Arek's Log
Today, September 27th, we met at Strozier Library instead of our normal classroom. We grouped up and were briefly told about the variety of resources that can be found and checked out from the library. Jeff then took us to a room full of computers and gave us a quick run-down about the credibility of sources that we use for research. The main website we used was the library homepage: https://www.lib.fsu.edu/ Jeff directed us to the database tab that can be used to find credible sources and told us that FSU has 568 different databases that students can search from. First, we went to the Academic Search Complete Database to learn a bit about its features. It can be found here: http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/advanced?vid=0&sid=6a0e8c5c-5458-4769-83c3-b75ada141e0c%40sessionmgr103
We then used it to do some searching relative to our research topics in order to see the vast variety of information that the database can provide. Jeff then went over the way that search engines work using keywords to give us exactly what we are looking for. Jeff briefly talked about “fake news” and opinionated news sources and how they relate to research credibility. We then learned that Academic Journals are written by experts in a given field and Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals are even better as they are “fact checked” by other experts in the field of interest. Jeff then talked about how Booleans (AND, OR, NOT) help with our searching. We then did a search demonstration using those Booleans that involved standing and sitting to show how the database searches through sources. He also talked about different symbols that can improve search accuracy, such as the * symbol. We then took a few minutes to find sources that could be helpful in our Project 2 research paper. Moving on from sources, we learned how to use Refworks as a tool for storing our citations. https://refworks.proquest.com/ Everyone created a RefWorks account, and Jeff explained that it was such a useful tool because it can be used from any computer and even makes a bibliography for all of your selected sources.
Jeff then talked a bit about OneSearch: http://eds.b.ebscohost.com/eds/search/advanced?vid=0&sid=0a8e65e4-6cc2-4dfa-8660-fe999023aaad%40sessionmgr120 OneSearch is a tool on the library home page that allows students to search for sources through every database that FSU offers. In addition to this, students can find where books are in the library, and even access certain ebooks. Also, if a book cannot be found in one of FSU’s libraries, students can have the book shipped to FSU from university libraries across the world. Finally, Jeff said that if we forgot any of this information, a brief outline of it all can be found here: http://guides.lib.fsu.edu/enc2135
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