Finding and Citing Online Images & Sources
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Online Images & Sources Definition Research Project MW Library, Spring 2012 Ms. Wendy DeGroat http://www.resourceress.org
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Brief slideshow for a definition research project assigned to ninth graders. Covers selecting a concept, finding and citing creative commons licensed images, and sources for going beyond the basic definition.
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Online Images & SourcesDefinition Research ProjectMW Library, Spring 2012
Ms. Wendy DeGroat
http://www.resourceress.org
Audience
MLWGSConcept should be
Sufficiently advanced
Complex
Suitable for visualization/multimedia
the science or study of poetic meters and versification
(“Prosody”)
Definition
“Prosody.” Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, 2011.
Web. 17 Oct. 2011.
Definitions
Dictionary
Encyclopedia
Handbook
GlossaryTerms or terminology
Concepts
Classification•Subject Classification
•Classification Scheme
Sources for Definitions
DictionariesSubject encyclopediasGlossary of textbook or handbookSites of respected organizations
Three Tips
Databases (e.g. Powersearch) - limit search for term to the Title field
Books – skim the table of contents before clicking through pages on which the word appears
Google - limit your results to a relevant domain by adding site:gov, site:mil, or site:edu to your search
Finding images
Royalty-free
$
Deepening the definition
Maps, charts, diagrams Scholarly studies
Databases
Digitized collections (a.k.a. archives)
Videos, podcasts, interviews Magazines and journals
Professional/trade
Special interest/polemic
Reports Statistics Conference proceedings
Citing other online content
See pages 65-69 of your FIRC: Public Speaking booklet
Use Noodle Tools
To do
“Favorite” the Multimedia Toolbox Get out the database passwords (p. 70) Create a Noodle Tools account Find sources Document sources
Works Cited
Dombrowski, Quinn. The Woman Who Was a Music Note. 9 Nov. 2009.
Flickr. Yahoo!, 9 Nov. 2009. Web. 17 Oct. 2011.
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/4092318770/>.
Paxton, Daniel. Music Note Bokeh. 7 Feb. 2011. Flickr. Yahoo!, 7 Feb.
2011. Web. 17 Oct. 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/
allthatimprobableblue/5425519839/>.
“Prosody.” Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, 2011. Web. 17 Oct. 2011.
