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- 1. Library Training: School ofAccountancy PeplerHead FacultyLibrarian:EconomicandManagementSciences peplerh@sun.ac.za
- 2. In this sessionwe’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 2
- 3. Library Guides 3 Find appropriatedatabases on your specific library guide
- 4. 4 Distinguishing between sources BookJournal Article Report
- 5. 5 Book A published workon 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
- 6. 6 Book - Example Searchthe library Catalogue for book on Management Accounting
- 7. 7 Book Chapter Be carefulof chapter in books that you find electronically Example: Reflexivity and Development Economics https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230250598_ 4
- 8. 8 Academic Journal A periodicalor 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
- 9. 9 Journal - Example SearchMeditari Accountancy Research
- 10. 10 Academic Article Topic specificinformation 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
- 11. 11 Article - Example Cashel-Cordo,P., & Craig, S.G. 1990. The public sector impact of international resource transfers. Journal of Development Economics, 32(1), pp.17-42. Authors Journal title Year Volume and issue Article title pages
- 12. 12 Report A document thatpresents 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
- 13. 13 Report - Example WorldHealth Statistics 2018: Monitoring Health For the SDG’s
- 14. 14 Databases – whatis 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
- 15. 15 Searching for sources Howto search effectively
- 16. Step 1: Identifyyour keywords 16 Write down your topic: The influence of the internet on real estate agencies Main Concepts: internet Real estate agencies
- 17. Step 2: IdentifySynonyms 17 Internet Web Real Estate Agencies Property agencies The influence of the internet on real estate agencies
- 18. Step 3: CombineKeywords 18 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: CombineKeywords 19 Boolean Operators - AND / OR / NOT
- 20. Step 3: CombineKeywords 20 Boolean Operators - AND / OR / NOT Quotation Marks “ ” – keep keywords together, for exact phrase searching Brackets ( ) – keep concepts together, used for synonyms
- 21. Step 3: CombineKeywords 21 Search phrase: Internet AND “real estate agencies”
- 22. Finding credible academicsources 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 22
- 23. Reliable internet sources AnyWebsite ending in: .org; .gov; .edu; .ac Official News sites like : Moneyweb Business Day; SA Statistics ; FNB; ABSA; Investec; SA Reserve Bank; Finforum; Bankmonitor ; Eskom 23
- 24. Good news Using AcademicDatabases 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 24
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- 26. Scopus 26 Select S fromthe A-Z list and click Scopus
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- 28. Scopus 28 Filter results on theleft Expand the article record by clicking the title
- 29. Snowball searching 29 Finding onearticle, and using it to find other, similar articles.
- 30. Snowball searching 30 Can bedone in Databases like Scopus, Web of Science & Google Scholar
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- 37. Plagiarism Plagiarism is thetheft 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 37 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)
- 38. Plagiarism - Examples 38 In2016, Melania Trump used parts of a 2008 speech by Michelle Obama at her Republican National Convention speech
- 39. Plagiarism - Examples 39 JKRowling has also been accused of stealing plotlines from various stories to write Harry Potter
- 40. Spot the plagiarism 40 Isthis 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…
- 41. Spot the plagiarism 41 Isthis 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
- 42. Spot the plagiarism 42 Isthis 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
- 43. Spot the plagiarism 43 Isthis 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
- 44. Spot the plagiarism 44 Isthis plagiarism? “In his 1991 review, Sherman Robinson highlights the theoretical tension between the neoclassical paradigm and AGE models with financial behaviour” (Hertel, 2002: 1376).
- 45. Referencing 45 Know the ReferencingStyle 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
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- 50. 50 Thank you –Any Questions?
Editor's Notes
- #5 To be able to reference properly, it is important to know what document type you are working with, since different document types are formatted differently in the bibliography or reference list. We are going to start by looking at different document types and how to identify them, so we can understand the components that make up the reference list. This may seem very basic, but we are going to look at how to identify a book, a journal, a journal article, and a report. These are only a hand full of documents types that you may encounter while conducting research.
- #6 Let’s start with a book.
- #8 These you will often find on Google or Google Scholar.
- #9 Articles appear in Academic journals.
- #11 Similar to the journal, only now it will have a source title (journal) and an article title with a year, volume, issue number and references.
- #16 Now that we’ve looked at different sources and how to identify them, we will move on to searching for sources, and searching effectively
- #23 Credibility is a combination of Reliability, Authority, Validity and Accuracy
- #24 Credibility is a combination of Reliability, Authority, Validity and Accuracy
- #39 Credibility is a combination of Reliability, Authority, Validity and Accuracy
- #40 Credibility is a combination of Reliability, Authority, Validity and Accuracy
- #41 Credibility is a combination of Reliability, Authority, Validity and Accuracy
- #42 Credibility is a combination of Reliability, Authority, Validity and Accuracy
- #43 Credibility is a combination of Reliability, Authority, Validity and Accuracy
- #44 Credibility is a combination of Reliability, Authority, Validity and Accuracy
- #45 Credibility is a combination of Reliability, Authority, Validity and Accuracy
- #46 Credibility is a combination of Reliability, Authority, Validity and Accuracy
- #47 Credibility is a combination of Reliability, Authority, Validity and Accuracy
- #48 Credibility is a combination of Reliability, Authority, Validity and Accuracy
- #49 Credibility is a combination of Reliability, Authority, Validity and Accuracy
- #50 Credibility is a combination of Reliability, Authority, Validity and Accuracy