This document provides an introduction to information resources for a podcasting project on media and society. It discusses tools for organizing news like Marumushi Newsmap and social bookmarking sites. It also defines different types of information sources like primary, secondary and tertiary sources, as well as scholarly and popular materials. Characteristics of each are outlined. Examples of primary, secondary and tertiary sources are given for different disciplines. The document also discusses finding media headlines, using blogs to find popular opinion, and organizational tools like Google News and Delicious. Critical aspects to consider for topics are suggested. Indexes for film, television and other media are mentioned. Copyright and public domain works are briefly defined. Creative Commons licenses are introduced. Citation

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Podcasting Project : Introduction
to Information Resources
Introduction to Media and Society

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Marumushi Newsmap
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• www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm
• Visual representation of Google News aggregator
▫ Self-described:
▫ “…a tool to divide information into quickly
recognizable bands which, when presented together,
reveal underlying patterns in news reporting across
cultures and within news segments in constant change
around the globe.”
▫ Including accentuation of bias

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Types of Information
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• Primary | Secondary |Tertiary
• Scholarly | Popular
▫ “peer reviewed” Tip!
refereed
▫ “refereed” Examine databases for
checkboxes and/or
tabbed results to limit
results to scholarly
literature.

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UTSA Library. Scholarly Journals v. Popular Magazine Articles. Accessible online: http://lib.utsa.edu/Research/Subject/scholarlyguide.html Accessed: 20 Oct.
2008.
2008
Scholarly | Popular
y p
Characteristics Scholarly Popular
Length
g Longer, in-depth
g p Shorter, broad overview
Authorship Expert or specialist, with Staff writer or journalist,
credentials no credentials
Language
g g Jargon of the field
g Non-technical for broad
audience
Format Structured, with sections No format or structure
Editors Board of experts in the Staff editors
field (refereed)
Credits Bibliography to No usually provided,
document research though works may be
referenced in text

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James Cook University. Examples of Primary, Secondary, & Tertiary Sources. Available online: http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/LibraryGuides/primsrcs.shtml.
Accessed 20 Oct. 2008.
Accessed 20 Oct 2008
Primary | Secondary | Tertiary
Discipline
p Primaryy Secondary
y Tertiary
y
Source Source Source
Art Original artwork Article critiquing Art Index
piece
Engineering Patent Derwent Patent Guide to using
Index patent literature
History Explorer’s Diary Book about APAIS
exploration (Information
thesaurus)
Literature Poem Treatise on genre MLA Index
Psychology Notes by clinical Monograph on Dictionary of
psychologist the condition psychology
Science Journal reporting Biological
p g g --
original research abstracts
Theatre Video of Biography of Chronology of
performance playwright the play

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Social bookmarking | Link, site, and resource organization

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http://delicious.com/sara.greenleaf/mdsc100

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Media Headlines
• Direct from sources / Newspaper web sites
• Aggregated news:
Google News [news.google.com]
ProQuest - Newspapers
Academic (LexisNexis)
• News magazine sites
g
• Technorati [technorati.com]
blogs = Popular opinion/discussion/buzz

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Blogs
g
• “A blog … is a Web site, usually maintained by
an individual with regular entries of
commentary, descriptions of events, or other
material such as graphics or video. Entries are
commonly displayed in reverse-chronological
order.”—Wikipedia.
• Technorati [technorati.com]
blogs = Popular opinion/discussion/buzz/bias

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Organizational Tools
g
• Google News
▫ Email alerts
▫ News feeds
• Delicious
• Other social bookmarking tools
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Critical Information
• What are the related aspects of your topic?
Examples:
• body image and media
• sports and cultural identity
• influence of the media on political choice
• impact of video games on physical activity

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Film & television literature index

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Copyright
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• All rights reserved
• Creator of the work controls
use, derivation and
,
distribution of that work

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Public Domain
• Copyright of the work in
question is not currently held
• Work is generally available for
g y
use or re-use

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Creative Commons
Attribution No Derivatives
Non-Commercial Share Alike

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http://delicious.com/sara.greenleaf/mdsc100

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Citation Resources
• Cite source | http://citesource.trincoll.edu/
• Style guides @ HWS:
▫ APA (5th ed.) | REF PN147 .P83 2001
▫ Chicago (15th ed ) | REF PN147 .U69 2003
ed.) U69
▫ MLA (6th ed.) | REF PN147 .G53 2003

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Sara Greenleaf
ext. 3007
greenleaf@hws.edu