1. “Meet the Info Kittehs!” Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Kendall College Library

2. Who? Elise Brown Reference & Instruction, & Web Librarian Artist, Makeup Artistry, Singer, Dancer, Art Historian Don’t Make Me “Shush” You!

3. Let’s Talk About!  Library Basics  KCAD Catalog  MeLCat  Information Evaluation  Boolean Who? Boolean What?  Article Databases  All Things Plagiarism  Questions?

4. Library Basics!  KCAD Library: Located on the 2 nd Floor of Kendall Has 3 Full-Time Librarians 22,000 + Items Books & 125+ Print Magazines, Journals & Newspapers CDs, Book on CD, & DVDs Course Reserves

5. Library Basics!  To Use the KCAD Library: Get Your KCAD / FSU ID Card Come to the Library Link your ID barcode to Library Record WHY?

6. Library Basics!  Borrow materials from the Library  Borrow materials through MeLCat  24 / 7 - Off-Campus Access to the: The Library Catalog MeLCat Article Databases

7. 24 / 7 – Access  KCAD / FSU ID Card  LOGIN: My FSU ID + Password OR Name + Barcode + Pin

8. Ideal for Snow, Sick & Lazy Days!

9. Library Basics!  KCAD Library Catalog

10. Library Basics!  KCAD Library Catalog Books Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Titles CDs, DVDs, Book on CD Course Reserves (Faculty Name) Patron Record

11. Library Basics!  MeLCat is your best friend…

12. Library Basics!  MeLCat is your best friend… Borrow materials from other libraries 380 Libraries State Wide + 44 Million Items Available Items Arrive in 3-5 days 3 Week Checkout (possible renewal)

13. Information Evaluation!

14. My professor said I need to use scholarly resources?

15. 3 Levels of Information Popular Scholarly Peer Reviewed

16. Wait! How can I tell the difference?

17. Popular Reviewed by an Editor or Editors Written by Journalists / Reporters / Staff Writers Slick, Glossy & Illustrated Entertainment & Advertising Audience = General Public No citations

18. Scholarly Reviewed by an Editor & Editorial Board Written by Scholars & Experts Lengthy Articles & Essays Subdued in Appearance; Formal Language Very Few Advertisements & Images Research Oriented; Factual Content Audience = Scholars & Experts Citations, Footnotes Bibliographies

19. What does “peer reviewed” mean? “Peer reviewed” refers to a review process of publication. Specialists and experts submit research and writing for publication. These materials are reviewed by other experts.

20. Information Evaluation!

21. I found this great Web source… http://www.theonion.com/content/index

22. C. R. A. A. P.

23. C = Current: When was the site/page last updated? When was the material published? Is the information current enough for your topic/subject?

24. C. R. A. A. P. R = Relevant: Appropriate for college-level work? Is the information related to your topic?

25. C. R. A. A. P. A = Author: Personal, Professional, or Business Business, Company, Organization, Government - For or Non-Profit Author? Credentials? Authority? Publisher? Domain / URL?.org,.gov,.mil,.edu,.net,.com

26. C. R. A. A. P. A = Accurate: Documentation: Footnotes, Endnotes, Links Verification Does the information match up? Typos, Spelling and/or Grammatical Errors

27. C. R. A. A. P. P = Purpose: “ Tone?” - Point of view? Educate, Inform, Factual, Data Sell, Entice, Advertise Persuade, Opinion, Biased Propaganda, Misinformation

28. How do I sort through this hot mess!?

29. Boolean Who? Plain and simple, a basic search strategy using connectors AND OR NOT

30. Boolean - AND Retrieve all the results where both terms appear To narrow or reduce too many search results AND will give you the smallest number of results

31. Boolean - AND Section in the middle shows the results of a search for Cats AND Dogs

32. Boolean - OR Retrieve all the results where either term appears To expand or increase search results OR will give you the largest number of results

33. Boolean - OR Cats Dogs Cats & Dogs

34. Google & Wikipedia VS. Databases!

35. Article Databases! Provides access the contents of Magazines Newspapers Journals Trade Publications

36. Article Databases! Contents provided include: Citations Abstracts Full-Text

37. What is a Citation? Exact details of a published source of information Books, Periodicals, Web pages, Lectures, Interviews, Photographs, Images, Movies, Music, Performances, Letters, Email, etc.

38. What is an Abstract? A brief description or summary of the content of an article, essay or paper

39. What does Full-Text mean? Electronic format of an article or essay: Read Print Copy & Paste Download & Save Email

40. Other Types of Databases? Images - ARTstor & CAMIO – IMAGES Reference - Encyclopedias & Dictionaries Subject Specific Example: Grove Art Online / Oxford Art Online

41. General OneFile Multi-Subject Database + 100 Million Articles (1980 – 2011) Art · Business · Computers · Current Events · Economics · Education · Entertainment · Environmental Issues · Health care · Humanities · Law · Literature · News · Politics · Sciences · Social Sciences · Sports · Technology

42. LexisNexis Academic Multi-Subject Database + 350 News Sources + 300 Magazines & Journals Business & Legal Sources

43. Opposing Viewpoints Multi-Subject Database + 14,000 Pro / Con Essays + 5000 Topic Overviews + 5 million Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles

44. Avoiding Plagiarism

45. Plagiarize: To take and use as one's own (the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another person); To copy (literary work or ideas) improperly or without acknowledgement.

46. What is a Bibliography? Bibliography / Works Cited A list of CITATIONS for the information resources you used in your paper, presentation, project, etc. Books, Articles, Web sites, Images, & Other Media: Email, Interviews, Letters, Movies, Music, Peformance,Video, etc.

47. Do I Have to Cite Images? Absolutely!

48. How do I “cite” stuff? MLA – Modern Language Association Format and Style Guide ~ 2009 Edition OWL – Purdue University http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

49. When In Doubt…Ask!

50. Don’t Delay! Start Today!

51. Any Questions?

52. Stuck?! Stumped!? Overwhelmed!?

53. “The Info Kittehs say…Visit the Library!”

54. Images & Captions Kitty images: http://icanhascheezburger.com/ Kitty Captions: EJB – Yours Truly!

55. “The Info Kittehs say…Thank You!”