Information
Instruction
ASC4170 – The Holocaust
Presented by:
Judy Brink-Drescher
Introduction
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Who I am.
Who you are.
Why are we are here.
 You
have an assignment to find a relevant and recent
newspaper article.
 You will be creating a thesis statement and outline on
a Holocaust topic.
 You will be writing a final paper which requires a
bibliography of at least 6 sources (3 primary, 3
secondary) as well creating a PowerPoint
presentation.
My Contract with You:
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By the end of this session today you should:
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how to navigate through the library’s website &
its resources as well as utilize resources from the
course guide
 understand strategies for searching for books or
articles for your topic
 know how to determine what is a reputable website
(and what isn’t!)
 be comfortable in creating a bibliographies in either
APA/MLA format
Give me an hour, then you can play
Before we go live – Search Tips
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AND: includes both
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Genocide AND Holocaust
Limits results
“Quotes”: Going for exact
phrase
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OR: one or the other
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“Jewish Persecution”
Limits results
Racism or Genocide
Expands results
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* : Wild Card
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NOT: excludes common
association
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Genocide NOT Rwanda
Limits Results even more
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AKA truncation or proximity
operator
Jew* will look for Jew,
Jews, Jewish etc…
Expands results
Before we go live
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What’s a primary source?
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Memoirs - Eli Wiesel, Victor Frankl, Anne Frank, Wladyslaw
Szpilman (The Pianist), Primo Levi
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Original Documents or Copies of Original Documents
News from the time period (video clips, newspapers, magazines,
radio broadcasts)
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Movie versions don’t count!
Even movies that show historic footage are considered secondary
sources
Citations for these might be unusual in format – if you’re not sure –
look it up or ask a librarian!
Secondary sources cite, comment on or build upon primary
sources
The Dowling Library
Homepage
Let’s take a tour…
Summary of Search Strategies
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Start broad & pare down
Use the operators AND, OR, NOT as well as “”
and * for better results
Limit your results to peer-reviewed
Don’t limit to Full Text Only: It might eliminate
relevant material that could either be found in
another database or ILL’d
Good Stuff on the Internet
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How do you tell a site is credible?
 .org
= non-profit, .edu = educational, .gov =
government
 When was it last updated?
 Is it recommended by any educational
associations? (or your professor)
 Is the person or site an authority in the field?
 Check out your course guide weblinks tab
Websites Designed to Decieve:
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Due to the subject matter of this topic there are
fake and misleading sites out there – here’s an
example:
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http://www.ihr.org/ (The Institute for Historical
Review)
 http://www.codoh.com/revisionist/tr03butzhr.html (The
Study of Holocaust Revisionism)
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Here’s a good watch dog site:
http://www.memri.org/
Good Stuff on the Internet
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What’s wrong with Google & Wikipedia?
What about Google Scholar?
Alternative search engines are out there:
 http://www.dogpile.com
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http://www.mamma.com/
 http://www.clusty.com
 http://demo.carrot2.org/demo-stable/main
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Websites recommended by Dowling librarians
for your topic.
Are you registered for Turnitin?
Go to http://turnitin.com/static/home.html
1. Students must have TWO pieces of information from the professor:
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Class ID #: 2135985
Enrollment Password: rescue1933
2. The enrollment password is case sensitive
3. If students have used Turnitin before, log in with their old password (or click
on "forgot password?" to reset it). Once inside, click on "enroll in a class"
using info from #1 above.
4. Students who are new to Turnitin click on "new users" and choose "I am a ...
student." Then enter the info from step #1.
5. Students cannot submit a paper if it's past the specified due date, your
professor would have to approve this and change the setting.
Turnitin.com
Seeks thousands of sources for similar
text passages
 Understands some occur by coincidence
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 Coincidence
factor less than apx. 85%
 Green is Good – Red is Bad!
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Avoid the red!
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you are unsure whether to give credit or not,
cite the source just to be safe
More on avoiding the red!
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Use reputable sources and track where you are getting your information
from
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Make sure the site is reputable – you could be taking information from a site
which has itself plagiarized something
Develop your own ideas
Keep organized, use note cards
Use the Course Guide
Use the feature to save items in your database profile
Tip when creating your research paper – build the citations page
first!
When in doubt – cite, Cite, CITE!
Speaking of Citations
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Cheat sheets provides tips
So does the Library Website
Two main components
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Within text
Works cited
These good ones (but there are many):
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APA:
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/cit
ation_styles/apa/apa.htm
MLA: http://ollie.dcccd.edu/library/Module4/M4-V/examples.htm
If you are unsure – ask your librarian!
Noodlebib Demo
Noodlebib is a citation generator.
A handout has been provided with
general instructions.
How did I do with our contract?
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By the end of this session today you should:
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know how to access and navigate through the library’s website & its resources
understand strategies for searching for articles that you want within databases
and journals
know how to detect a suspicious website from a valid one
spend significantly less time and effort when performing researching for your
deliverables
be prepared to use turnitin
be comfortable with citing sources and creating bibliographies in APA or MLA
format
Kindly fill out the evaluation for this session (final tab on your course guide)
Ok, now you can play!