hu315 research tips
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Research Tips for HU315
Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian
http://www.globeeducationnetwork.com/library/
Today’s Library Lessons
Where to find researchHow to cite research
Finding Sources
Gale Literature Resource Center
EBSCO Academic Search PremierMore:
GEN Library Literature Research Guide
Finding Sources
EbooksGU/MSB Catalog
Selecting Sources
Appropriate?Reliable?
Selecting Sources
Appropriate?What type is it? Scholarly, trade, popular?
Reliable?Who?Why?Can you trust it?How does it compare?
Citing Sources
Help!Use the “cite” buttons in the databasesWord 2007RefWorks – new!
GEN Library APA Citation Guide:http://www.globeeducationnetwork.com/library/research-guides/c
itation/apa/
Diana Hacker:http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/
Purdue University: OWLhttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ - click on research and citation
Citation Basics
In-TextAuthor’s name Year of publicationPage # (sometimes)
This will lead the reader to the References at the back of your paper.
• References• Name• Date• Article Title• Journal Title• Journal Volume #• Page #s• Date you accessed it• Database
This will lead the reader to the source.
RefWorks
New Access through the “tools” section of Blackboard.Or library’s website – contact me for group code
FeaturesCreate your own account to store citationsHelps you form a bibliography/referencesUse “write-n-cite” for in-text citations
Before you begin:View Tutorials
Why Cite?
Give credit and avoid plagiarismLearn from experts –> show you’ve learned from
themShow off your appropriate and reliable sources
Your grade depends on itLead your reader to what you’ve read
Don’t need to cite: Common knowledgeYour own ideas
APA References Examples
Begam, R. (2000). Achebe's sense of an ending: History and tragedy in Things Fall Apart. In J. W. Hunter (Ed.), Contemporary Literary Criticism, 127 (p. 396-411). Detroit: Gale Group. Retrieved from Literature Resource Center via Gale.
Brians, P. (2005, Dec. 13). Chinua Achebe: Things Fall Apart. Retrieved May 12, 2009, from http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~brians/anglophone/achebe.html
APA In-Text Examples
Things Fall Apart is the most influential African novel in English, both in Africa and internationally (Brians, 2005).
Things Fall Apart “describes a situation of profound cultural entropy, a society in which the norms of conduct and institutions of governance are in the process of ‘falling apart’” (Begam, 2000, p. 396).
Thank you!
Questions? Comments?
Contact the Online Librarian:
Elaine Settergren
http://www.globeeducationnetwork.com/library/
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