Week 3Zombie Security Threat Level: Orange (Zombies

sited in the near vicinity)

Last week we learned….

Topics NarrowingResearch questions Keywords

Synonyms

Information literacy

Questions?Training: Periodical Types

Periodicals:Periodicals are magazines, journals and newspapers –

Things that are published on a regular (“periodic”) basic.

Scholarly PopularTrade

All periodicals are one of three types:

Training Video(Click to view)

What are some features of a scholarly journal?

Looooooooooooooooooong

Footnotes

References

at the end

Credentials

after the

author’s

name: ph.d,

md, etc

Specialized vocabulary

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AbstractPeer-

reviewed

What are some features of a popular magazine?

Short articles

Flashy Covers

Advertising

Not written

by experts

Written for a general audience

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Found in stores

What are some features of a Trade publication?

Geared toward a specific field on industry

May be

written by

people with

credential,

but may not

be. NOT peer-reviewed

To sum up:PERIODICAL = magazines, newspapers, journals

Three types:Scholarly, Popular, Trade

Some types are better for research than other, so it’s important to know what you have found!

Training: Primary vs Secondary Sources

PERIODICALS (magazines, journals, newspapers) are either scholarly, popular or trade).

ALL SOURCES are either primary or secondary.

Training: Primary vs Secondary Sources

A PRIMARY source contains FIRST-HAND information.

For example, if you are researching World War 2, a primary source would be an interview with an armyveteran.

A SECONDARY source contains SECOND-HAND information

For example, with World War 2 research, a secondary source would be a book about army veterans.

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Primary vs Secondary

What is primary and what is secondary will vary based on your topic!

Typically Primary:Letters

MemoirsDiaries

PhotographsAutobiographies

InterviewsTranscripts

EmailsMemos

BlogsDiscussion threads

Facebook postsSurveys

DataNewspaper articles

Typically Secondary:

BooksTextbooks

Book reviewsReports

Conference papersDissertations

Papers you write for Com!

HandbooksMagazine articles

DictionariesEncyclopedias

Newspaper articles

If your topic is WWII then….Which is primary and which is secondary?

Primary or secondary???

An image of Nazi Propaganda

A newspaper article from 1941

A article you found in a 2003 issue of Time Magazine

If your topic is WWII then….Answers below

Primary An image of

Nazi Propaganda

A newspaper article from 1941

A article you found in a 2003 issue of Time Magazine

Secondary

If your topic is the Casey Anthony trial…

Primary or secondary???

Transcript of the court case

The Dr. Phil interview with Casey’s parents

Photographs of the crime scene

Article in the Indy Star about the Dr.

Phil interview

If your topic is the Casey Anthony trial…

PrimaryTranscript

of the court case

The Dr. Phil interview with Casey’s parents

Photographs of the crime scene

Article in the Indy Star about the Dr.

Phil interview

Secondary

If your topic is privacy policies on Facebook….

Primary or Secondary?

Article in Computer and Human Interaction Journal comparing Facebook privacy policies with other social networks

Article in Computer and Human Interaction Journal presenting original research on how people of different age groups use Facebook privacy features. Online discussion forum

on Yahoo! About Facebook privacy

features.

If your topic is privacy policies on Facebook….

Primary Article in Computer and Human

Interaction Journal comparing Facebook privacy policies with other social networks

Article in Computer and Human Interaction Journal presenting original research on how people of different age groups use Facebook privacy features.

SecondaryOnline discussion forum

on Yahoo! About Facebook privacy

features.

To sum up:Primary = First hand

Secondary = Second hand

All sources are one of these! Which it is will depend on your topic.

Training: USING Google

Pros & Cons of the Internet

PROS

Easy to use!

Easy to access!

Lots of very current information

CONS

Too many results

No editor – no one checking on the quality of work

ANYone can post anything on the internet

Training: USING Google

Fact: Hardly anyone makes it to the 3rd page of search results.

Fact: The top search results are NOT necessarily the best.

Companies PAY search engines to “optimize” their results – in other words, they pay to be moved closer to the top.

Training: USING Google

There is a handout in the Your Tasks folder for this week called Credible Google Searching.

Check it out before doing the homework for this week.

It has lots of helpful tips for searching Google more effectively!

Today’s Concepts:

Types of periodicals: Scholarly, Popular, Trade

Types of sources: Primary vs Secondary

Using Google efficiently