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TELSTAROwen Stephens

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What is TELSTAR?

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What is TELSTAR?

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What is TELSTAR?

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What is a Reference?

A description of a resource intended to identify the resource to the extent a copy of the resource can be discovered

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What is a Resource?

A thing that can be referenced. In the context of teaching and learning this includes…

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What is a Resource?

• Course materials• Web sites• Books (electronic or print)• Articles (electronic or print)• Journals (electronic or print)• Online databases

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What is a Citation?

an in-context pointer to a reference e.g. from within an essay, thesis, book chapter or article

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Title: Effective Literature Search for ResearchAuthor: Sarah GashEdition: 2nd

Publisher: Gower Publishing LimitedYear of Publication: 2000Place of Publication: Aldershot(ISBN: 0566082772)

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Gash, S. Effective Literature Searching for Research (Gower Publishing Limited, Aldershot, 2000).

Nature formatting

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Gash, Sarah. Effective Literature Searching for Research. Second ed. Aldershot: Gower Publishing Limited, 2000.

MLA formatting

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Where do References appear?

• Course materials• Library Resources• Student content (essays,

TMAs/eTMAs, ePortfolios)

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Course Materials Library Resources Student Content

?In a library system

In structured

content

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Course Materials

Library ResourcesStudent Content

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Structured format

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Why structure?

Gash, Sarah. Effective Literature Searching for Research. Second ed. Aldershot: Gower Publishing Limited, 2000.

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Why structure?

Gash, S. Effective Literature Searching for Research (Gower Publishing Limited, Aldershot, 2000).

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Adding Value

Find item in nearest library

Find item online

Buy item

Discover related material

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Acknowledgements

• Telstar Satellite• http://ctd.grc.nasa.gov/rleonard/regs1ii.h

tml• Telstar: The original 45

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/telstar/• Telstar Movie Wallpaper

• http://www.telstarthemovie.co.uk/• TELSTAR Wordle

• http://www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/870837/JISC_TELSTAR

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Acknowledgements

• Book Cover• http://www.amazon.co.uk/Effective-Liter

ature-Searching-Research-2nd/dp/0566082772

• The climb• http://www.flickr.com/photos/jablan/

• Quality Garanteed• http://www.flickr.com/photos/drift-words/

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Acknowledgements

• The Passage of Time• http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonivc/

• The largest QOTSA headline crowd to date• http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewfiel

d/• Signpost

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmcphotos/