This document summarizes a research workshop held at a library. It outlines the library's resources for research including databases, books, articles, computers and study spaces. It provides tips for effective searching and defines academic integrity and plagiarism. Students are encouraged to ask librarians for help with their research.

1. Research workshop September 2009

2. What is a library?

3. What is a library? Confusing???

4. Librarians are here to help

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!

6. Hard work—but fun, too!

7. Space to work

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

12. Words are the key to research ?

13. Too much information?

14. The Course Guide

15. Course Guide

16. Encyclopedia article sample Written by experts Defines key vocabulary Gives a summary of the topic Lists further reading

18. Where do you find articles? Article indexes and databases!

19. 19 Online databases are different from Google They’re like maps for finding academic articles

20. Search tip 1 “Exact phrase” Examples: “New York” “Stephen Harper” “climate change”

21. Search tip 2 AND economics AND slavery OR smoking OR tobacco NOT windows NOT Microsoft

22. Canada Canad* Canadian Canadians Search tip 3: fill in the blank

23. Search tip 4 Subject words

24. Off campus? Virtual Private Network (VPN)

25. Search online to discover the library’s collection

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

28. Articles are NOTlisted in the library 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.”

30. Plagiarism = stealing

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.

33. Does this sentence need a citation? John A. Macdonald was the first prime minister of Canada. No!

36. Tips for avoiding plagiarism Start early! Record your sources Practice putting ideas into your own words http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/

37. Books, DVDs Course guide VPN help

38. Library checklist McGill ID card Copy card Course guide to get started with research VPN

39. Ask Us!

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