Deconstructing Databases

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Deconstructing Databases

• a Tuesdays _at_ 1000 Workshop
• 11/14/06
• But what do they signify?

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Whos here why

• Introductions
• Me
• You
• Name
• Class standing
• Previous instruction
• Why this workshop?

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A short history of organizing information

• Organize to find
• Books
• Title/Author
• Newspapers
• Title/Date
• Periodicals
• Title/Volume/Issue
• But how do you organize in order to find content?

• BC
• Printed catalogs
• Paper indexes
• AC/BI
• OPACs
• Dial-up services, CDs
• AI
• WebPACs
• Online databases
• Disorganized web
• Open Access

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Paper Periodical Indexes

• Pooles
• Readers Guide
• The New York Times Index

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Subject periodicals indexes
184 results found. sorted by date.
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21st Century
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Look closer

• Index only
• MLA Bibliography
• http//www.mla.org/publications/bibliography
• (First Search)
• Index with abstracts
• Sociological Abstracts (CSA)
• http//www.csa.com/factsheets/socioabs-set-c.php
• AI full text
• Humanities Full Text
• WilsonWeb

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Database Help

• Basic
• Database description
• Journal Directory
• Search help
• Tutorials
• Article Linker

• Advanced
• Indexes
• Thesaurus

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More Help

• Mark
• Save
• Print
• Export
• Email
• Alerts

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Lets Explore
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Closing thoughts

• ???????s
• Comments
• Eval
• Next workshop 11/21
• Fabrication, Falsification, Plagiarization -
  Information Ethics