TUN DR. LIM CHONG EU LIBRARY
1Orientation - April 2015 Semester
1. Overview of Library Services
2. Finding Information – Digital Library and Free Resources
3. Virtual Reference Services
4. Internet
5. Plagiarism
6. Turnitin2
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ORIENTATION—July 2014—PG,IP,KL,JB,KC
Where is the library?
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What are my library privileges?
• Borrowing Privileges: a) 4 books for 2 weeks for Undergraduate students b) 6 books for 1 month for Postgraduate students
• Unlimited access to MyDigitalLibrary resources and online services
• Unlimited access to other services through our libraries
• Reading facilities
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Difference between Physical & Digital Library
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How to find information resources?
Printed & e-collection MyCatalogue
Electronic Resources (Subscribed & In-house) Digital Library
Free Resources (including OER) Internet
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Library Homepagehttp://woulibrary.wou.edu.my/library/default.aspx
Where do I start?
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Patron can check - full personal record, account information (fines & penalty fees) & online renewal.
Borrower’s Full Record
MyLibrary Account – Patron Profile
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• Renewals are processed in person or electronically • One (1) online renewal allowed for each student• Materials held or recalled for another patron may
not be renewed
• Media ResourcesVideos and DVDs may not be renewed
MyLibrary Account – How do I renew book loan?
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• 40 sen per day per book
• For a lost book = total overdue fines + current cost of the book + RM25.00 per volume as processing fee
MyLibrary Account – Do I have to pay for overdue or missing book?
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• This will pop- up• Login using your WOU username and password
Access to Digital Library
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The list of e-Resources: e-Books
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The list of e-Resources: e-Journals
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e-course reserves
e-course materials
e- project reports
WOU news clippings
WOU staff papers
What is inside Digital Library?
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• Search Internet using words open educational resources repository
• e.g. WOU OER Repository; OER@AsiaHub Repository
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Definition of OER by Commonwealth of Learning, 2013:“Materials offered freely and openly to use and adapt for teaching, learning, development and research”
Examples of OER sites• FlatWorld Knowledge • Freely available open college textbooks• http://catalog.flatworldknowledge.com/ • Khan Academy • A library of more than 1,600 video tutorials covering most of the k-12 math
curriculum and other subjects. • http://www.khanacademy.org/
• There are many more…
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Open Educational Resources (OER)
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WOU’s OER Repository
How do I get help from the Library?
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Live chat with Circulation Librarian
Help Online
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For further assistance – ASK A LIBRARIAN
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• Academic Writing• Business and Administration• Computer Science and Engineering• Construction Management• English Language Learning• Human Resources• Learning Skills • Legal Sources• Malaysian Statistical Sources• Mathematics• Psychology
Subject Guides
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Citation guides: WOU; MLA; APA
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• Locate general information• Current news events• Statistics• Points of view• Opinion on your topic
When do I need to use Internet?
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• Search engines – Google, Google Scholar, Yahoo, Ask.com
• Subject Directories –Librarians’ Index, Google Directory, Yahoo!
• Invisible web/Deep web - InfoMine
Types of Search Tools
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Improper use, or failure to attribute to another person’s writing or ideas.
• Inadvertent neglect to include quotes or references when citing another source
• Knowingly copying an entire text and claiming it as your own work
What is Plagiarism?
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Web-based plagiarism prevention tool used for assignment originality checking. It will find and highlight unoriginal text in a written assignment / TMA.
Refer to Turnitin instruction orientation slides.
Submit technical problem to [email protected]
What is Turnitin and how do I use it?
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• To ensure that you have cited all your references properly
• To ensure that you have conformed to good ethics of writing
• To ensure that you have done proper paraphrasing• To ensure that you have not done “cut and paste”
Why use Turnitin?
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Learning & Library Services DepartmentWawasan Open University, Main Campus,54 Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, 10050 Penang
Circulation/Reference Librarian: Ms Ooi Siew Lee/Ms Norhasni Abdul AzizTel: 04-2180 159 Fax: 04-227 9214
Regional/Learning Centres: Ipoh : 05-2436 323 (Ms. Zakiah Hanum) Kuala Lumpur : 03-9281 7323 / 9283 8323 (Ms. Rajaletchumy) Johor Bahru : 07-5566 323 / 5564 323 (Ms. Teresa Wong) Kuching : 082-578923 / 575923 (Ms. Mary Liliana)
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THANK YOU!THANK YOU!• e-mail: [email protected]
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