Library Session One

Library Session One

Narrowing your topic and searching the Internet

Multiple Select

How can you narrow a topic?

• Mind map

• Ask a friend

• Answer the 5Ws

• Use rock, paper, scissors

Narrowing a topic

• Mind mapping aka brainstorming

• Answer the 5Ws

Mind Mapping

watch video in Library Research Module Session 1

The 5Ws

watch video in Library Research Module Session 1

Now it's your turn

I will put you in breakout rooms and provide your group with a link to a mind map. Your group will have 10 minutes. There are perspectives you can use or the 5Ws to complete the map.

Advanced Google search tips

• Quotation marks ("covid toes")

• Exclude using - for the word not ("covid toes" -rash)

• * for missing letters or words ("covid toes" child* -rash*)

• Type of website like government .gov, organization .org, commercial .com ("covid toes" child* -rash* site:.gov)

Evaluate the Internet for Quality Sources

• Authority (author)

• Domain (url)

• Bias (about us)

Authority

watch

https://youtu.be/EuMJfqaYRPY

Domain

go to

https://www.asanet.org/topics/inequalities-and-stratification

Bias

go to

https://www.pachamama.org/social-justice/social-inequality

Poll

Which story would you "trust" most?

• https://thegrayzone.com/2020/09/13/dark-web-voter-data-russian-election-hack-narrative/

• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/us/politics/russian-hacking-microsoft-biden-trump.html

• https://www.rt.com/usa/502757-trump-clinton-russia-collusion-declassification/

Citing Sources

• go to https://research.lib.buffalo.edu/citingsources/home

Fill in the Blanks

David E Sanger, and Nicole Perlroth. “Russian Intelligence Hackers Are Back, Microsoft Warns, Aiming at Officials of Both Parties.” The New York Times, Late Edition (East Coast), New York Times Company, 10 Sept. 2020.

Name the source (not the author or publisher)