This document summarizes an orientation session for first-year students on using library resources. It introduces the various formats of information like books, streaming media, articles and databases. It emphasizes that information is created for different purposes and searching for information is an exploration. It demonstrates how to use the discovery tool Summon to broadly search and deeply explore various information sources. It reviews where to find books, journals, databases and help in the library and encourages students to ask questions.

1. FYE 191
MUSIC:
MORE THAN MEETS THE EAR
DR. CHRISTOPHER NIGRELLI
LIBRARY ORIENTATION SESSION
OCTOBER 15, 2021
DR. FRANK QUINN

2. QUIZ TIME
GO TO WWW.KAHOOT.IT

3. OBJECTIVES
The information landscape – an introduction
• Formats
• Books – catalog, Summon
• Streaming media – catalog, Summon, databases
• Articles – Summon, databases
• Pro tips…
Finding and using library information

4. TWO THEMES FOR TODAY...
Information is created. Searching is exploration.

5. KEY QUESTION: WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?

6. SIFTING THROUGH INFORMATION
Check out https://guides.lib.wayne.edu/sift
...courtesy of Wayne State University (after Michael Caulfield)

7. FINDING "THE GOOD
STUFF"
Courtesy Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 4.0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deepweb_graphical_representation.svg

8. FROM PHYSICAL TO VIRTUAL
• BOOKS EBOOKS
• PAPER JOURNALS EJOURNALS
• INDEXES DATABASES
• LIBRARIES TO…?

9. SCHOLARLY RESEARCH ARTICLES – A FIELD GUIDE…
Scholarly Popular
Abstract Yes No
Audience Scholars, experts General public
Author
Professionals in the field, credentials
listed
Journalist or writer, credentials
optional
Language Formal, with field-specific jargon Informal or everyday language
Graphics
Minimal, but including charts,
graphs, and formulas
Colorful; photos, illustrations.
Advertising
Length Usually long Short
Citations
Yes. All sources listed, with both in-
article references and bibliographies
Not normally
JSCS cover, CC-BY-SA Ms. Magazine cover, CC-BY-SA

10. SEARCHING IS EXPLORATION
...OR EVEN BETTER, "GOOD SEARCHING IS STRATEGIC EXPLORATION."
• Cast a broad net, and
• Search in depth—get beneath the surface
Here’s an example, using a discovery tool, called Summon.

11. LET'S GO TO THE LIBRARY...
...for books and other media
...for scholarly journal articles
...and for help!

12. TO REVIEW...
Information is created – but by whom
and for what purposes?
Searching for information is
exploration…and the library can help
you find it.
Summon and the Library Catalog
Databases
Research Guides

13. QUESTIONS?
An online version of this presentation is available at
https://www.slideshare.net/FrankQuinn19/
XKCD comic “Second,” by Randall
Munroe, CC BY-NC 2.5

14. WE NEED YOUR HELP
PLEASE HELP US MAKE OUR PRESENTATIONS BETTER BY ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS ON TODAY'S SESSION AT:
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INSTRUCTOR: DR. NIGRELLI
LIBRARIAN: DR. FRANK QUINN
COURSE: FYE 191
THANK YOU!