INFORMATION SKILLS

Different Sources of information Different search engines History Resources in the McMahon

Library Finding Resources using the library

catalogue Plagiarism

Finding Sources for your History project

Encyclopaedias Digital Archives available on line Books Google Scholar Websites

Encyclopaedias a reference work (such as a book, series

of books, Web site, or CD-ROM) that contains information about many different subjects or a lot of information about a particular subject.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encyclopedia. Meaning ‘General Education’

Encyclopaedia Britannica

http://www.britannica.com/

Ancient History Encyclopaedia

http://www.ancient.eu.com/.

Digital archives http://digital.ucd.ie/.

Google Scholar

Different Search Engines What is a Search Engine ?

A web search engine is a software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine.

Examples of Search Engines Google DuckDuck Go Yahoo Bing

Searching for Information on the Web

Choosing Key Words ‘What were the main characteristics of the Nazi state in Germany 1933-1939’

Characteristics Nazi State Germany 1933-1939

Getting Better Search Results ‘And’ broadens search terms ‘OR ‘ ‘Not ‘ Narrow Search terms

Resources available in the McMahon Library

Books

Atlases Encyclopaedia

Searching the Library Catalogue

Plagiarism What is Plagiarism ?

The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/plagiarism.

Forms of Plagiarism Cutting and pasting text from someone

else’s work Copying someone else’s work Copying sections and just changing the

odd word or two Referring to sources which you did not

use

Referencing Referencing is acknowledging in detail

all the information sources ( e.g. books, webpages) that you used in a project or essay.

Referencing a Book Cosgrave, P. (1974) Church Hill At War

ALONE 1939-1940 . London: Collins Press

Summary Different sources of information Different search engines History Resources in the McMahon

Library Finding Resources using the library

catalogue Plagiarism

Questions ?