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Mr. Mennella's class

           Mr. Menella's class - IAs

  • The library website
  • Databases vs the Internet - College expectations
  • Boolean searching - College expectations
  • w/ JSTOR - what, how, citing 
  • w/ EBSCO - what, how, citing 
  • w/ Google (if time permits: Scholar)
  • Individual work

 "First year's information literacy backpacks:
What's already packed or not packed?"

 

      Highlights

  • (...)
  • Students coming from high schools with high school librarians
    feel better prepared for academic research.

Before we start...

  • What's the difference between databases and the Internet?

  • JSTOR: you never used it / you're a beginner / you're very comfortable?

  • EBSCO: you never used it / you're a beginner / you're very comfortable?

  • What's the difference between the two of them?

  • What does "Boolean logic" or "Boolean operators" mean?

  • When should you use "double quotes" in a search query?

  • What does the "OR" operator do in a query?

  • When would you use parenthesis (brackets) in a search query?

  • In Google, how do you restrict your search results to a specific domain (.com .gov .edu .fr...)?

  • What does MLA 9 stand for? 

LIBRARY EE WORKSHOP 3