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Transcript of For New Students
August/September 2008 Orientation 1
Research tips & tricks
What can the library do for you?
Connecting people with information…this is where the library lives
Hot topics
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•Critical thinking
•Media literacy
•Information fluency
•Open access
•Copyright
•Semantic web
Where do you start your research?
So why can’t I just use ?
Need help?
Ask a Librarian!
Plagiarism = stealing
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Who said it?
• Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263).
• Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).
MLA bibliography
What are the parts?
• Author• Title• City• Publisher• Year
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Leroux, Marcel. Global Warming:
Myth Or Reality?: The Erring Ways of
Climatology. New York: Springer,
2005.
MLA guides
• McGill library website
• Online Writing Lab http://owl.english.purdue.edu
Why does it matter?
To take away
• Go beyond Google• The library can help!– High quality materials– Librarians
• Evaluate your information• Cite your sources
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What are your questions?
Thanks for listening!