LIS 601 Annotating Sources

DictionariesQuiz Review

Fall 2010

Lori Bell

University of Hawaii, LIS Program

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Annotating Sources

See pp. 18-19 Assignment Instructions

Examine prior Bibliography Plans

November 9 bring complete and readable drafts of 5-7 annotated entries for a class exercise

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Sample Book Citation [7th Ed. 17.1] & Annotation

Rose, Christine and Kay Germain Ingalls. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Genealogy. New York: Alpha Books, 1997. [RG 929.1 RO]

Up-to-date and, despite the title, a surprisingly comprehensive guide. Written by professional genealogists and teachers. In-depth Table of Contents reflects thorough coverage of the subject. Contains the Idiot Guide series styled-boxed notes on tips, jargon, pitfalls and lessons. Thorough appendices on abbreviations and acronyms, worksheets and definitions.

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Sample Journal Citation [7th Ed. 17.2.2] & Annotation

Venkataraman, Leela. “Transcending the Cultural Divide: Westerners Performing Indian Classical Dance.” TDR 38 (2) (Summer 1994): 81-86. [PN1601 .T8]

Highly useful article discussing the breakthrough of non-Indians into Indian dance and the difficulties they encounter. Includes interviews with non-Indian dancers performing in India. An indispensable source for anyone interested in studying dance in India.

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Sample Magazine Citation[7th Ed. 17.3] & Annotation

Ross, John F. “Treasured in its Own Right, Amber is a Golden Window on the Long Ago: The Hand Carved Amber That Once Decorated a Palace May Be Lost, but an Impossible Dream of Paleontologists Might Yet Come True.” Smithsonian, Jan 1993, 30-40, http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu:2131/ehost.asp?key=204.179.122.140_8000_1142396748&site=ehost&return=n&custid=s4719510&IP=yes [accessed April 18, 2002].

Discusses the history of amber with a significant portion regarding the Amber Room. Contains information regarding the history of the room as well as the current mysteries and reconstruction of the room. A good general article to get the feel of the subject.

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Revised Magazine Citation [7th Ed. 17.3] Without URL

Ross, John F. “Treasured in its Own Right, Amber is a Golden Window on the Long Ago: The Hand Carved Amber That Once Decorated a Palace May Be Lost, but an Impossible Dream of Paleontologists Might Yet Come True.” Smithsonian, January 1993, 30-40. [AS30.S6]

Discusses the history of amber with a significant portion regarding the Amber Room. Contains information regarding the history of the room as well as the current mysteries and reconstruction of the room. A good general article to get the feel of the subject.

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Sample Web Journal Article Citation [7th Ed. 17.2.7] &

Annotation

Common Cause. “The Fallout from the Telecommunications Act of 1996: Unintended Consequences and Lessons Learned.” ECommon Cause Online. http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf%7BFB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE -BD4429893665%7D/FALLOUT_FROM_THE_TELECOMM_ACT_5-9-05.PDF [accessed March 30, 2006].

Outlines the adverse effects of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Describes how the Act prompted a wave of media mergers, reducing the number of diverse voices in radio and television and the amount of minority-owned and locally-owned radio stations. Attempts to educate the public about the effects of deregulation and to influence lawmakers to revisit telecommunications policy. Though biased toward responsible governmental regulation, Common Cause presents a well-researched argument for change.

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Draft Annotations Requirements

Drafts of your 5-7 annotated entries are due November 18 for a class exercise:

Include a variety of formats (books, magazine articles & journal articles, Web sites, media, etc.)

Write complete Turabian citations in Bibliography form (B)

Write annotations 3-7 sentences long

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Subject Heading Relevancy Table

Keep accurate notes of CV and NL and search strings for each database

Rate the relevance of each search term and/or string

Present search terms used in each database with relevance assessments

Akutagawa Prize

Federal Theatre

Radio Broadcasting

Blood & Chocolate

Knitting

Taiko

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Dictionaries: Historical Beginnings

Glosses (annotations) Middle

Ages

Dictionarius 1225 (Latin word

list)

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Dictionaries: Historical Beginnings

1755 Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary

London’s Grubstreet writers neighborhood

2003 edition commemorating SJ’s 294th birthday

Literary and subjective vs. scientific and objective

1828 Noah Webster’s unabridged dictionary

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Dictionaries: Historical Beginnings & Growth

1860-1928 1st edition Oxford English Dictionary 10 vols.50 years to completeOED words & meanings from 1100 A.D.1st Editor James Murray [The Professor

and the Madman by Simon Winchester,1998]

W.C. Minor, prolific contributor

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Dictionaries: Historical Beginnings &

Growth

1989 2nd edition OED 20 vols., 616,500 words & phrases61 years after the first edition 5 years to complete5,000 new words, adds 450 new words

per year2.5 million quotations

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Dictionaries: Historical Beginnings &

Growth1992 OED on CD-ROM (2,000 new words)

2000 OED Web database

2010 OED 3rd edition, now deferredAdding 1.3 million words & phrasesBlogosphere (2009)

2006 Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary adds 100 new wordsgoogle (v.)

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OED Online

How can you obtain the single result list?

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OED Online

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OED Online

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Recent Books on the OED & Roget’s Thesaurus

The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the OED. (Winchester, 2003)

Lost for Words: The Hidden History of the OED. (Mugglestone, 2005)

Treasure House of the English Language: The Living OED. (Brewer, 2008)

The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness and the Creation of Roget’s Thesaurus. (Joshua Kendall, 2008). © 1872, Peter Mark Roget, 25 editions.

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Making Dictionaries

Readers & quotations

Lexicographers

Senses

Descriptive (actual usage)

Prescriptive (proper usage)

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Types of Dictionaries

See handouts pp. 40-41

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Scope of Quiz

TEXT CHAPTERS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17

Handouts pp. 2-19; 40-44

PowerPoints & lecture notes for

sessions 1-9

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Due Next Week

Quiz in class

TEXT CHAPTERS 18 & 19

Kluegel & Ross pp. 39-43

Handouts pp. 20-39 (Reference Standards)

Search Exs. pp. 19-20 Web Content

Evaluation

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Due Dates for Search Exercises

Exercise 4. Web search engines

due November 9

Exercise 5. Dictionaries due

November 9