This document provides guidance for a research project on definitions being conducted by students at MW Library in Spring 2012. It outlines appropriate concepts and sources for definitions, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, glossaries, and websites of respected organizations. It also offers tips for effective searches in databases and on Google. The document discusses finding and citing images, deepening definitions through additional sources, and citing online content, directing students to further resources.

1. Online Images & Sources
Definition Research Project
MW Library, Spring 2012
Ms. Wendy DeGroat
http://www.resourceress.org

2. Audience
MLWGS
Concept should be
Sufficiently advanced
Complex
Suitable for visualization/multimedia

3. pros-o-dy [pros-uh-dee]
(Paxton)

4. the science or study of poetic
meters and versification
(“Prosody”)

5. Definition
“Prosody.” Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, 2011.
Web. 17 Oct. 2011.

6. Dictionary
Classification
•Subject
Classification Encyclopedia
•Classification
Scheme
Definitions
Concepts Handbook
Terms or
Glossary
terminology

7. Sources for Definitions
Dictionaries
Subject encyclopedias
Glossary of textbook or handbook
Sites of respected organizations

8. 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

9. Finding images
$
Royalty-free

10. Creative Commons

12. (Dombrowski)

13. Citing images

14. 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

15. Citing other online content
See pages 65-69 of your
FIRC: Public Speaking booklet
Use Noodle Tools

16. To do
 “Favorite” the Multimedia Toolbox
 Get out the database passwords (p. 70)
 Create a Noodle Tools account
 Find sources
 Document sources

17. Questions?
Ask your Resourceress!

18. 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.