RESEARCH AND PRESENTATIONS

Lunch and Learn

Student Success Services

FINDING RESOURCES IN THE LIBRARY

Tips for using the Library• What’s your question?• What’s your position?• How do you search?

• Call Number, Location, & Status • What if I run into trouble?

• Ask librarian • Things to think about

• Publication Title, Author, & Date

FINDING RESOURCES ON THE WEB

How to evaluate web resources• Who is writing the article?• Why does the site exist in the first

place?• How does the information you

have found compare to that on other websites?

WRITING A PAPER

Your audience has changed

Start sooner rather than later

Writing Process• Organize• Draft • Revise • Assess

PLAGIARISM

Cheating, copying, or using someone else’s ideas

without giving

them their due credit is plagiarism

Many students do not plagiarize on purpose;

usually it is

unintentional

The two most common mistakes made by students• Passing off someone else’s idea as your own • Receiving inappropriate assistance

Ignorance is NOT an excuse

CREATING A PRESENTATION

Break it down

Set goals

Everyone has a job (if working in a group)

Try not to argue (if working in a group)

Be creative

Practice