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