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Online Images & Sources Definition Research Project
MW Library, Spring 2012
Ms. Wendy DeGroat
http://www.resourceress.org
Audience
MLWGS
Concept should be
Sufficiently advanced
Complex
Suitable for visualization/multimedia
the science or study of poetic meters and versification
(“Prosody”)
Definition
“Prosody.” Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, 2011.
Web. 17 Oct. 2011.
Definitions
Dictionary
Encyclopedia
Handbook
Glossary Terms or
terminology
Concepts
Classification
•Subject Classification
•Classification Scheme
Sources for Definitions
Dictionaries
Subject encyclopedias
Glossary of textbook or handbook
Sites of respected organizations
Three Tips
Databases (e.g. Powersearch) - limit search for term to the Title field
Books – skim the table of contents before clicking through pages on which the word appears
Google - limit your results to a relevant domain by adding site:gov, site:mil, or site:edu to your search
Finding images
Royalty-free
$
Deepening the definition
Maps, charts, diagrams
Scholarly studies
Databases
Digitized collections (a.k.a. archives)
Videos, podcasts, interviews
Magazines and journals
Professional/trade
Special interest/polemic
Reports
Statistics
Conference proceedings
Citing other online content
See pages 65-69 of your FIRC: Public Speaking booklet
Use Noodle Tools
To do
“Favorite” the Multimedia Toolbox
Get out the database passwords (p. 70)
Create a Noodle Tools account
Find sources
Document sources
Works Cited
Dombrowski, Quinn. The Woman Who Was a Music Note. 9 Nov. 2009.
Flickr. Yahoo!, 9 Nov. 2009. Web. 17 Oct. 2011.
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/4092318770/>.
Paxton, Daniel. Music Note Bokeh. 7 Feb. 2011. Flickr. Yahoo!, 7 Feb.
2011. Web. 17 Oct. 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/
allthatimprobableblue/5425519839/>.
“Prosody.” Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, 2011. Web. 17 Oct. 2011.