POPD – Information skills

Teachers:Antoinette LittelCorrie WolfChung Kuah

Introduction

• DOT Framework: Library

• How do you find information and how do you know it’s of good quality?

• Is this the right way?

• Report writing!

Problematic skills adults

The problematic skills:• specifying search terms• evaluating search results• evaluating information and source• regulating the search process

Do you…?

• expected to find the answer on one single website, preferably in the first couple of sentences?

• not take the effort to combine information?• expect it to be true if you found it twice?

The internet!

Probly the most used

8

Other search engines?

9

Metasearch engines?

10

Social media?

Pitfall

• How reliable is it?• How much do you actually find?

12

Coverage of a search engine?

• Password• Paid• Via menus

Oops: Fox 5 News – iPhone 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6668cxupH98

Fox 5 News – mistake

http://www.aatmastudio.com/

Wikipedia?

• Wikipedia = tertiary resource

• Wikipedia = non-authoritative resource

• Not always accepted by lectors

Example: Wander Donkey

Example: Heart Attacks

• Where would you search?• Google?• Wikipedia?

• Did you thought about the Heart foundation?

Fontys Library

• Reliable information• Field specific• University quality• Paid information freely accessible

• http://fontys.edu/library/ • (http://

fontys.edu/LIBRARY-HOME/Search-and-find/Databases.htm)

Interesting databanks

Google Scholar

• Only scientific articles

• Search on "smart traffic" -lights• Google: 136000 hits• Google Scholar: 1430 hits

• http://scholar.google.com/

Finding reliable information

Searchplan• Determine what you want to find• Verify / crossreference multiple

resources

• Write it in your own words or quote resources

• Document the used resources with a references (APA)

How to validate information?

How to: Good key words

QUESTION: How to create a dropdown menu in CSS?

Keywords

Dropdown menu

“drop-down menu”“dropdownmenu”

“dropdown navigation”

CSS

“Cascade Style Sheet”Not JavaScript

IN GOOGLE:

(“dropdown menu” OR “drop-down menu” OR dropdownmenu OR “dropdown navigation”) AND (CSS OR “Cascade style sheet”) AND -

JavaScript

Individual assignment (15 min.)

• Explore the different unfamiliar sources (ie. biep.nu, HBO Kennisbank, Library PressDisplay, Science direct or your own choice)

• Write down what kind of information you found?

• Random students will present their findings

APA?

American Psychological Association• How to make references• How to quote text

Why APA?

• Law: The owner of the copyright (i.e., in most cases, the true author) could sue the plagiarist in federal court for violation of the copyright (plagiarism)

• Credit: credit where credit is due…• Verifiable: enables readers to verify

What is plagiarism?

• “het zich toe-eigenen van het geestelijk werk van anderen en het als eigen werk openbaar maken (The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.)” – Van Dale Dictionary (n.d.), retrieved from http://www.vandale.nl/opzoeken?pattern=plagiaat&lang=nn#.VVGqDk0cRaQ

• “Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition. Plagiarism may be intentional or reckless, or unintentional.” - University of Oxford (n.d.), retrieved from http://www.ox.ac.uk/students/academic/guidance/skills/plagiarism

• “If you copy parts from existing publications, you must always ensure a correct reference (citation) of your source. The readers of your project or thesis can then assess whether you have used reliable sources, whether you have used sufficient sources and whether you have perhaps forgotten a number of important sources.” – Fontys University of Applied Science (n.d.), retrieved from http://www.fontysmediatheek.nl/wiki/home/Copyright_English

Example of ‘plagiarism’ – research report

Always reference the source! Like:Figuur 3De verschillende posities waar elektroden voor een ECG worden geplaatst. Retrieved from http: … Copyright (year) by the author.

(Poelmans & Severijnen, 2013, Verwijswijzer, page 75)

APA style references

• BookAuthor, A. (Year of publication). Title of work (pages). Location: Publisher.

• WebsiteAuthor, A. (date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved MM,dd, YYYY from http://xxxx.xx/xxx

• Text in a e-bookAuthor, A. (Year of publication). Title of work (pages). Location: Publisher. Retrieved MM,dd, YYYY from http://xxxxxxxxx

• More see: http://www.apastyle.org/

short!

Examples

• Habraken, J.H.M. (2012). Bronvermelding volgens de richtlijnen van de APA: handleiding. Retrieved May, 20, 2013 from http://itswww.uvt.nl/lis/es/apa/apa-handleiding.pdf

• Fontys University of Applied Science (n.d.), retrieved June, 11, 2011 from http://www.fontysmediatheek.nl/wiki/home/Copyright_English

• Deitel, P. & Deitel H. (2014), Visual C# 2012 How to Program (pp. 10-14). Essex: Pearson

• “Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own,…Plagiarism may be intentional or reckless, or unintentional” (University of Oxford, n.d., retrieved March, 22, 2011 from http://www.ox.ac.uk/students/academic/guidance/skills/plagiarism)

Where in a report?

• Chapter: References/Literature List

• In-text citation

Questions?

Assignment: see sharepoint

Assignment is also preparation for week 6

R1_2.43: Lastnames starting with A - H

R1_2.78: Lastnames starting with I - P

R1_2.79: Lastnames starting with R - Z