English 1, Inka Christiansen, Instructor
Judy Clark Baumgardner, Librarian
Fall 2008
The URL for this page is: http://www.cos.edu/library/judyb/english1inkafall.htm
 

LIBRARY INSTRUCTION

COS Library Homepage  http://www.cos.edu/library/

Main topic for research paper:  Growing up Online
    Some specific topics under the main topic:
          teenagers addiction to the internet
          how the internet affects relationships between teenagers
          how MySpace affects the lives of teenagers
          how is YouTube affecting teenagers
          cyberbullying and teenagers
          how is the internet changing the education of teenagers
          does the internet help or hurt a teenager's attention span

Search Tips:

Keyword searching
    Think of key words that are connected to the topic that you are researching.  For example:
    internet, addiction, cyberspace, bullying, "attention span", education, college, safety, teens,
    online, MySpace, YouTube,

    Put the key words together using truncation, phrases and Boolean Operators
        Truncation:  use the root word & add a * to tell the computer to search all forms of the word
                         Examples:  teen* will find teens, teenager, teenagers
                                        addict*  will find addiction, addicts, addicting
                                        comput* will find computer, computers, computing, computerization.
                                        compute

       Phrase searching:  putting quote marks around a phrase will glue those specific words
                                 together and the results will be that phrase instead of results that have
                                 the words scattered throughout.  Examples: "attention span",
                                 "sex education", "internet addiction"

       Boolean Operators OR:  The word OR tells the computer to search for this word or the other
                                     word. It is used when terms can mean the same thing.  Always
                                     separate this partt of the search by it in parenthesis (). 
                                     Examples:  (internet OR cyberspace), (youth OR teen*),
                                     (market* OR advertis*) 

Key words for the topic Methamphetamine Epidemic:
    labs, epidemic, meth*, prevention, treatment, causes, effects, addict*

Key words for the topic Advertising to teenagers:
     teen*, youth, adolescents, market*, advertis*, consumers, "spending habits",
     media,television, internet, education, "credit cards",

Sources that are applicable for this research:
    Online databases:  CQ Researcher; SIRS; InfoTrac, ProQuest Research Library
    There are other online resources available that can be accessed from the Academic Electronic
    Databases that the COS Library subscribes to.

Off-campus access and login procedures for the COS Library Electronic Resources - see attached
page.

Definition of Primary and Secondary Source Material
    Primary Source:  A primary source is an original document containing firsthand information
   about a topic.  Examples include diaries, newspaper accounts, personal narratives,
   letters, speeches, photographs, drawings, and first-person accounts that are
   created at the time an event occurred.

    Secondary Source:  Secondary sources are those records generated by an event but written by
    non-participants or witnesses of the event.  Secondary sources are based or derived from
     Primary Sources but have been interpreted or analyzed.  Examples of secondary sources
     include magazine and journal articles, biographies, etc., all of which interpret primary sources.
                           

    MLA Citation Style   http://cos.edu/library/howtocite.htm  - on the COS Library homepage
    The following two libraries have excellent guides, also.  They are located on the Library homepage under Quick Information, Style Guides
       Long Island University B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library
       
        UC Berkeley General Guide  
The above three sites are links.

Web & other material that may be relevant (not in any order of importance)

      Great Valley Center - a nonprofit organization supporting the economic, social & environmental well-being of California's
                                    Great Central Valley    http://www.greatvalley.org
   
    California Research Bureau (CRB) Publications from the California State Library  http://www.library.ca.gov/crb/CRBSearch.aspx  -
        Some examples; however, there are many more that may not be useful for this particular class, but for others:
            San Joaquin Valley Land, People, and Economy
            San Joaquin Valley:  Selected Statistics on Population, Economy, and Environment
            Profile of the Young Californian (Age Group 16 to 24) How Has it Changed Over the Last Three Decades?

    Public Policy Institute of California - dedicated to improving public policy in California through independent, objective, nonpartisan
            research on major economic, social, and political issues   http://www.ppic.org/main/home.asp

    U.S. Census Bureau  American Factfinder     http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html? lang=en

   TCAG Tulare County Association of Governments  http://www.tularecog.org/

   Criminal Justice Statistics Center - Statistics by City & County 
        http://caag.state.ca.us/cjsc/datatabs.htm

   California METH ACTION  http://www.ca-cpi.org/caMETH/index.htm