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RELATED WCI PAGES

ADVERTISING
LOGOS
PROPAGANDA
MARKETING
VIDEO PRODUCTION
SOUND RECORDING & EDITING

WCI eBooks Collection
Infotrac / Gale eBooks password required
or select from below given titles and then go to WITHIN THIS PUBLICATION

POPULAR CULTURE
Lifestyles Page
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Creating Graphics and Graphic Design Page
Web Design Page
Logos Page
Marketing Page
Animations Page
Comic Books and Comic Strips Page

MEDIA LITERACY
Center for Media Literacy
Media Awareness Network (MNet)
How Wealth Influences the Mass Media
Journal of Mass Media Ethics

BIAS IN THE MEDIA PAGE

PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN & COLOR
Logo Design Tips
ArtSpace Art 1 Elements of Design
ArtSpace Art 2 Principles of Design
Elements and Principles of Design
The Color of Success
Color Symbolism : Using color for Meaning
Color Meanings

Symbolism Colors

Color Symbolism Chart
Visual Communication - Visual Design
Psychology of Color

Sample Posters

NEWSTAND
(newspapers, magazines, TV and radio news)
GENERAL INTERNET
  • most search engines will extrapolate variations of a word if the "main" word is used (eg./ the singular vs. plural form of a word)
  • use quote marks " ..." to enclose phrases as necessary

eg/
smoking advertisements

you may search Google now:

 

alternately use the ADVANCED SEARCH option

eg.
smoking advertisements

MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER & JOURNAL DATABASES

  • Select preferred package of databases:
    from YRDSB's Trillium Databases
    (Home access requires password)

    or directly from
     
    - InfoTrac by Thomson / Gale - includes all our Gale ebooks (Home access requires password)
     - or -
                from
    Vaughan Public Libraries - Online Databases (VPL membership required)

  • Select appropriate database(s) within preferred package

  • Choose "Advanced Search" tab

  • Ensure Fulltext selected

  • type keyword(s):

    • combine keywords needed with AND operator

    • search most important keywords in Subject field (or broaden search to default fields if necessary)

    • use truncation as required

    • cluster similar concepts if necessary to optimize on line limitations

    • check assigned subject headings of highly relevant articles for alternate keywords

    • no one perfect strategy -- play around for the one that works best for given search

Infotrac articles may be emailed directly to user


SAMPLE NEWS SEARCHES

The Reference Desk (encyclopedias, etc.)

JOURNALISM INTRODUCTION

GROUP WORK SUGGESTION
Use a wiki such as Microsoft Office Live for group work from various remote locations

Create and share your work online

  • Edit anytime, from anywhere
  • Pick who can access your documents
  • Share changes in real time
  • Files are stored securely online
  • It's MS Office so files can be resaved to open locally
          on MS Office (without going through the Web)
  • It's FREE!
  • CITING REFERENCES
    Literacy How To's Page
    Easybib.com

    Technology How To's ...


    alternately use GOOGLE ADVANCED SEARCH 

     

    last updated 11/23/09

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