Searching for Materials
updated 5-7-09
Required
Readings
- Bishop 6
- 2.3B Incorporates
technology to promote efficient and
equitable access to
information beyond print resources (although this standard applies to
learners, you will gain skill in this area through searching for
materials, thus improving your ability to teach about it)
Supplemental:
- Chad's Search Engine
Presentation: see WebCT/6340/Resources [*check for currency]
- Gunn, H. (2005). Become a power Google user. Teacher-Librarian, 32 (5), 14-21. [Available fulltext in GALILEO.]
- Curtis, A. & Dorner, D.G. (2005). Why federated search? Knowledge Quest 33 (3), 35-37. [Available fulltext in GALILEO.] Highly recommended!
- MAF's
Searching bookmarks
- Morris 10
- Riedling 10; Riedling ex. pp 112, 115
- Education Research at UGA: handout from workshop presented by
Carla Buss and Nadine Cohen: in WebCT 6340 Resources
Discussion Points
Highlights
and
things you really must
understand:
- Boolean Logic
- The basic and most useful GALILEO databases for your school-age group AND for professional education literature
- Google: Try Patrick
Crispen's
Google conference presentations. [*look for up-to-date ones]
- Hint: Use Google to search large websites. For example, to find something in the universe of UGA, type "University of Georgia" plus the other terms you need into Google. Works more consistently than onsite search engines.
- Have 2 other search engines
in your repertoire -- one should be a MetaSearch engine. That's because
not even Google covers half the Net yet.
- Invisible web
- The Digital Natives
and how they
behave: *cross-ref to Learner Characteristics
- Fitzgerald's Facts about
Searching: 1. No one knows enough about searching. 2. Most
non-librarians think they know how to search. 3. The technology really
is getting better for searching. 4. Eyes glaze over very quickly
when you try to teach "how to search."
- Sample search
- What else?
Searching for Materials: Strategies from Cohort 8
- Buying things from list on Follett
- Destiny Quest: look around to see what other schools have on a given topic or in a given section
- Look inside the book: use online tools to see how the book actually looks - can tell you so much about readability, appeal to your audience
- Find a publisher you like and start from there. Example: Capstone Press - really good for graphic nonfiction
- Ask experienced peer about what they use
References
- Bishop, K. (2007). The collection program in schools: Concepts, practices, and information scources (4th ed.). Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
- Curtis, A. & Dorner, D.G. (2005). Why federated search? Knowledge Quest 33 (3), 35-37. [Available fulltext in GALILEO.] Highly recommended!
- Gunn, H. (2005). Become a power Google user. Teacher-Librarian, 32 (5), 14-21. [Available fulltext in GALILEO.]
- Logo by CoolText
- Morris, B.J. (2004). Administering the school library media center (4th ed.). Westport, CN: Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 1-59158-183-4.
- Riedling, Ann. (2005). Reference skills for the school library media specialist: Tips & Tools, 2nd edition. Columbus, OH: Linworth. ISBN: 1-58683-190-9.
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Page history: This section refreshed 1-22-08; shell worked on 12-29-08, 1-2-09. Searching for materials content added 5-7-09.
Page history: This section refreshed 1-22-08; shell worked on 12-29-08, 1-2-09. Searching for materials content added 5-7-09.