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Class 2
This week's class will be devoted to 3 topics:
1. When is it best to search Google, when not?
The first place people often go when looking for information is Google, but this isn't always the best strategy. For example, if a professor asks you to find a "peer reviewed" article you might do better than Google by checking some of the academic databases which the library subscribes to. Or suppose you are required to find an article from one of last week's newspapers because it has an analysis that the professor wants you to read. Chances are if you go through Google you will have to pay for this article whereas if you go through the library's home page you'll almost always get the very same article for FREE !!!!
During today's class we'll discuss when to be on the net and when not...
2. Reference Resources...what are they and when is it best to use them? Reference
resources are REALLY handy sources of information. Some of them, for
example, give you a brief, up-to-the-minute review of a topic...the
kind your professors would want you reading. Librarians can easily help
you locate these. Other reference sources give you helpful SUMMARIES of
"hot topics" like health care reform, abortion, world hunger, global
warming, and more. 3. Authority...why your professors won't like it when you tell them you found your information in the National Enquirer... We'll talk about where the truth lies and where it doesn't...there are a lot of hot air artists out there. So, who can you trust?
Due Next Week
Assignment for week of Sept. 8-11 (to be submitted to zkellogg@usm.maine.edu by Tuesday, Sept. 15):
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