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Library Resources for Argument Research

Eng 10 / King & Smoak / Spring 2023

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Starter 🔔

  1. What do you think you might want to research?

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  • What keywords will you use in your search?

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AGENDA

  1. Starter ✔ (25)
  2. Overview of Databases for Argument Research
  3. Work Time
  4. Lateral Reading to Evaluate Websites
  5. Exit Ticket

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🎯 LEARNING TARGETS: Explore digital library resources for argument research. Send sources to Drive and copy / paste the links. Use lateral reading to evaluate websites.

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What Are Library Databases

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Databases are—

Digitized collections of data (information), including published newspapers, magazines, journals, reference material, statistics, primary sources, images, video & audio clips, and more.

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Databases are—

NOT freely available to the public on the Internet. They are subscribed to (paid for) by libraries.

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When you search a database, you are NOT searching the Internet.

You ARE searching preselected material that is similar to what you might find on a library shelf in print format.

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When you search a database, you are NOT searching the Internet.

You ARE searching preselected material that is similar to what you might find on a library shelf in print format.

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Databases & eBooks Tab = Online resources for academic research (and personal knowledge)

Google SMHS Library > Select Databases & eBooks tab

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Database Login Information = Usernames and Passwords

You Try It! Open the Login Information Doc. What is the password for Gale databases?

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Scroll Down: On the Databases page, scroll down to Best Databases for Argument

You Try It!

  1. Open the Login Information Doc. Find the password for Gale. Use that information to log in to Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints.

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  1. In Gale Opposing Viewpoints, scroll down to Browse Issues and Browse all 478 Issues.

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  • Choose an issue that interests you,

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use the search bar (upper left corner) to type key terms for a topic that interest you.

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A snapshot of an issue: Gentrification

How many viewpoints?

How many infographics?

How many audio sources?

How many news articles?

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Great place to start = ☆ FEATURED VIEWPOINTS

Purple square (4 dots) = intermediate reading blue square (3 dots) = easy reading

red square (5 dots) = advanced reading

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Press Send to to send sources to Google Drive.

You Try! Choose an article on your issue. Press the Send to icon to send it to Google Drive.

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Press Cite to find the MLA citation.

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You Try! Choose an article on your issue. Press the Cite. Select the citation (blue button) to copy it.

EXAMPLE MLA 9: This is what you would copy / paste onto a Works Cited

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Press GET LINK 🔗

IMPORTANT: Do not take the link from the browser. Press GET LINKl 🔗

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DATABASES WORK TIME

Explore Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints and/or Proquest databases. When you find a source—

  1. Send it to Google Drive.
  2. Copy the link (Press GET LINK 🔗 on the database page).
  3. Paste the link on the Researching & Bibliography handout.

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Lateral Reading

How to Evaluate Websites

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AS YOU WATCH CONSIDER—

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  1. What is “lateral reading?”
  2. How do fact-

checkers find out more about unfamiliar sources?

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🎟️ EXIT TICKET

  1. How well did you understand today’s lesson?

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  • What did you learn about using digital library resources (databases)?

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