to meet with us as a group or individually before your presentation or before your notebook is due, please let us know.  We’re here to help and want everyone to do as well as you possibly can.

Don’t forget… the Wikipedia extra credit is due on Monday during class.

Thanks!

Here are the correct answers for the last two quizzes:

Quiz 9:

• Results higher up in a Google search are linked to by more websites.
• All of the above (or ownership, authority, accuracy of content, purpose, and objectivity) should be criteria used to evaluate websites for use in research.
• Anyone can post information online, where traditional media is filtered by editors or purchasers.

Quiz 10:

• Web 2.0 is different from the earlier web because it is much easier for everyone to publish information online. This can be useful for very specific types of research such as information that is social (what is appropriate to wear when traveling, etc.) or extremely current (what are the user reviews of the new gaming system that just released last night).
• RSS is a technology that pushes new information to you. If you know you want to keep up with a specific website you can subscribe to it and get news delivered to you. This is particularly useful if you follow many sites because it will save you a lot of time.

Group Presentation:

• Groups 1, 2, and 3 will present on Monday, Dec. 3. Groups 4 and 5 will present on Wednesday, Dec. 5.
• Ten minutes for each group.
• Each group member must participate and speak at some point during the presentation.
• You can use PowerPoint or other visual aids if they are appropriate for your topic.
• Please incorporate these elements into your presentation. You can have each group member do one part, or divide it another way.
  • Give a summary of your topic and what you found in your research
  • How was using library resources (reference, catalog, databases) v. internet resources? Were they different/similar, easier/harder to use when you were looking for information on your topic for this class?
  • Has your idea of what information is and how it is impacted by technology changed because of the information you found for this project? If so, how?

Final Project:

• The Final Project must be completed in the Google Notebook by the beginning of class, Wednesday, Dec. 5.
• Please take a look at the Final Project example. There is a link to it on the sidebar of the blog in the group projects section. Please make sure that you remove any extra “dialog” from your Notebook before the deadline.
• You will need to copy each of your assignments into the Notebook. Each resource entry from your assignments must be signed. There are also several additional sections that will need to be completed by the group.
• Remember to make any changes to your assignments that we have required in the comments. Correct your spelling and punctuation!
• Because of the formatting of the GoogleDocs, many of you have not had to double space or indent your citations. Make sure that when you copy them to the Notebook, you double space and indent the second and following lines of your citations.

For this extra credit assignment, find a page in Wikipedia to edit.  You’ll need to add at least one sentence to get the extra credit points.  If you do this, you’ll get one extra credit point on your final grade.  If you make an addition that needs citation, and add the citation to the appropriate place on the page, you’ll get a total of two extra credit points on your final grade.

To get the extra credit points, print off the page before you make the edit and afterwards, and highlight or circle the area you’ve changed.  Bring them to class on Monday.

If you have questions about how to make edits to Wikipedia, please see Kaeley or Lauren.

As requested, here are the links to the sites we discussed today in class.

• RSS (defined), Google RSS Reader- good for having content pushed to you
• Creative Commons- good for finding media to use in your presentations
• Flickr- good for finding photos to use in your presentations
• Archive.org- good for viewing websites as they looked in the past
• Del.icio.us bookmarks- good for tracking current sites on various topics
• Zotero- a Firefox extension designed to make research and bibliographies easier

Let us know if you have any questions!

Please read Becoming Net Savvy and comment below.  This is due November 28.

We have changed the due date for Assignment #4.  Rather than being due on Monday, November 26, it will now be due at the beginning of class on Wednesday, November 28.

For this assignment you will be locating and evaluating a scholarly website to use for your project.  Please consult the handout from class for a list of the criteria that you should consider when making your selection.  Remember that it is important that you give us detailed instructions on how you located the website, and your reasoning for choosing that site above others on your topic.

Here are the answers to Quizes 5-8. Let us know if you have any questions.

Quiz 5:

1. All of the examples are part of Scholarly Etiquette.
2. When writing citations, you always indent the second and following lines.

Quiz 6:

1. It is most appropriate to use the ZSR catalog when you know the author or title of a book you are looking for, or if you are looking for something that is physically in the building.
2. It can be useful to use Amazon’s book search or GoogleBooks to get reviews from other readers, publication information, or additional information on the content of the book, such as the table of contents or an excerpt of the text.

Quiz 7:

1. Start at the journal tab at the top of the ZSR homepage. Type the title of the journal, “Journal of Theological Studies” in the search box. Select “Oxford Journals Online,” then select the 1999 volume (50.2), then select the article title from the table of contents.
2. Yes, this article is available in both print and electronic formats through the ZSR library.
3. You can locate databases on the ZSR databases page using all three methods: the alphabetical listing, the subject tree and the search box.

Quiz 8:

1. All of the options are ways to use complex searching to locate the information you need.
2. In addition to the publication information, such as journal title and volume, a proper citation for an online journal must include the database where the article was located, the database provider, and the names of the university and library you were using.

From Peabody Library, this video is an EXCELLENT review for what you should include in your evaluations of your scholarly books and articles.

After watching the video, what kinds of things do you think you should look for when evaluating a website? We will be discussing the open web after the holiday. This will get us ready for that discussion.

Due: Wednesday

For one point extra credit on your final grade, go to the library website, and take the survey mentioned under the banner.  Be sure to leave your email address in the last box, so we know you took it.  If you are not interested in being included in the focus groups, leave your email, but also leave a note saying you’re not interested in participating.