Information Searching & Reporting

Lecture Notes-1

Bayram Güzer

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Need for Information

• These days, everywhere is dominated by the information.

• The years after 1970s is called as “Information Age”

• We (as students and instructors) all need for information at different times for different purposes (like assignments, research papers, articles)

• Question is where to find the correct information ?

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Print Information Resources

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Electronic Information Resources(Full-Text Databases)

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Electronic Information Resources(Search Engines)

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Electronic Information Resources(Scholarly Search Engines)

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Electronic Information Resources(Electronic Books)

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Effective Use of Search Engines

Some of the search phrases for Google;• history of computers # of results:135.000.000

• “history of computers” # of results:111.000

• “history of computers” –bill –gates # of results:94.700

• “history of computers” –bill –gates site:edu # of results:3.360

• “history of computers” –bill –gates site:edu filetype:ppt # of results:182

• “history of computers” –bill –gates site:edu filetype:ppt +abacus # of results=49

• “history of computers” ~exam # of results=38.400

• “history of computers” OR “IT history” # of results=1.180.000

• define: “history of computers” # of results=1

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Effective Use of Search Engines

Examples from Google Books;

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Effective Use of Search Engines

Examples from Google Books;

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Effective Use of Search Engines

Examples from Google Books;

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Effective Use of Search Engines

Examples from Google Books;

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Effective Use of Search Engines

Examples from Electronic Scholarly Journals;

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Effective Use of Search Engines

Examples from Electronic Scholarly Journals;

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Effective Use of Search Engines

Examples from Electronic Scholarly Journals;

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Effective Use of Search Engines

Examples from Electronic Scholarly Journals;

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Effective Use of Search Engines

Examples from Electronic Scholarly Journals;

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Effective Use of Search Engines

Examples from Google Scholar;

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Effective Use of Search Engines

Examples from Google Scholar;

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Effective Use of Search Engines

Examples from Google Scholar;

Reporting the Findings

• Example: Ali is given a task to search about “history of computers” and write a homework about it in high school.

History of ComputersThe development of the modern day

computer was the result of advances in technologies and man's need to quantify. Papyrus helped early man to record language and numbers. The abacus was one of the first counting machines. .

Some of the earlier mechanical counting machines lacked the technology to make the design work. For instance, some had parts made of wood prior to metal manipulation and manufacturing. Imagine the wear on wooden gears.

Ali Mert

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Reporting the Findings

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Plagiarism

Reporting the Findings History of ComputersThe development of the modern day

computer was the result of advances in technologies and man's need to quantify. Papyrus helped early man to record language and numbers. The abacus was one of the first counting machines. .

Some of the earlier mechanical counting machines lacked the technology to make the design work. For instance, some had parts made of wood prior to metal manipulation and manufacturing. Imagine the wear on wooden gears. Ali Mert

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Kaynak:http://www.hitmill.com/computers/computerhx1.html

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History of ComputersThe development of the modern day

computer was the result of advances in technologies and man's need to quantify. Papyrus helped early man to record language and numbers. The abacus was one of the first counting machines. .

Some of the earlier mechanical counting machines lacked the technology to make the design work. For instance, some had parts made of wood prior to metal manipulation and manufacturing. Imagine the wear on wooden gears. Ali Mert

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Reporting the Findings History of Computers Developments in the technology resulted

with the today’s modern computer. It is emphasized that the basic principle that started the idea of computers is counting.

The first counting device is known as abacus. Early counting machines were mechanical and do not have any technology. Even wood were used in the old abacus before metal part usage.

Ali Mert

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Kaynak:http://www.hitmill.com/computers/computerhx1.html

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History of ComputersThe development of the modern day

computer was the result of advances in technologies and man's need to quantify. Papyrus helped early man to record language and numbers. The abacus was one of the first counting machines. .

Some of the earlier mechanical counting machines lacked the technology to make the design work. For instance, some had parts made of wood prior to metal manipulation and manufacturing. Imagine the wear on wooden gears. Ali Mert

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Kaynak:http://www.hitmill.com/computers/computerhx1.html

Reporting the Findings

• Example: Ali is given an assignment to write a paper about “history of computers” in university.

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What Ali should do?

1.Search for information from different resources

2.Find at least 5 resource

3.Write one page paper by combining findings from that 5 resource.

Reporting the Findings

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Reporting the Findings

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Reporting the Findings

• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 5th Edition

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APA Basics

• Title Page– Running head: top-left

justified, appreviated title in capital case and maximum 50 characters

– Title is centered and half way down

– Your name and institutional affiliation appears below title, it is centered.

– Page number and header is included

– Paragraph spacing is double (2)

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APA Basics• Body

– Font Face: Times New Roman– Font Size: 12– Paragraph Spacing: Double

space– Margins: 1 inch (2,5 cm) from

right, left, top, and bottom– Page numbers: number all

pages on the upper right edge– Page headers: first two or three

words from the title in upper right hand corner

– First heading is centered, second heading is left aligned and italic and third heading is left aligned and italic but the text is at the same line with the heading.

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APA Basics

• Reference for an article in a scholarly journal

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Pearson J. & Trinidad S. (2005) OLES: an instrument for refining the

design of e-learning environments. Journal of Computer-Assisted

Learning, 21, 396–404.

APA Basics

• Reference for a paper presented in a conference

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Taylor, P., & Maor, D. (2000). Assessing the efficacy of online

teaching with the Constructivist On-Line Learning Environment

Survey. In A. Herrmann & M. M. Kulski (Eds.), Flexible futures in

tertiary teaching. Proceedings of the 9th Annual Teaching Learning

Forum, 2-4 February 2000. Perth: Curtin University of Technology.

APA Basics

• Reference for a book, and an internet page

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Capron, H. L. (2000). Computers Tools for an Information Age.(6th

ed.). New Jersey, USA: Prentice Hall.

History of Computers. (2009). Retrieved October 9, 2009 from

http://www.hitmill.com/computers/computerhx1.html

History of Computing: The Origins of Computing. (n.d.).

Retrieved from http://cs.nyu.edu/courses/spring06/V22.0001-

001/lectures/OriginsOfComputing.ppt

References

• Capron, H. L. (2000). Computers: Tools for an Information Age (6th ed.). New Jersey, USA: Prentice Hall.

• List of time periods. (2011). Retrieved 12 September 2011 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_periods

• Kahn, J. H. (n.d.). Writing a Paper in APA Style. Retrieved 12 September 2011 from my.ilstu.edu/~jhkahn/APAsample.pdf

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