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Resources to support:
Masters in Education Programme
Presented by Library
Oct 2008
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Outline
• Range of resources in the Library
- print, media and online resources
•Online resources- journal and newspaper articles
• Citing resources
• Support given to lecturers
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Titles in the Library
Click on the heading
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Click on any title hyperlink
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Click on the title hyperlink
of any title of interest
11 records are retrieved.
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Take note of thesubject headings
assigned by the
Library. Click on the
subject heading
hyperlink to find
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Type the relevant
keywordsChange the material
type to Videorecording
Finding videos
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Retrieves related videos with keyword “teaching” in the title
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http://www.library.uwa.edu.au/education_training_and_support/guides
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APA citation for a book:Wood, Judy W. (2009). Practical strategies for the inclusive classroom.
Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill.
NB: Invert the author(s) name(s).
The first word of the main title, subtitle and all proper nouns have capital letters.
APA citation for a book:Wood, Judy W. (2009). Practical strategies for the inclusive classroom.
Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill.
NB: Invert the author(s) name(s).
The first word of the main title, subtitle and all proper nouns have capital letters.
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Other APA examples
Book Chapter Coleman, P. C. (1999). Identity management in later life. In R. T.
Woods (Ed.), Psychological problems of ageing: Assessment,treatment and care (pp. 49-72). New York: Wiley.
Conference Paper Tian, C. S., & Kok, L. P. (1991). Parent adolescent communication
in Singaporean families. In Psychiatry in the 90s: ASEAN perspectives: Proceedings of the 3rd ASEAN Congress onPsychiatry & Mental Health (pp. 315-320). Kuala Lumpur:Malaysian Psychiatric Association.
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• The second line in each citation is
indented
• Use double spacing for citations
• Titles of books are in italics
• Use initial caps only for the first word of the title of the book or article. The rest of
the title are in small letters.
Citing Sources ( APA style )
Please take note of the following:Please take note of the following:
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vie (film, video, or DVD)lace of an author, list the producer and director.
lude the date and title, specify [Motion picture].
refers to all movies, DVDs and videos as motion pictures
ggenheim, Davis. (Producer) & Schachter, Julia. (2004). The first year [Motion pictur
New York: Docurama.
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In-text citation
APA style requires two elements for citing outside sources:Reference Citations in Text and a Reference List.
- cite sources within the body of the paper
- tells the reader what information was borrowed and where it came from
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Class lecture & Personal Communication
Examples of In-text Reference
J. Reiss indicated that “Business in China is boomingbecause of the economic performance of the country” (classlecture, May 3, 2004).
In a lecture on May 3, 2004, to a TF05 class, J. Reiss said…
… (J. Reiss, TF05 lecture, May 3, 2004).
(E.K Lim, personal communication, April 18, 2004).
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Journal and newspaper articles
• Journal articles from databases
• Articles from print journals
• Articles from the Internet• Newspaper articles from online database
• Newspaper articles from hard copy
newspapers
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Library’s website :
http://www.np.edu.sg/library/main.htm
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Click on the
subjects to
expand the
search
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McDuffie, Steve R. & Smith, Murphy L. (2006). Impact of an audit reporting expert
system on learning performance: a teaching note. Accounting Education,
15 (1). Retrieved October 6, 2007, from Education Research Complete database.
Citing articles from e-databases
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Super Search – one search to all resources
• concurrent search acrossOPAC, e-databases andInternet
• No need to learn searchsyntax and strategies
• Good starting point for searches• Saves time• Results from multiple sources are
displayed for selection
( Live demo )
F ili 24
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Facilitate access to resources 24x7 -
Journal Titles
search
browse
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Finding hard copy journals
Click on the
details to check
if the Library
has copies for a particular year
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Current Periodicals area,
3rd storey
(no loan)
Back issues area,
3rd storey
(Loan: 7 days)
Bound volumes
Closed Stacks - Request from
Circulation Counter
(Loan: 2 weeks)
Magazines/Journals/Periodicals
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Citing articles from print journals
Loftus, E. F. (1993). The reality of repressed
memories. American Psychologist, 48,
518-537.
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Finding journal articles on the Internet
• Search engines – Google
• Metasearch engine – Clusty.com
• Tips:education+learning+filetype:pdf
education+learning+filetype:ppt
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Citing articles from Internet-only journals
Sanderson, Gavin (2002). International education developments in Singapore.
International Education Journal , 3(2). Retrieved October 6, 2008 from
http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/education/iej/articles/v3n2/sandersn/paper.pdf
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Databases for Newspaper articles
1. 3 concurrent access
2. Provides :
- Today’s news
- Archives news
(Past 7 days)
1. 3 concurrent access
2. Provides :
- Today’s news
- Archives news The Straits Times (1989-)
The Business Times (1990-)
The New Paper (1990-)
Computer Times (1998-)
Streats (2002-)
Berita Harian (1991-)
Lianhe Zaobao (1994-)
Lianhe Wanbao (1994-)
Shin Min Daily News (1994-)
Friday Weekly (1998-)
1. 25 concurrent access
2. Provides :
- Global news & business
information on the go
(9000+ sources worldwide)
- Local news
Business Times (from 1994)
Straits Times (from 1995)
Channel NewsAsia (from 2000)
Lianhe Zaobao (from 1999)
The New Paper (from 2004)
6 concurrent access
5 concurrent access
The newspaper reading corner is
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The newspaper reading corner is
located@Lifestyle Library
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Type the keywords
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Print in a word document
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Citing resources from online newspaper
Tan , Amelia, Ng, Jane & Selvaretnam, Sumathi V. (2008, October 6). More time to sleep to
bond to get to know pupils. The Straits Times. Retrieved October 6, 2008, from Factiva.
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Newspaper from Straits Times Interactive
Lim, Wen Chean ( 2008, October 7). New objections to dorm
The Straits Times.Retrieved October 6, 2008, from
http://www.straitstimes.com
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Hard copy newspaper
• Newspaper article
Wong, S. M. (2004, February 3). Forgotten
souls of Woodbridge. Straits Times, p. H1.
Sleep on the job: It improves performance.
(2002, August 14). Straits Times, p. H12.
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Images • Factiva – Images from Reuters
• NP Home Page >>Databases by type>> Clipart &multimedia
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Citing images
• Author or originator. Description or title of
image. [Online image] Date of document or
download (day, month, year). URL
<http://address/filename>.
• Sullivan, J. (Photographer) (2008, September). Water
gushes over New Orleans dike, [Online image].
Retrieved September 23, 2008, from http://www.cbc.ca/news/• Books [Online image]. Retrieved October 6, 2008 from
Clipart.com database.
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Education related statistics
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Statistics from Global Market
Information Database
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Ministry of Education . Desired outcomes of education. Retrieved October 6, 2008
from http://www.moe.edu.sg/education/desired-outcomes/
Citing Sources
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Click on Citing Resources from Library HomepageClick on Citing Resources from Library Homepage
Citing Sources
Citing Sources
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Library Homepage – eLearn – Citing Resources
Citing Sources
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Inter-Library Loan• Local Library : 3 working days
Document Supply• Local Library (5 working days)
• Overseas sources (2 – 5 days)
Articles/Books Not in NP Library
Request to be made :- at Reference Counter, or call x6290- email to Reference Librarians
Cheryl ( [email protected]), Karen ([email protected])
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