Week 6 in house
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Blended Week 6 covers reviewing concepts, questions about databases, and a lesson on databases. The lesson discusses what databases are, why we use them, and how we use them. Key points include that databases are collections of stored information that can be searched, and that databases like Facebook and Amazon that students likely use already are examples of databases. The lesson emphasizes that academic databases are navigated similarly but contain published sources for research. Key database terms are defined, including record, field, subject heading, and limiters, and how these functions work in databases is explained. Students are reminded to pay attention to database descriptions and research guides for guidance on appropriate databases to use.
Week 6 in house
- 1. Blended Week 6! 1. Review of concepts 2. Questions? 3. Lesson: Databases! 4. Time to Work! 5. One Minute Write-Up
- 2. What do we look for to evaluate info? 1. If we like it 2. If we agree with it 3. Currency, purpose, and authority 4. Nothing, if it is published it must be ok.
- 3. A first hand source is…. 1. Primary 2. Secondary 3. Popular
- 4. The citation style we use at Harrison is: 1. APA 2. MLA 3. Turabian 4. Harvard
- 5. The capital of Canada is 1. Ottawa 2. Toronto 3. Quebec 4. Indianapolis
- 6. Wikipedia is…. 1. The devil 2. Super reliable 3. Your mom 4. A good place to start, if you verify the info.
- 7. Erin’s favorite color is…. 1. Pink 2. Blue 3. Orange 4. Brown
- 8. We need to evaluate ALL sources – websites, articles, and books. 1. True 2. False
- 9. What does it mean if a source is authoritative? 1. It is too long 2. You shouldn’t use it 3. That it is a reliable source to use 4. It should be destroyed
- 10. If a source is written for people in a particular field it is…. 1. Scholarly 2. Popular 3. Trade 4. Awesome
- 11. Q uestions?
- 12. IntroducIng databases! Week 6 What are they, why we use them, how we use them.
- 13. Databases Fact: You know more about databases than you think. Image: Creative Commons License, “Gamma-Ray Productions” Fact: You know more about databases than you think you do. Fact: Databases are awesome. Fact: Facebook is a database. Fact: iTunes is a database. Fact: Amazon is a database. Fact: There are databases that Harrison College subscribes to. Fact: Subscription databases contain published articles, business plans, court transcripts, & all kinds of other info. Fact: Databases are better than bears. But not beets.
- 14. Databases Image: Creative Commons License, “Danielle Scott” Fact: Databases are places where electronic information is stored. Fact: Some are available to anyone on the internet: Ebay, Amazon, Census.gov, IMDB, Google, Target Fact: Some are available to people with free membership: Myspace, Facebook, Couponing sites Fact: Some are available to people with a paid subscription: Academic search premier, LexisNexis, Opposing Viewpoints Fact: Harrison has paid for these subscriptions!!! Fact: ALL databases are the same in that they contain stored information that is retrievable by searching keywords. What varies is the type of information.
- 15. Why search databases? Smaller “bucket” to begin from. Published = someone else reviewed and edited Access – you have to log in because these are subscriptions! Better sources – but you still need to evaluate! Database Google
- 16. databases! If you can use Facebook, you can use a database. Facebook = Database Facebook = Giant collection of information that you know how to navigate Academic Databases = Giant collection of information that you don’t quite yet know how to navigate. (but you will!)
- 17. A list of records on Facebook. Do you get a lot of informatio n here? How would I get more information on each person?
- 18. List of records in Academic Search Premier Do you get a lot of informatio nhere? How would I get more information on each item?
- 20. Vocab Break! Record Record = fancy way of saying “basic information on a particular item” On Facebook, a record is a profile that contains your basic information. In an article database, the record is where you will find the basic info on the book or article. Think of the item record as the “Item Profile”
- 21. A Facebook Profile = an Item Record You clicked on someone, and viola! WAY MORE INFO! Information Available: hometown, workplace, languages, current town, likes. These are Fields
- 22. A Facebook Profile = an Item Record You clicked on and item, and viola! WAY MORE INFO! Information Available: author, source, subject terms, volume, issue, pages. These are Fields
- 24. Vocab Break! FIELD Field = fancy way of saying “piece of info” When you fill out a form, you fill out fields: Name, marital status, address, phone number In an article database, the fields are about the article: Author, journal, date, volume, issue number This is the info you need to create APA citations!
- 25. A Facebook Tag = A Subject Heading What’s a Tag? What happens if I click on a tag?
- 26. A Facebook Tag = A Subject Heading What happens if I click on a subject heading?
- 28. Vocab Break! Subject Heading Subject heading = fancy way of saying “a way to group together things that are alike” When you tag on Facebook: You clump together things on the same person In an article database, subject headings Clump together articles on the same topic So if you find a subject heading on your topic and click on it, you are taken to a whole list of potential
- 29. Facebook limiter = Databases limiter How do you narrow down search in Facebook? What happens if I click one of these boxes? Do more, or fewer results show up if I click one?
- 30. Facebook limiter = Databases limiter What happens if I click one of these boxes? Do more, or fewer results show up if I click one?
- 32. Vocab Break! Limiter/Filter Limiter or Filter = a fancy way of saying “ways to narrow your search” When you limit on Facebook: You look for people from JUST the same school or work, or town Whey you limit in a database: You look for items that are JUST scholarly, or from a certain year, or by a certain author You reduce the number of items in your search, so it’s easier to find what you’re looking for!
- 33. But Which one should i search?
- 34. But Which one should i search? SO MANY DATABASES! Pay attention to descriptions! Research guides! Ask! We will get to know several Harrison databases over the next few weeks. Familiarize yourself really well with 1 or 2, and make them your “go to” databases. My two? Academic search premier & Opposing Viewpoints.
- 35. But hoW do i get to them?
- 36. But hoW do i get to them?
- 37. But hoW do i use them?
- 38. dataBase demo
- 40. One Minute Write Up 1. What would help your learning during online only weeks? (for example… more videos?) 2. Thoughts on our class meetings? Are they valuable to you? Anything you want from them that I’m not providing? 3. Is there a concept you would like me to review? 4. Comments/questions/other concerns?
Editor's Notes
- #7: Self-talk
- #14: Creative Commons Liscence “Danielle Scott”Creative Commons Liscense “The Daring Librarian” Creative Commons Liscence “Gamma-Ray Productions”
- #20: Other reasons it is important – so others can find your sources, so YOU can find your sources. So you can follow the trail of research!
- #21: Other reasons it is important – so others can find your sources, so YOU can find your sources. So you can follow the trail of research!
- #24: Other reasons it is important – so others can find your sources, so YOU can find your sources. So you can follow the trail of research!
- #25: Other reasons it is important – so others can find your sources, so YOU can find your sources. So you can follow the trail of research!
- #35: Plus, most of them are pretty much the same once you learn how to navigate them! They all have a help function, and there are tutorials available.
- #39: Comment on Abstracts. Remember, you have to click on the item to find the rest of the info! Point out where full-text is located. Point out where all the APA information is located. Also, CITATION information!