using & creating social information
DESCRIPTION
Presented to HNFE 3224 on 2/15/2012TRANSCRIPT
HNFE 3224: USING & CREATINGSOCIAL INFORMATION
Rebecca Miller
[email protected] OR [email protected]
540-231-9669
CLASS OVERVIEW
Touch base about research Evaluating social information & other web
resources Professional communication & blogging Citations Q & A
RESOURCES FOR THIS COURSE
I’ve created several resources specifically for this course:
HNFE 3224 Library Course Guide Social Media for Nutrition and Food ePortfolio
Basic information and resources about social media tools (books, journal articles, etc.)
Additionally, this will be available on Slideshare : http://www.slideshare.net/millerrk
SOCIAL INFORMATION Information is no longer housed in just books
or journals Web 2.0 = user generated content Information can be communicated by web
pages, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, YouTube…and it’s all easily searchable by Google
SOCIAL INFORMATION PROS & CONS
Pros: You can communicate with all sorts of people, in
all sorts of locations It’s easy to publish and create information Your digital actions can define your professional
reputation and image! Cons:
You can communicate with all sorts of people, in all sorts of locations
It’s easy to publish and create information Your digital actions can define your professional
reputation and image!
EVALUATING WEB RESOURCES
None of the old-timers—the professors—can really give us much advice on sorting through and evaluating resources. I think we’re kind of one of the first generations to have too much information, as opposed to too little. We’ve never had instruction really on navigating the Internet and picking out good resources. We’ve been kind of tossed into this and we’ve just learned through experience we have to go on a Web site and just raid it for information. So I would say that despite all that’s out there, it certainly is harder to find the right source and evaluate whether it’s good, or not, because there’s so much—you only have a little bit of time to spend on each source you find
[Engineering student from Project Information Literacy study]
EFFECTIVE SEARCHING & EVALUATING
Scenario: you are doing some research and stumbled across these sites: http://www.nutri-facts.com http://www.foodfacts.com/
Are these sites authoritative? What are you looking at on the sites? Identify four reasons why you think the sites are good
or bad
We will report back and discuss in five minutes:
http://www.online-stopwatch.com/online-countdown/
SURVEY SAYS…
Examination of these sites revealed:
WEBSITE & WEB 2.0 EVALUATION CHECKLIST: HTTP://WWW.LIB.VT.EDU/INSTRUCT/EVALUATE/
Authority Is the page signed? What are the author(s)’ qualifications? Is there contact information?
Coverage Is the information relevant? How in-depth is the material?
Objectivity Is there any bias? Are there advertisements on the page?
Accuracy Is the information reliable? Is there an editor? Is the page free of silly spelling/grammatical mistakes?
Currency Is the page dated? Are the links current? Is the design current, or outdated?
BLOGGING
Blogging can showcase: Your communication skills Your creativity Your passion and dedication Your ability to network The message(s) that you want to send to your
audience Example:
http://christinasielbeck.wordpress.com/
What sorts of blogs do you follow?Why? And how…?
NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH
I blog: http://hnfelibrarian.blogspot.com Communicate library, technology, and research
messages to HNFE faculty, staff, and students Explore library issues that may be relevant to
HNFE and other colleagues in the library field Allows me to digest complex ideas related to
research and library science, and offer my own opinions in a public arena
http://www.eatright.org/nnm/
BLOGGING OPPORTUNITY
Extra credit: up to 20 points Due February 29 Will be posted on Notes from Newman blog,
which will appear on the National Nutrition Month blog roll for eatright.org—an opportunity for national exposure
Think about this as an opportunity for promoting your message AND promoting yourself, as an emerging professional
Questions or comments?
LET’S EXAMINE SOME BLOGS…
http://thepaleodiet.blogspot.com/
http://nutritionnibbles.blogspot.com/
http://www.foodinsight.org/blog.aspx
APA CITATION STYLE
http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/citation/apa.html
Trouble areas: Deciding what resource format you’re looking
at/for Web resources Government resources Others?
My favorite online guides: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/0
1/
http://library.albany.edu/cfox
NAME THAT SOURCE!
For the next three slides, you’ll be voting on what type of resource a particular citation represents—
Get out your cell phones* or laptops in order to vote
Text all answers to 37607OR go to http://PollEv.com to submit the code
*Standard texting rates apply
WHAT IS THIS?
Duncan, G. J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (Eds.). (1997). Consequences of growing up poor. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation.
To 37607 OR http://PollEv.com
A book—416962 A journal article—416963 A chapter in a book—416964 A webpage—416965
WHAT IS THIS?
Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals for preparing psychology journal articles. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55, 893-896.
To 37607 OR http://PollEv.com
A book—416962 A journal article—416963 A chapter in a book—416964 A webpage—416965
WHAT IS THIS?
Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M., Soderland, L., & Brizee, A. (2010, May 5). General format. Retrieved from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
To 37607 OR http://PollEv.com
A book—416962 A journal article—416963 A chapter in a book—416964 A webpage—416965
CREATING CITATIONS
In groups, create a citation for the document I’m handing out
I will collect the notecards and report back on any issues or major problem areas
Remember, great APA (and other style) resources are available: http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/citation/index.html
PROPER FORMAT…
Mustafic, H., Jabre, P., Caussin, C., Murad, M.H., Escolano, S., Tafflet, M., …Jouven, X. (2012). Main air pollutants and myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA, 307(7), 713-721.
A FEW LAST WORDS
Review: Citations Evaluating sources Blogging opportunity Other research for this course
Questions?
Thank you!
Rebecca Miller
5004 Newman Library
540-231-9669
Office Hours:
Atrium, Wallace Hall
Mondays, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
http://hnfelibrarian.blogspot.com