PUAD 626: Holman Rector Library Instruction

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PUAD 626 Holman RectorLibrary Instruction

• Thomas Arendall-Salvetti
• Langsdale Library
• 410-837-4275
• tarendall-salvetti_at_ubalt.edu

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Getting Started

• Course website
• http//langsdale.ubalt.edu/howto/course_
• websites/sp08/puad626_holman.htm
• Get barcode
• https//langsdale.ubalt.edu/info_services/
• lib_reg_form.cfm

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Outline

• Finding Information
• Evaluating Information
• Citing Information

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1. Finding Information
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1A Journal Articles
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Finding Journal Articles

• Databases
• ABI/Inform (Business/Govt/Tech)
• Computer Database (Technology)
• Military Government Collection (Government)

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Finding Journal Articles

• Do we own it?
• Journal Finder
• Off-Campus
• Log in to Research Port with barcode

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1B Research Port Tricks
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My Lists
Save Articles
Search Multiple Databases
Repeat Searches
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1C Government Reports
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Reports

• Many names
• gray literature
• research reports
• technical reports
• white papers

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Finding Govt. Reports

• Google U.S. Government
• Govt. web sites only
• Federal, state, local, military, .edu
• Science.gov
• Research reports from Federal govt.

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2. Evaluating Information
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Scholarly or Popular?

• Appearance plain or dynamic?
• Frequency quarterly or weekly?
• Types of Articles original research or news?
• Length long or short?

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Scholarly or Popular? pt.2

• Popular or Scholarly?
• Audience academics or general public?
• Sources works cited or not?
• Publisher university press or mass-market?

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Discussion

• How would each of the following be useful in a
  graduate-level project?
• scholarly journal
• Trade or professional magazine
• popular magazine

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Discussion

• Government reports
• published in non-traditional ways
• cant be journal or magazine
• can be scholarly or not
• what criteria would you use to judge?

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Discussion

• Government reports
• published in non-traditional ways
• cant be journal or magazine
• can be scholarly or not
• what criteria would you use to judge?

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3. Citing Information
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Citation

• All academic work uses the ideas of others
• If I have seen further it is by standing on the
  shoulders of giants.
• Issac Newton, Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

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Citation

• Give Credit where Credit is Due

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Why Cite?
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Why Cite?

• Supports your argument
• Honest
• Legal
• Helps reader find your sources

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Why Worry About Format?

• Lets Play
• Spot the Author!

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• From Slip to Chip in Harvard Magazine
  November/December 1990. Pages 52-57. Edward
  Tenner.
• PC WEEK, volume 16, Issue 5. page. 3. Dodge,
  John. 1999. When Listening to Customers is
  the Wrong Thing to Do.
• Special Section 361 (8246) 3. Drucker, Peter.
  The Economist. The Next Society. 2001

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• Nieuwenhuysen, P. (2000). Information literacy
  courses for university students. Campus-Wide
  Information Systems 7 (5) 167-173.
• Fishman, D.L. (1998). Managing the virtual
  reference desk. Medical Reference Services
  Quarterly 17 (1) 1-10.
• Kuhlthau, C.C. (1993). Principle of uncertainty
  for information seeking. Journal of
  Documentation 49 (4) 339-355.

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Disclosure

• Activity from
• Dalhousie University Libraries. (2004). Citation
  Scramble. Retrieved July 11, 2005, from
  http//infolit.library.dal.ca/staff/activities/Cit
  ation_Scramble.htm

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Citation Style

• APA style
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological
  Association (5th ed.)
• Chapter 4 (Reference List)

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Citation Style

• 2 parts to APA style
• Parenthetical notation in-text
• Reference List at end

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Pt. 1 In-text

• Your paper
• Recent studies indicate that students are often
  unclear as to what constitutes plagiarism and
  correct forms of paraphrasing (Roig, 1997, p.
  113).

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Pt. 1 In-text

• Your paper (fancy version)
• A 1997 study by Roig indicated that students are
  often unclear as to what constitutes plagiarism
  and correct forms of paraphrasing (p. 113).

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Pt 2 Reference List

• After the paper
• Roig, M. (1997). Can undergraduate students
  determine whether text has been plagiarized?
  Psychological Record 47(1), 113-122.  

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Citation Style Journals

• Roig, M. (1997). Can undergraduate students
  determine whether text has been plagiarized?
  Psychological Record 47(1), 113-122.  

Author
Date
Article Title
Pages
Journal Title
Volume
Issue
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Citation Style Journals

• Roig, M. (1997). Can undergraduate students
  determine whether text has been plagiarized?
  Psychological Record 47(1), 113-122.  

Author
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Citation Style Journals

• Roig, M. (1997). Can undergraduate students
  determine whether text has been plagiarized?
  Psychological Record 47(1), 113-122.  

Date
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Citation Style Journals

• Roig, M. (1997). Can undergraduate students
  determine whether text has been plagiarized?
  Psychological Record 47(1), 113-122.

Article Title
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Citation Style Journals

• Roig, M. (1997). Can undergraduate students
  determine whether text has been plagiarized?
  Psychological Record 47(1), 113-122.  

Journal Title
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Citation Style Journals

• Roig, M. (1997). Can undergraduate students
  determine whether text has been plagiarized?
  Psychological Record 47(1), 113-122.  

Volume
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Citation Style Journals

• Roig, M. (1997). Can undergraduate students
  determine whether text has been plagiarized?
  Psychological Record 47(1), 113-122.

Issue
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Citation Style Journals

• Roig, M. (1997). Can undergraduate students
  determine whether text has been plagiarized?
  Psychological Record 47(1), 113-122.  

Pages
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Citation Style

• OK.
• Now You Try It!

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For More Information

• Publication Manual of the American Psychological
  Association, 5th ed. at the Reference Desk
• Writing Consultation (Academic Resource Center,
  AC 111)
• arc_at_ubalt.edu [phone]

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4. Plagiarism
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Plagiarism

• Plagiarism includes the copying of the language,
  structure, ideas, and/or thoughts of another and
  representing same as ones own original work.
  emphasis added
• University of Baltimore. Student Handbook.
  Retrieved on Oct 13, 2006 from http//www.ubalt.ed
  u/template.cfm?page283

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Plagiarism

• Cite every time you borrow
• language (quotation)
• sentence structure (paraphrase)
• ideas (paraphrase)

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Plagiarism

• Penalties can include
• F on the assignment
• F for the class
• Suspension
• Expulsion
• University of Baltimore. Student Handbook.
  Retrieved on July 14, 2005 from
  http//www.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page283

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Intentional Plagiarism

• Knowingly, Without Citing
• Quoting (using words)
• Paraphrasing (using ideas or structure)
• Cutting and Pasting Entire Sections
• Buying a Paper

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Unintentional Plagiarism

• Accidentally using an authors words or ideas
  without citing them.
• Causes
• Careless Notes
• Incomplete/Lost Citation Information
• Too Little Time
• Cultural Differences

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Discussion

• Which of the following scenarios are examples of
  plagiarism?

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Questions?

• Ask a Librarian!
• Reference Desk
• 410-837-4274
• AIM UBLangsdale
• Chat http//langsdale.ubalt.edu/contact.htm
• Appointments available