1. English 1113 Frederic Murray Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political Science, University of Iowa Instructional Services Librarian Al Harris Library frederic.murray@swosu.edu

2. Comp I Assignment 1.Primary Source – Comedic/Humorous 2.Secondary Source 3.Barden’s Philosophy of Humor

4. Examples Primary Secondary Dick Cheney's Argument Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News, 4/30/2009 Fisher, Roger. Them damned pictures : explorations in American political cartoon art. North Haven, CT: Archon, 1996

6. Examples Primary Secondary A Modest Proposal Bengels, Barbara "Swift's A MODEST PROPOSAL." Explicator 65.1 (2006): 13-15. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 13 Nov. 2009.

7. When Harry Met Sally Directed by Rob Reiner 1989

8. Examples Primary Secondary When Harry Met Sally –Video –TranscriptTranscript CARYN, JAMES "Review/Film; It's Harry Loves Sally in a Romance Of New Yorkers and Neuroses." New York Times 12 July 1989: 15. Newspaper Source Plus. EBSCO. Web. 13 Nov. 2009.

9. Academic Research Knowing Where to Look Knowing How to Look

10. 21 st Century Library

11. Catalogs, Databases, & Search Engines A comprehensive list of the books, periodicals, maps, and other materials in a given collection. A large, regularly updated file of digitized information related to a specific subject or field. Computer software designed to help the user locate information available at sites on the World Wide Web by selecting categories from a hierarchical directory of subjects (example: Yahoo!) or by entering appropriate keywords or phrases (Google).

12. DEFINITIONS Sources that contain raw, original, non interpreted and unevaluated information. Sources that digest, analyze, evaluate and interpret the information contained within primary sources. They tend to be argumentative. Sources that compile, analyze, and digest secondary sources. They tend to be factual. TIMING OF PUBLICATION CYCLE Primary sources tend to come first in the publication cycle. Secondary sources tend to come second in the publication cycle. Tertiary sources tend to come last in the publication cycle. FORMATS--depends on the kind of analysis being conducted. Often newspapers, weekly and monthly-produced magazines; letters, diaries. Often scholarly periodicals and books. (Professors like these.) Often reference books. EXAMPLE: COMP I: Paper Five Short Story, Poem, Cartoon, Film ( including transcript), Monologue Articles in databases EBooks Books Griffith, Nancy. Humor of the old Southwest : an annotated bibliography of primary and secondary sources. New York City: Greenwood Press, 1989. PRIMARYSECONDARYTERTIARY

13. Search Techniques Keyword Basic Boolean

14. Identifying Keywords Identify the significant terms and concepts that describe your topic from your thesis statement or research question. These terms will become the key for searching catalogs, databases and search engines for information about your subject.

15. Composition I: Paper Five Humor Satire Comedy ReviewMonologue Theory Commentary Transcript Script

16. Boolean AND = Narrow OR = Expand NOT = Exclude

17. Boolean Operators Connect keywords only Must be placed between keywords AND –Narrows your search OR –Expands your search with synonymous terms NOT –Excludes words from your search –If used too much, it can work against you!

18. E-Books: Ebrary/Netbook 24/7 Full Text Searching* Highlight Markup Note Taking Changeable Font Size Online Bookshelf Multiplicity of Use

19. SWOSU Catalog

20. Article Databases

21. EBSCO Databases Academic Search Complete Newspaper Source Plus Literary Reference Center

22. Internet Resources For Primary Sources Sriptiologist.com Goodreads

23. CLASS SURVEY

24. Questions? Contact me: Frederic Murray 774-7113 frederic.murray@swosu.edu

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