Scholarly information discovery in the networked academic learning environment

433 Pages·2015·13.894 MB·English

by  Lili Li

Scholarly Information Discovery in the
Networked Academic Learning Environment
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Scholarly Information
Discovery in the Networked
Academic Learning
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List of figures and tables
Figures
1.1 Whatis information? 6
2.1 Information Literacy Program atGeorgiaSouthern
University Library 33
2.2 Project SAILS 47
3.1 Wireless homearea network (HAN) architecture 64
3.2 Architectureof a local area network (LAN) 65
3.3 Architectureof a metropolitanarea network (MAN) 65
3.4 Architectureof a wide area network (WAN) 66
3.5 Architectureof a wirelesslocal areanetwork (WLAN) 67
3.6 TheInternet and the World Wide Web (WWW) 70
3.7 AURL’s components 71
4.1 College ofEngineering and Information Technology of
Georgia Southern University 96
4.2 Strategic plan ofGeorgia Southern University 100
4.3 Homepageof Georgia Southern University 110
4.4 Guidancefor searching academicliterature at Universityof
Edinburgh 113
4.5 MIT Library:Information Delivery &LibraryAccess 114
4.6 Lifecycle of scholarlyinformation explained byUniversity
ofWashington Libraries 115
5.1 Info6: newinformation literacy model 136
5.2 Aroadmap for academicinformation search in the digital
age 151
5.3 Recommended search strategy: analyze your
topic & search with peripheralvision 154
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5.4 Information skillsforresearchers 155
5.5 Information research methods 157
6.1 World of web search 171
6.2 Southern Oregon UniversityLibrary: Internet searching
tools 172
6.3 Purdue OnlineWriting Lab: searching the World Wide
Web 189
6.4 Effective web search in plain English 190
7.1 Functions of academic libraries inthe digitalage 202
7.2 Web OPAC system: local library catalogof
Zach S. Henderson Library 213
7.3 Columbia UniversityLibraries: digitalcollections 216
7.4 Georgia Tech LibrarySMARTech: InstitutionalRepository 217
7.5 Georgia Southern University Library:ILL/DD service 218
7.6 SpringShareLibGuidesCommunity 220
7.7 GALILEO:libraryconsortium in Georgia, United States 221
7.8 Web OPAC system: GIL Universal Catalog atthe
University System ofGeorgia Libraries 223
7.9 GILUniversal Catalog: asample search 223
7.10 GILUniversal Catalog: GILExpress 224
7.11 GALILEO Knowledge Repository project 225
7.12 EBSCO Discovery Service at GeorgiaSouthernUniversity
Library 226
7.13 EBSCO Discovery Service API 227
7.14 inPrimo as implemented at GeorgeMason University
Libraries 229
7.15 OCLC WorldCat: theworld’slargestonline public access
catalog 230
7.16 TheBest of LibGuides 231
7.17 Virginia University Libraries: Introduction toacademic
research 232
7.18 Online Catalog of Centerfor Research Libaries (CRL) 239
8.1 Columbia UniversityLibraries: FairUse Checklist 256
8.2 Web surveillance methods used toreveal public privacy 257
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8.3 ZoneAlarmFree AntivirusþFirewall:computercookies
blocked 259
8.4 Status of HTTPS Everywhere according tothe pull-down
menu 261
8.5 Warningmessage from HTTPSEverywhere 262
8.6 Homepageof Electronic Frontier Foundation 263
8.7 Internet access viaa web proxy server 264
8.8 Online Tutorial Course created by Universityof Texas
Library 275
9.1 Technical featuresof GeorgiaSouthern University Library 295
9.2 Evolving IT architecture of academiclibraries 297
10.1 Career Service at GeorgiaSouthernUniversity 315
10.2 Website of Occupational Outlook Handbook 317
10.3 Maslow’shierarchy of needs 323
Tables
1.1 Sample studentregistration table 20
2.1 Differencesbetween casual information search and
scholarly information search 41
3.1 Top10 countries with the most webusers inthe world 69
5.1 Author search samples 145
5.2 Boolean search samples 146
5.3 Call numbersearch samples 146
5.4 ISBN/ISSN number search samples 147
5.5 Key word search samples 148
5.6 Subject search samples 148
5.7 Title search samples 149
5.8 Wildcard search samples 150
6.1 General rules for web search 174
6.2 General points tokeep inmind before searchingthe web 175
6.3 Effective web search operators 176
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List of abbreviations
ACI Autonomous Citation Indexing
ACRL Association of College and Research Libraries
AI Artificial Intelligence
ALA American Library Association
AOL America Online
APA American Psychological Association
API Application Programming Interface
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASRS Automated Storage and Retrieval System
AVAST AntiVirus and Anti-Spyware software
AVG AntiVirus and anti-spyware software
BASE Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
BMP Bitmap image file
bps bits per second
CAS Chemical Abstracts Service
CD Compact Disk
CRL Center for Research Libraries
DD Document Delivery
DDC Dewey Decimal Classification
DMCA Digital Millennium Copyright Act
DMOZ Directory MOZilla
DNS Domain Name Service
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
DOC DOCument
DTR Data Transfer Rate
DVD Digital Video (Versatile) Disk
EDS EBSCO Discovery Service
ERIC Education Resources Information Center
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FTP File Transfer Protocol
GALILEO Georgia Library Learning Organization
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GIF Graphics Interchange Format
GKR GALILEO Knowledge Repository
GPA Grade Point Average
GUI Graphical User Interface
HAN Home Area Network
HD High Definition
HDTV High Definition TeleVision
HSU Humboldt State University
HTML HyperText Markup Language
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure; Secure Hypertext
Transfer Protocol
IDC International Data Corporation
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IES Institute of Education Sciences
ILCSHE Information Literacy Competency Standards for
Higher Education
ILL Interlibrary Loan
ILL/DD Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery
IM Instant Messaging
IP Intellectual Property
IP Internet Protocol
IPO Initial Public Offering
IR Institutional Repository
ISBN International Standard Book Number
ISEP International Student Exchange Program
ISP Internet Service Provider
ISSN International Standard Serial Number
IT Information Technology
JPG, JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
LAN Local Area Network
LCC Library of Congress Classification
LCSH Library of Congress Subject Headings
LIS Library and Information Sciences
MAN Metropolitan Area Network
METRO New York METROpolitan Library Council
MLA Modern Language Association of America
MP3 Encoding format for digital audio
MT Machine Translation
NASDAQ Stock market
NCES U.S. National Center for Education Statistics
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List ofabbreviations
NSA National Security Agency
OAJSE Open Access Journals Search Engine
OCLC Online Computer Library Center
ODP Open Directory Project
OOH Occupational Outlook Handbook
OPAC Online Public Access Catalog; Web Online Public
Access Catalog
OS Operating System
OU Open University
OWL Online Writing Lab
PC Personal Computer
PDA Personal Digital Assistant
PDF Portable Document Format
PMC PubMed Central
PNG Portable Network Graphics
Protect IP Act Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity
and Theft of Intellectual Property Act (PIPA)
PS PostScript
RDBMS Relational Database Management System
RPI Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute287
RTF Rich Text Format
SAILS Standardized Assessment of Information Literacy Skills
SERP Search Engine Results Page
SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SOPA Stop Online Piracy Act
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TIF Tagged Image Format
UCLA University of California Los Angeles
URL Uniform Resource Locator
USB Universal Serial Bus
VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol
WAN Wide Area Network
WAV WAVeform audio file
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
WOT Web Of Trust
WWW World Wide Web
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