Information Now

Information Now
Author: Matt Upson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2015-10-26
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 022626775X

Every day researchers face an onslaught of irrelevant, inaccurate, and sometimes insidious information. While new technologies provide powerful tools for accessing knowledge, not all information is created equal. Valuable information may be tucked away on a shelf, buried on the hundredth page of search results, or hidden behind digital barriers. With so many obstacles to effective research, it is vital that higher education students master the art of inquiry. Information Now is an innovative approach to information literacy that will reinvent the way college students think about research. Instead of the typical textbook format, it uses illustrations, humor, and reflective exercises to teach students how to become savvy researchers. Students will learn how to evaluate information, to incorporate it into their existing knowledge base, to wield it effectively, and to understand the ethical issues surrounding its use. Written by two library professionals, it incorporates concepts and skills drawn from the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education and their Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Thoroughly researched and highly engaging, Information Now offers the tools that students need to become powerful consumers and creators of information. Whether used by a high school student tackling a big paper, an undergrad facing the newness of a university library, or a writer wanting to go beyond Google, Information Now is a powerful tool for any researcher’s arsenal.

Information Now, Second Edition

Information Now, Second Edition
Author: Matt Upson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2021-05-20
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 022676625X

Today’s information environments are complex, and learning how to find relevant and reliable information online, as well as how to fact-check and evaluate that information, is essential. Enter Information Now, a graphic guide that uses humor and sequential art to teach students about information, research, and the web. This second edition of the popular guide incorporates critical analysis of information systems, asking students to think about the biases and problems in how databases and search engines are designed and used. It also addresses how different populations of people are disproportionately affected by the algorithmic biases built into information systems. And it includes revised critical thinking exercises in every chapter. Written and revised by library professionals, Information Now is a fun and insightful tool for high school and college students, writers, and anyone wanting to improve their research skills.

Living in Information

Living in Information
Author: Jorge Arango
Publisher: Rosenfeld Media
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2018-06-15
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1933820942

Websites and apps are places where critical parts of our lives happen. We shop, bank, learn, gossip, and select our leaders there. But many of these places weren’t intended to support these activities. Instead, they're designed to capture your attention and sell it to the highest bidder. Living in Information draws upon architecture as a way to design information environments that serve our humanity.

Right Here, Right Now

Right Here, Right Now
Author: Lynden Harris
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2021-03-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 147802142X

Upon receiving his execution date, one of the thousands of men living on death row in the United States had an epiphany: “All there ever is, is this moment. You, me, all of us, right here, right now, this minute, that's love.” Right Here, Right Now collects the powerful, first-person stories of dozens of men on death rows across the country. From childhood experiences living with poverty, hunger, and violence to mental illness and police misconduct to coming to terms with their executions, these men outline their struggle to maintain their connection to society and sustain the humanity that incarceration and its daily insults attempt to extinguish. By offering their hopes, dreams, aspirations, fears, failures, and wounds, the men challenge us to reconsider whether our current justice system offers actual justice or simply perpetuates the social injustices that obscure our shared humanity.

Now Tell Me I Was Wrong

Now Tell Me I Was Wrong
Author: Tom Deweese
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2011-01
Genre: Conservatism
ISBN: 9781456848132

In this book, Tom DeWeese has collected a strong representation of the hundreds of articles he's written on these subjects through the years. These articles were written during some of the greatest changes to our government, our schools, our economy and our personal freedoms yet witnessed in American history. They document the fights that erupted over those changes as policy was being written and enacted. They name the perpetrators and document their actions. In short, this book represents a history of some of the major political battles of our time and stands as a truly remarkable indictment of, not only the Democrats, but more so of the Republicans who had a chance to stop those changes, but instead, actually helped make them happen. For decades, Tom DeWeese has been sounding the alarms over government land grabs, radical environmentalists, radical "reform" in the schools, attacks on our national sovereignty and UN-driven global governance. For his efforts, Tom DeWeese was not only ignored, but derided and labeled an alarmist. Now, however, those policies he warned us about are front page headlines fueling a national discontent. As a result, today, most of the issues are the root of the growing national protest now commonly known as the Tea Party movement. As they rip apart our nation and protests grow in our streets, Tom DeWeese issues this challenge "Now tell me I was wrong."

Coronavirus: A Book for Children

Coronavirus: A Book for Children
Author: Kate Wilson
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2020-04-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1839941464

What is the coronavirus, and why is everyone talking about it? Engagingly illustrated by Axel Scheffler, this approachable and timely book helps answer these questions and many more, providing children aged 5-10 and their parents with clear and accessible explanations about the coronavirus and its effects - both from a health perspective and the impact it has on a family’s day-to-day life. With input from expert consultant Professor Graham Medley of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, as well as advice from teachers and child psychologists, this is a practical and informative resource to help explain the changes we are currently all experiencing. The book is free to read and download, but Nosy Crow would like to encourage readers, should they feel in a position to, to make a donation to: https://www.nhscharitiestogether.co.uk/

Oregon Blue Book

Oregon Blue Book
Author: Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1895
Genre: Oregon
ISBN:

Age of Information

Age of Information
Author: Antzela Kosta
Publisher: Foundations and Trends in Networking
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2017-11-28
Genre: Computer networks
ISBN: 9781680833607

The Age of Information is destined to become an important research topic in networked systems. This monograph provides the reader with an easy-to-read tutorial-like introduction into this novel approach of dealing with the freshness of information within systems.

Concentration of Measure Inequalities in Information Theory, Communications, and Coding

Concentration of Measure Inequalities in Information Theory, Communications, and Coding
Author: Maxim Raginsky
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2014
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781601989062

Concentration of Measure Inequalities in Information Theory, Communications, and Coding focuses on some of the key modern mathematical tools that are used for the derivation of concentration inequalities, on their links to information theory, and on their various applications to communications and coding.

Three Lines in a Circle

Three Lines in a Circle
Author: Michael G. Long
Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-08-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1646981960

One line straight down. One line to the right. One line to the left, then a circle. That was all—just three lines in a circle. This bold picture book tells the story of the peace symbol—designed in 1958 by a London activist protesting nuclear weapons—and how it inspired people all over the world. Depicting the symbol's travels from peace marches and liberation movements to the end of apartheid and the fall of the Berlin Wall, Three Lines in a Circle offers a message of inspiration to today's children and adults who are working to create social change. An author’s note provides historical background and a time line of late twentieth-century peace movements.