Picture of a computer with booksIntroduction to Library Research

                


Week One
  Introduction: Library Tour, Research Ethics and Citation

Friday Classes

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Assignments, Readings & Resources for the upcoming week

Required tutorials
  1. The Information Cycle (Penn State University Libraries) Click on the tutorial.  It requires FlashPlayer 5.0 to work)
    http://www.libraries.psu.edu/content/dam/psul/up/lls/audiovideo/infocycle_2008.swf

     
  2. Dr. Cite Right — Central Piedmont Community College (or Plagiarism, Paraphrase and MLA Citation)
     http://www1.cpcc.edu/library/research-tools/DrCiteRight/DCR-movie
     

Class pack
  1. Glossary (pp.1-10) See the link at the top of this page.
     
  2. Elements of Citation (p. 11)
     
  3. MLA Works Cited Guidelines (pp. 12-14)
     
  4. Abbreviations Guide for MLA Style Works Cited Entries (p. 15)
     
  5. Using Borrowed Information Ethically OR How to Avoid Plagiarism (p. 16)
     
  6. Using a Title Page and Copyright Page (p. 17)
     

Workbook exercises
  1. Plagiarism or Paraphrase (p. 52)

Helpful websites

You Note It, You Quote It (Plagiarism Tutorial from Acadia University)
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
(Click the restart button, if the PowerPoint presentation has a blank screen at start-up.)

Avoiding Plagiarism (Purdue University)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html

A Statement on Plagiarism (Indiana University)
http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/plagiarism.shtml
 

Glossary terms

          citation
         database
          copyright
         fair-use                            
          librarian
          plagiarism

public domain
relevance
research
reserve
search strategy
style manual

Due next week

 
  1. Ethics of Research Assignment
     
  2. Required tutorials (see above)
     
  3. Obtain a Gades Card (if you do not already have one).

  4. Sign up for a computer Logon and ID.  This can only be done on campus at KCCD Account Manager link:

    https://accountmanager.kccd.edu/ChangePassword.aspx

    This  will allow you access to WiFi, computer commons terminals, and all campus computer labs. 

  5. Buy the class pack for English 34 at the BC Bookstore.  (It should have a yellow cover.) You must bring this to every class.
     

            
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Updated: 08/30/2011