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SMART STARTLRC Resources for Computer Programming Students
I AM . . .
Melanie ParletteProgram Liaison for School of Engineering and Information [email protected]
TODAY we will…• Locate key sections of the LRC’s website• Perform a basic search of LRC resources, narrow our
search and create a list of relevant results• Identify the tools we can use to evaluate information
sources
Off-Campus Access
Today’s Research Topic is….• Is there a relationship Facebook use and academic
performance?
Finding A Source to Answer Your Question• Where do we begin?• Google• Wikipedia• Other suggestions…
Choosing Better Sources • How can you tell trustworthy information (the “better”
information) from less-trustworthy information (“worse” information)?
The CRAAP TestThe CRAAP Test• Currency The timeliness of the information
• Relevance The importance of the information for your needs
• Authority The source of the information
• Accuracy The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the information
• Purpose The reason the information exists
Let’s begin our search…
Just a click away . . . LRC Website Challenge• Locate the library’s Research Help Online Research Help Online (HINT! Check out the
Computer Programming guide found under Information Technology). guides, and explain what additional help these guides provide, beyond the EDS tool.
• Locate the LRC’s Cite Your Sources Cite Your Sources (HINT! Check the Cite Your Sources tab on the Computer Programming Research Help guide) page and describe two different resources found there.
• Locate and explore Safari Books Online Safari Books Online (HINT! Check Books, eBooks and Media tab on the Computer Programming Research Help guide). How might this be useful to students in Computer Programming?
Today We…
• Located key sections of the LRC’s website• Discovered tools we can use to evaluate resources to
ensure they are of good quality• Performed a basic search of LRC resources, narrowed our
search and created a list of relevant results
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