ENGL 101

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ENCO 100
Communication Skills Composition
Library Skills Tutorial 8 May 2006
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Session Aims

• In this session, you will learn how to
• How to interpret essay questions
• Use the Online Catalogue
• Locate full-text articles with APA-FT
• Access newspaper articles using Factiva
• Use Google to access quality sources of
  information

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Essay question

• A university education should be considered a
  privilege, not a right
  Discuss
• The first step is to analyse the question you
  have been set

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Higher Education Reform

• But the education that you receive at university
  is a privilege. It is provided by hardworking
  taxes of ordinary Australians, many of whom have
  not ever seen the inside of a university.
• Brendan Nelson (2003)

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So what is the question about?

• The Whitlam Government introduced free higher
  education in 1975
• In 1989, the Higher Education Contribution Scheme
  (HECS) was adopted undergraduates accumulated a
  HECS debt
• HECS means students pay part of the cost of their
  education, either up-front or when their future
  incomes reached a set threshold

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Consider issues such as

• Do university fees entrench privilege?
• Should taxpayers pay for the education of
  (predominately) middle-class students
• Is free tertiary education good for the country
  as a whole?
• Are fees the fairest way to pay to increase the
  funds available for higher education?

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Online Catalogue

• Link to Catalogue on Library page
• Does not require a UNE username/ password (unless
  renewing loans)
• You can often find relevant items using a simple
  Keyword search
• Subject headings are another option these allow
  you to perform precise searches

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Finding Subject Headings

• Click on Keyword
• Enter the following search Funding AND Higher
  education AND Australia
• Click on Full link next to a relevant item title
• Click on the appropriate subject heading, eg
  Education, Higher Australia Finance.

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Sorting results by date

• The Catalogue presents results in the order
  oldest items to newest
• Sort the results from newest to oldest by
• Clicking in the Descending radio button
• Clicking on Sort button
• The most recent books will be the first ones
  which appear

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Renewing Loans

• Click on catalogue link
• Click on Renew Loans
• Enter Patron ID and Password
• Renew by clicking on button next to title of
  items
• If limit has been reached or item has been
  requested by another user, no button appears. You
  must return the item to us

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APA-FT A Education

• All Australian content
• Both include articles from a range of different
  publications
• Have full-text as well as links out to full-text
  elsewhere using the Find It button
• Part of the Informit suite of indexes

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Accessing APA-FT A

• Go to Library page at http//www.une.edu.au/libra
  ry
• Click on e-resources
• Choose Informit from Quick Links
• Enter your UNE username/password
• Click in check boxes next to APA-FT and A
  Education
• Click on Start Searching button

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Searching APA-FT A

• Type HECS in the first search box on the first
  row
• Type Higher Education in the first search box on
  the second row
• Click in check box marked Full Text Records Only
• Click on Search button

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Accessing full text

• If an article is available, you can click on the
  PDF-Full Text button
• This will bring up Adobe Acrobat Reader window
• If not, click on the Find IT button to search for
  electronic holdings elsewhere
• The Find It window also allows you to search for
  print holdings in our catalogue

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Factiva

• Full-text of newspaper articles, including major
  Australian daily newspapers
• Includes publication title, date, page number and
  by-line (if applicable)
• World-wide content
• Up-dated daily
• Includes the last ten years

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Searching Factiva

• Go to Library page at http//www.une.edu.au/libra
  ry
• Click on e-resources
• Choose Factiva from Quick Links
• Enter UNE username/password
• Choose All Dates from pull-down menu
• Click on Source and then click on Group Major
  Australian Papers

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Factiva

• Enter ltHECS AND higher educationgt in the Search
  box
• Click on Search button
• Factiva will present you with literally hundreds
  of full-text articles
• Read an article by clicking on the link
• Articles can be printed immediately or emailed to
  any email account

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Google

• Not all content is authoritative or reliable
• Anyone can write and post a Web page
• Use Googles Advanced Search interface to narrow
  down your search
• Think about your keywords, eg HECS
• Limit your search to higher quality results by
  using the operator filetypepdf
• Limit your search to Australian sites

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Recap

• The Subject Headings in the Online Catalogue will
  help you find books on a particular subject
• You can full-text articles using APA-FT and A
  Education
• Newspaper articles are available through Factiva
• Google can be used to find reports in PDF format

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Finally

• Look at eSKILLS UNE for more advice on
  information literacy
• Attend Library classes these are advertised on
  the Library site
• Ask at the Information Desk or phone extn 2458 if
  you need further assistance
• Thanks for attending!