5. Today’s research steps Library questions Choosing the right words Finding background information Finding articles Finding books in the library Academic integrity Your questions!
8. Printing and photocopying McGill Copy Card is required! Printers Price: 9 cents per page Scanners Photocopiers Price: 7 cents per page
9. Computers In the library Wireless network Borrow a laptop Software to download
10. A place to get help! In person Phone E-mail Chat
11. Borrowing Materials Your McGill ID is your borrowing card 80 books / 2 weeks / 3 renewals 50 cents per day if you’re late! 3 DVDs / 1 week / 1 renewal $2 per day if you’re late! Downloadable materials
26. Book Holsti, Ole R. Making American Foreign Policy. New York: Routledge, 2006. Look for the name of the book in the catalogue
27. Journal article “Food Safety in Travel and Tourism.” MacLaurin, Tanya L. Journal of Travel Research vol. 39 (2001): 332-333. Look for the name of the journal in the catalogue
29. Academic integrity at McGill “McGill University values academic integrity. Therefore all students must understand the meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures.”
31. Is this plagiarism? Turning in a paper you already submitted for another class YES! Buying a paper off the internet YES! Copying an author’s words from an academic article Yes, UNLESS you cite the source.
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33. Does this sentence need a citation? John A. Macdonald was the first prime minister of Canada. No!
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36. Tips for avoiding plagiarism Start early! Record your sources Practice putting ideas into your own words http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
40. What are your questions? Megan Fitzgibbons Liaison Librarian megan.fitzgibbons@mcgill.ca 514-398-4696
41. Image credits Slide 2: Newspapers by Pieter Musterd (busy) http://www.flickr.com/photos/90794078@N00/2286429272 / Slide 5: Treadmill by lu_luhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/7706223@N02/3325186785/ Slide 14: Life ring by mag3737 http://www.flickr.com/photos/50318388@N00/2071089166 / Slide 20: Map by dunechaserhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/12426416@N00/1721982928/ Slide 30: Thief by desiretofire : music is the shape of silence http://www.flickr.com/photos/desiretofire/151851052 Slide 32: Citation flowchart: Gaunt, Jessica, Nigel Morgan, Rowland Somers, Rosemary Soper, and Erica Swain. Handbook for Information Literacy Teaching. Cardiff, Wales: Cardiff University, 2007. http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/educationandtraining/infolit/hilt/index.html (accessed May 14, 2008). *Used in accordance with Creative Commons licenses
Editor's Notes
But you’re going to have to work hard today, too.
Think back to your student days. For younger students: community. For older students: quiet space. Thirteen branches, open to all students. Computers: log in with McGill email address. Printers, scanners, photocopiers.
And of course, the library is also a place to get help. Show “Ask Us” on the website.
Example of why. Windows and windows? We will use this later—defining your topic is the base of research, so it’s very important.
Searching for known items.
Finding a known article
Finding a known article
First example: direct quotation. Second example: what the author said.
