Welcome to MCC

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Welcome to MCC
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Library-Services Access

• A library, to modify the famous metaphor of
  Socrates, should be the delivery room for the
  birth of ideasa place where history comes to
  life.
• Norman Cousins
• American Library Association Bulletin October,
  1954

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Florida Community College System

• Great 28
• CCLA College Center for Library Automation
• Library Management System Aleph 04
• LinccWeb
• Electronic Resources Ebooks
• Downloadable Audio Books
• Ask-a-Librarian
• LIS 2004
• Florida Distance Learning Consortium

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TBLC 84 libraries

• Tampa Bay Library Consortium
• Ask-a-Librarian
• Ebooks
• Downloadable Audio Books
• Statewide delivery system
• Staff Training

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MCC Participation

• QEP
• CDR
• Title III
• Cross Functional Teams
• Distance Learning
• Advising
• Developmental Education

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QEP Quality Enhancement Plan

• Distance Learning Meg Judy
• Goals to Increase
• Student learning
• Student success
• Student retention
• Interaction student/student student/faculty
• Access to DL courses
• Access to technology
• Staff/faculty satisfaction

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QEP Quality Enhancement Plan

• Librarian on QEP Committees
• Steering-yes
• Curriculum-no
• Faculty-yes
• Student Services-yes

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Evaluation

• Were drowning in information and starving for
  knowledge.
• Rutherford D Rogers, librarian, Yale
• On the enormous number of books, periodicals and
  other documents published each year, quoted in NY
  Times 25 Feb 85

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Information Literacy Assignment Specific
Instruction

• Locate
• Evaluate
• Use Information
• Become a life long learner

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Information Literacy _at_ MCC

• All ENC 1101
• Fall 2004 (required)
• All SLS 1101 (student life skills)
• Fall 2005 (required)
• LIS 2004 (Intro to Internet Research)
• 1 credit, DL course, elective
• Fall 2003 (inception)
• Gordon Rule Other Courses
• Upon request of Instructor

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Information Literacy _at_ MCC

• PowerPoint Presentation
• Assignment Specific
• Pathfinder
• if related
• Tour
• if requested
• Hands on Exercises
• if appropriate or no assignment

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Information Literacy _at_ MCC

• In Person Presentations
• Online Access
• httpwww.mccfl.edu
• Library
• Information Literacy
• Guide
• Mission
• Competencies
• PowerPoints
• Pathfinders
• LIS 2004

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Today
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Reference Books

• Basic Overview of Topic
• 1st Floor
• Library Use
• Photocopy
• REQUIRES COPY CARD
• 1
• Add money to card
• 1, 5, 10, 20 (max to 50)

No COINS
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Library Organization

• AGeneral Works
• BPhilosophy Religion
• CTBiography
• DHistory
• EAmerican History
• HSocial Sciences
• JGovernment
• KLaw

• LEducation
• MMusic
• NArt
• PLanguage
• Literature
• QScience
• RMedicine
• TTechnology

Ref. RC41 .M34 2005 
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LINCC

• LINCC available thru Virtual Library
• http//www.mccfl.edu
• Library
• Book Catalog

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Periodicals-Databases vs. Internet

• Magazines
• Journals
• Newspapers

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Databases vs. Internet

• Information is owned
• Information is from published sources
• Subscription
• Password is needed
• Usually not advertisements

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Electronic Resources

• MCC has 50 different databases.
• Many Full-text articles references
• Download (USB or 3.5 disk)
• Email (free)
• Print (fee)
• Copy Card 1
• Apply to card
• 1, 5, 10, 20 (up to 50)

2 one dollar bills minimum needed
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Database Choices

• Education Full Text (Wilson)
• Some Full-text with summary
• Infotrac Professional (Gale)
• Some Full-text with summary
• ERIC (FirstSearch)
• NO Full-text with summary
• Dissertation Abstracts (FirstSearch)
• NO Full-text with summary
• Academic Search (EBSCO)
• Some Full-text with summary
• OmniFile (Wilson)
• Some Full-text with summary

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K-12 Database Choices

• Info Trac Junior (Gale)
• Some Full-text with summary
• Info Trac Kids (Gale)
• Some Full-text with summary
• Info Trac Student (Gale)
• Some Full-text with summary
• MAS Ultra-School Ed (EBSCO)
• Some Full-text with summary
• Primary Search (EBSCO)
• Some Full-text with summary
• SIRS Researcher (SIRS)
• Some Full-text with summary

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Search Tips

• Keywords- Be flexible
• Enemy combatant
• Unlawful combatant
• Illegal combatant
• Underprivileged combatant
• Use Quotes
• United Nations
• Combine Keywords with AND United Nations AND
  ambassador

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Search Tips

• Sort by Date
• some databases sort by relevance not by date
• Limit
• limit to full-text if too many results
• Add keywords
• if too many results
• Not available full-text
• follow SFX link

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ERIC

• Adding Full-text
• When not available full-text USE
• USF microfiche
• EJ Indicates Journal
• ED Indicates Document

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Internet

• THE GOOD
• Web pages
• Government Reports
• White Papers
• Quotes
• Statistics
• Primary Materials
• Experts

• THE BAD
• Frauds
• Hate Groups
• Self Published
• items
• Miss or false - information

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• The greatest obstacle to discovery is not
  ignoranceit is the illusion of knowledge.
• Daniel J Boorstin, Librarian of Congress
• Washington Post 29 Jan 84

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Online Databases

• NEED Student ID number
• G00
• Capital G
• Zeros not Os

Library PIN last 4 of G
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Online Databases

• Access MCC Virtual Library
• http//www.mccfl.edu
• Library
• Electronic Resources

ID needed
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Printing Articles

• Have the full-text article on screen.
• Click on File, then Print Preview.
• Confirm number of pages.
• Adjust if necessary.
• Close window and Print.
• Enter Release Code, twice.
• Go to print station.
• Enter Release Code.
• Confirm of pages and Select.
• Press Print.
• Enter Copy Card
• Remove Copy Card
• Collect Copies.

OmniFile-Wilson ASK FOR HELP PRINTING
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Internet

• Use a good search tool
• google.com lii.org answers.com
• Search tools search differently
• Read Help Files for search tips
• Evaluate EVERYTHING

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5 Questions forEvaluating Websitesa simple
mnemonic approach

• WHO? WHAT?
• WHEN? WHERE?
• WHY?

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Evaluating your Information

• Audience
• Children-College-Business
• Bias
• Trying to persuade you?
• Original Purpose
• Inform
• Persuade
• Entertain
• Sell
• Hurt
• Help

• Date
• Is it current?
• Facts
• Are they accurate?
• Author
• Is the author an expert?
• Sponsoring Organization
• Are they known or respected?

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MCC Library Hours

• Venice Campus
• M-TH
• 745 a.m.-900 p.m.
• F
• 745 a.m. - 1230 pm

• Bradenton Campus
• M-TH
• 745 a.m.-1000 p.m.
• F
• 745 a.m.-1230 p.m.
• Sunday
• 200 p.m.-600 p.m.

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Essentials

• Reference_at_mccfl.edu
• askalibrarian.org
• Bradenton Reference Help
• [phone]
• Venice Reference Help
• [phone]