Post on 18-Nov-2014
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Navigating the information jungle
Liz Osman, College Librarian
“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”
Albert Einstein
Photo by F. Schmutzer (1921)Public domain under Wikimedia Commons
In this session…
• Physical library resources• E-resources• Deciphering reading lists• When nowhere has what you need• Plagiarism• Beginning to reference
On your feet!
Over 100 libraries in Cambridge
= Colleges = Department/Faculty = UL and affiliated libraries = Other
Non-UK English language
booksCopyright
library
The University Library
Journals & newspapers Foreign
language booksRare
books
Electronic resources
Googling it
Need to pay to access?
Find it in the catalogue
Recognised as Cambridge
£5 million/yearon e-resources
Photo © AMC
What am I looking for?
Photo by Thom http://www.flickr.com/photos/minifig/
What am I looking for?
Normal books (monographs)
Book chapters
Journal articles
Book chapters
G. Nagy, ‘Homer and Greek Myth’ in The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology, ed. R. Woodward, CUP 2008
Journal articles
J. Tomlinson, ‘Thrice Denied: “Declinism” as a Recurrent Theme in British History in the Long Twentieth Century’ TCBH, 20 (2009)
Library catalogues
Copying & pasting from a reading list
Copying & pasting from a reading list
Copying & pasting from a reading list
A better way to search
Heritage LibrarySearch
LibrarySearch +
Homerton library
Articles
UL
Faculty & department
libraries
Journal titles
Results include abstracts etc. as well as full access articles
When to use each catalogue
Academics make mistakes too!
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What to do when this happens…
Other libraries that you have
access to
Google Books
E-books
Amazon Look
Inside
Other places to look
Amazon Look Inside
What is plagiarism?
XKCD ‘Wikipedian Protester’, http://xkcd.com/285/
Michael Stothard ‘1 in 2 admits to Plagiarism’, Varsity (October 2008)
49%of Cambridge studentshave plagiarised during their time at University
It is plagiarism if you…
Quote someone else’s workRepeat someone else’s argument in different words (paraphrasing)Use ideas taken from someone elseCollaborate with someone elseSubmit someone else’s work as your own
…without acknowledging the other person
13%did not know that failing to cite sources could be considered plagiarism
Michael Stothard ‘1 in 2 admits to Plagiarism’, Varsity (October 2008)
Why is referencing important?
Why is referencing important?
GIVE credit – for the work that you are building
on
GET credit – for the work that
you have done yourself
Session on 19th February
Research Survival Guide:
Mastering your
Dissertation or Project
Two things you can do
RIGHT NOW:
Find out
your
departmen
t’s
preferred
style
Make good notes!
For more information…
Pop in and see us in the Library, or email library@homerton.cam.ac.uk
The UL runs further research skills courses: http://training.cam.ac.uk/cul
This session was adapted from some of Emma Coonan’s presentations at:
http://researchcentral.wordpress.com/