This document provides an overview of a library training session for the School of Accountancy. It discusses distinguishing between different types of sources like books, journal articles, and reports. It covers search techniques like identifying keywords and using Boolean operators. It also discusses finding credible academic sources, plagiarism, referencing styles, and getting research help from librarians. The training aims to help students effectively use the library resources and properly cite sources in their academic work.

1. Library Training:
School of Accountancy
1 3 J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 0
PeplerHead
FacultyLibrarian:EconomicandManagementSciences
peplerh@sun.ac.za

2. In this session we’ll be looking at
Distinguishing between sources
Distinguishing between trustworthy & untrustworthy
information
Search techniques (Identify Keywords & use Boolean;
Quick& Easy Search Technique; Pearl Growing Search
Technique)
Finding credible academic sources
Plagiarism
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3. Library Guides
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Find appropriate databases
on your specific library guide

4. EMS Librarians
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Hanlie Strydom
Desk 9, Lower Level
hanlies@sun.ac.za
Pepler Head
Desk 8, Lower Level
peplerh@sun.ac.za

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Distinguishing between sources
Book Journal Article
Report

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Book
A published work on a specific topic,
usually contains chapters. Can be
hardcopy or electronic. Written by a
specific person (author), or under an
editor. It will have:
• Publisher
• Place of publication
• Year
• ISBN

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Book - Example
Search the library Catalogue for book on
Management Accounting

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Book Chapter
Be careful of chapter in books that you
find electronically
Example:
Reflexivity and Development Economics
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230250598_
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Academic Journal
A periodical or serial publication in
which information on a specific topic
is published in article format. It can
be electronic or hard copy. It will
have:
• Title
• Publisher
• Year
• Volume number
• Issue number
• ISSN

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Journal - Example
Search Meditari Accountancy Research

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Academic Article
Topic specific information within an
academic discipline, published in a
Journal. It can be electronic or hard
copy. It will have:
• Source Title References
• Article title
• Abstract (summary)
• Year
• Volume number
• Issue number
• Page number

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Article - Example
Cashel-Cordo, P. and Craig, S.G., 1990. The public
sector impact of international resource
transfers. Journal of Development Economics, 32(1),
pp.17-42.

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Report
A document that presents
information in an organized format
for a specific audience and purpose,
reporting something that has been
observed, done or investigated. Can
be annual or once off. It will have
• Report title
• Author
• Corporate body/Company
• Year

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Report - Example
World Health Statistics 2018:
Monitoring Health For the SDG’s

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Databases – what is it?
A database is an electronic index (list) to journal or
magazine articles, containing citations, abstracts
and often either the full text of the articles, or links
to the full text.
It allows you to search for information using:
Keywords
Titles
Authors
Subjects

16. Step 1: Identify your keywords
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Write down your topic:
The influence of the internet on real estate agencies
Main Concepts:
internet
Real estate agencies

17. Step 2: Identify Synonyms
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Internet Web
Real Estate Agencies Property agencies
The influence of the internet on real estate agencies

18. Step 3: Combine Keywords
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Boolean Operators - AND / OR / NOT
AND – returns results with both keywords
OR – returns results with one or the other keyword
NOT – returns results excluding specific keywords

19. Step 3: Combine Keywords
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Boolean Operators - AND / OR / NOT

20. Step 3: Combine Keywords
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Boolean Operators - AND / OR / NOT
Quotation Marks “ ” – keep keywords together, for
exact phrase searching
Brackets ( ) – keep concepts together, used for
synonyms

21. Step 3: Combine Keywords
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Search phrase:
Internet AND “real estate agencies”

22. Exercise 1
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Identify the keywords for the below topic:
Is it true that economic growth makes the
rich richer and the poor poorer?

23. Exercise 1
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Keywords:
“economic growth”
“income inequality”
inequality

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Keywords:
“economic growth”
AND
(“income inequality” OR Inequality)

25. Finding credible academic sources
Reliability:
From a reputable source/institution- publisher, University, Research Unit,
Company
Authority:
Creator is an expert in their field, and affiliated with a reputable institution
Validity :
The research was conducted in a manner that is commonly accepted in the
field, and is evident in the article
Accuracy:
The information can be verified
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26. Reliable internet sources
Any Website ending in:
.org; .gov; .edu; .ac
Official News sites like :
Moneyweb Business Day;
SA Statistics ; FNB; ABSA; Investec; SA Reserve
Bank; Finforum; Bankmonitor ; Eskom ,
Nationmaster….
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27. Good news
Using Academic Databases provided by the library will
assist you in finding relevant, credible information for your
assignments. Examples:
Google Scholar
Science Direct
SUN Search (Library Catalogue)
Emerald
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28. Scopus
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29. Scopus
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Select S from the A-Z
list and click Scopus

30. Scopus
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Search with
keywords
Select field
to search

31. Scopus
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Filter results
on the left
Expand the article
record by clicking
the title

32. Snowball searching
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Finding one article, and using it to find
other, similar articles.

33. Snowball searching
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Can be done in Databases like Scopus,
Web of Science & Google Scholar

34. Journals/Magazines
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35. Journals/Magazines
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Search
Journal/Magazine

36. Journals/Magazines
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See access details

37. Journals/Magazines
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Select specific database

38. Journals/Magazines
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Search within journal
Search
through
journal
issues

39. Journals/Magazines
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Search within journal
using keywords

40. Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the theft and use of the ideas, material and
other intellectual property of others that are passed off as
one’s own
This can take multiple forms
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OBVIOUS FORMS:
Buying / borrowing a paper and
copying it
Hiring somebody to write for you
Cutting and pasting text
Direct translations
Citing sources you didn’t use
LESS OBVIOUS FORMS:
Not giving proper credit
Not referencing images, etc.
Improper paraphrasing
Failing to give a proper reference
Not acknowledging outsourcing (eg.
Data)

41. Plagiarism - Examples
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In 2016, Melania
Trump used
parts of a 2008
speech by
Michelle Obama
at her
Republican
National
Convention
speech

42. Plagiarism - Examples
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JK Rowling has also been
accused of stealing
plotlines from various
stories to write Harry
Potter

43. Spot the plagiarism
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Is this plagiarism?
Timmer asserts that the fundamental role of prices in
a market economy is to serve as signals for
allocating both consumption and investment
resources (Timmer, 2002: 1507). This is important,
because of the…

44. Spot the plagiarism
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Is this plagiarism?
Timmer asserts that the fundamental role of prices
in a market economy is to serve as signals for
allocating both consumption and investment
resources (Timmer, 2002: 1507). This is important,
because of the…
Different font, so copied and pasted
No quotation marks
Reference in wrong place

45. Spot the plagiarism
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Is this plagiarism?
Dorward comments that even the impoverished are not likely
to gain much directly as self-employed producers of trade
agricultural assets, with restricted access to land and capital
and relatively low farm earnings (2004: 4).
Even here the poor are unlikely to gain much directly as self-
employed producers of tradable agricultural commodities,
with limited access to land and capital and relatively low on-
farm incomes – original text

46. Spot the plagiarism
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Is this plagiarism?
Dorward comments that even the impoverished are not likely
to gain much directly as self-employed producers of trade
agricultural assets, with restricted access to land and capital
and relatively low farm earnings (2004: 4).
Even here the poor are unlikely to gain much directly as self-
employed producers of tradable agricultural commodities,
with limited access to land and capital and relatively low on-
farm incomes – original text

47. Spot the plagiarism
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Is this plagiarism?
“In his 1991 review, Sherman Robinson highlights the
theoretical tension between the neoclassical paradigm and
AGE models with financial behaviour” (Hertel, 2002: 1376).

48. Turnitin
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• Plagiarism Detection Software that check originality
• Works through SUNLearn
• Documents are submitted and checked for similarity
• Report generated with percentage

49. Referencing
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Know the Referencing Style that you are using
Make sure what you are referencing, different material types
are displayed differently in the bibliography
Makes sure that your in-text citations match your bibliography
Most important, be CONSISTENT

50. Referencing - Help
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51. Referencing - Help
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52. Referencing - Help
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53. Research help
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54. Lunchtime Sessions
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Library e-classroom
13h00 – 14h00
• Tuesday, 14 January
• Wednesday, 15 January
• Thursday, 16 January
• Friday, 17 January

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Thank you – Any Questions?