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BIO Library Instruction
- 1. BIO (Kleber) Library Instruction Session Liza Palmer, Librarian
- 2. Overview – Online Databases – ScienceDirect Accounts – Searching ScienceDirect – Searching NC LIVE – Searching Gale – Using & Citing Research – Why We Research – Avoiding Plagiarism – MLA 7th Edition Style – Questions & Contact Information
- 4. ScienceDirect Accounts – Please wait and listen to all instructions before signing up for your account on your device – If you have a ScienceDirect account already, please use the “forgot password” function to unlock your account – ScienceDirect handouts – Visit: http://www.sciencedirect.com/register – Use your unique, one-time-use temporary registration ID and password as the key to setting up your permanent account – You have to prove you are not a robot (!) several times – Use a personal email account so that you can maintain access to this resource even after you graduate from BCC! – Please contact BCC Library if you experience any account problems!
- 5. Searching ScienceDirect – Visit: http://www.sciencedirect.com/ – Log in using your new account (this is key to accessing the full text for articles!) – Click on “Advanced search”; then “Journals” tab – Use essential keywords separated by Boolean search operators (AND, OR, NOT) – Download PDFs and save to a flash drive or email to yourself
- 6. Searching NC LIVE – Visit: http://brunswickcc.libguides.com/ – Click on “Articles” under the “Find” tab or BIO guide (http://brunswickcc.libguides.com/bio) – NC LIVE databases will be identified by (NC LIVE) in descriptions – the NC LIVE home password will be needed if accessing from off campus – NC LIVE handouts – Click on the NC LIVE database you want to search – Use essential keywords separated by Boolean search operators (AND, OR, NOT) – Select filters (like “Full text” and “Peer reviewed”) as needed
- 7. Searching Gale – Visit: http://brunswickcc.libguides.com/databases/gale – Gale databases will be identified by (Gale) in descriptions – the Gale home password will be needed if accessing from off campus – Gale handouts – Click on the Gale database you want to search – Use essential keywords separated by Boolean search operators (AND, OR, NOT) – Select filters (like “Full Text” and “Peer Reviewed Journals”) as needed
- 9. Why We Research – Support, Credibility, Authority – Preemptively address critics of your argument by supporting every claim you make – Bring backup – stand on the shoulders of others to make a successful argument – Default response when reading anything, particularly your own work, should be: “Says who?” – Respect – Acknowledge the trailblazing work of others who have come before you – Point your readers to that work – Fairness – Research every possible side to each issue or topic so that your argument is well balanced
- 10. Avoiding Plagiarism – “When you use someone else’s words – phrases, sentences, and paragraphs – in your work, you must enclose them in quotation marks and give the writer credit by citing your source appropriately” (288) – “When you use someone else’s ideas in your work, you must cite the source” (288) – “When you use someone else’s original research in your work, you must cite that source” (288) – From Laura Brown, How to Write Anything
- 11. Avoiding Plagiarism 2 – Start your research and writing early – If you procrastinate, better to talk to your instructor and ask for an extension than plagiarize – Make clear notes – Identify “your ideas” (75) – Identify “your summaries of others’ material” (75) – Identify direct quotes (75) – From MLA Handbook (6th ed.) – Use a consistent citation style (MLA 7th edition recommended) – Take advantage of “cite” features in library databases and in Word – Double-check all citations and references before turning your paper in
- 12. MLA 7th Edition Style – Chapter 6 of 7th edition – Citing Sources – Parenthetical references in text (as opposed to endnotes or footnotes) – Used when PARAPHRASING and when DIRECTLY QUOTING – Must clearly point to works listed in bibliography or works cited page
- 13. MLA 7th Edition Style 2 – Use following format – (author last name page number) – Direct relation between your text and the parenthetical reference – no need to duplicate information – Place the parenthetical reference where a pause would naturally occur – If it occurs at the end of your sentence, the period comes after the parenthetical reference
- 14. MLA 7th Edition Style 3 – Examples from handbook – Tannen has argued his point (178-85). – This point has already been argued (Tannen 178-85). – Others, like Jakobson and Waugh (210-15), hold the opposite point of view. – Others hold the opposite point of view (e.g., Jakobson and Waugh 210-15). – It may be true, as Robertson maintains, that “in the appreciation of medieval art the attitude of the observer is of primary importance…” (136). – It may be true that “in the appreciation of art the attitude of the observer is of primary importance…” (Robertson 136).
- 15. MLA 7th Edition Style 4 – Chapter 3 of 7th edition (start page 92) – Quotations – Punctuation – If the quote is formally introduced, use a colon – If the quote is integrated into a sentence, use a comma or nothing – Use double quotation marks for main quotes – Use single quotation marks for quotes within quotes – Short quotes vs. long quotes – If quote is more than four lines long, offset it – Maintain double spacing – Indent 10 spaces (2 tabs in Word) from left margin – Do not use quotation marks – In this instance, the period will come before the parenthetical reference
- 16. MLA 7th Edition Style 5 – Ellipsis – . . . (“three periods with a space before each and a space after the last”) – Use when deleting words or truncating quotes – Be fair to the original work (do not pervert its meaning) – But also pay attention to the “grammatical integrity of your work” – If the ellipsis is at the end of your sentence, use four periods – Adding/Altering words – Place new word or words in brackets [] – This signals to your reader that you have made a change to the source text – [sic] – Use when there is an error in the original source text that you have had to reproduce
- 17. MLA 7th Edition Style 6 – Chapter 5 of 7th edition – Works Cited Page – ALWAYS credit works that have directly or indirectly influenced your work or paper – “Works Cited Page” – Only list works that you have parenthetical references to in your paper text – “Works Consulted Page” or Bibliography – Acknowledge influence of a work, whether you have directly quoted from or paraphrased it or not
- 18. MLA 7th Edition Style 7 – Format – Alphabetize by author’s last name (or by title of work, if no author) – Use letter-by-letter system (not word-by-word) – Descartes, Rene – De Sica, Vittorio – Begin at left margin – If the citation goes onto a second line, indent the second line by five spaces (hanging indent) – Ctrl + T in Word – Double space within and between entries – Italicize (journal, book, etc.) titles – no underlining anymore
- 19. MLA 7th Edition Style 8 – Scholarly Periodical – Format Author’s name. “Title of the article.” Publication information. – Example Martin, Jodie, and Norman Owen-Smith. “Habitat Selectivity Influences the Reactive Responses of African Ungulates to Encounters with Lions.” Animal Behaviour 116 (2016): 163-70. Print.
- 20. MLA 7th Edition Style 9 – Scholarly Periodical from a Database – Example Lewis, J.C.M., et al. “Comparison of Tiletamine and Zolazepam Pharmacokinetics in Tigers (Panthera tigris) and Leopards (Panthera pardus): Do Species Differences Account for Adverse Effects in Tigers?” The Veterinary Journal 201.3 (2014): 302-6. ScienceDirect. Web. 30 Aug. 2017.
- 21. MLA 7th Edition Style 10 – No Information Available – Use these abbreviations – n.p. No place of publication given – n.p. No publisher given – n.d. No date of publication given – n. pag. No pagination given – Punctuate accordingly to differentiate
- 22. Recommended Tools – NCSU Citation Builder (select MLA 7 from dropdown menu) – http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo2/citationbuilder/citati onbuilder.php – Capitalize My Title – https://capitalizemytitle.com/ – Purdue OWL – https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
- 23. Questions & Contact Information – Remember the library staff is here to help! – As needed, please: – Visit – Call – 910-755-7331 – 1-800-754-1050 ext. 331 – Email – liza00137@brunswickcc.edu – Chat 24/7 via Chatstaff – Thanks for your time!