navigating the information jungle
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You’ve survived your first term, but where do you go from here to continue and build on your success? Liz will run through the wide variety of resources available to you through Cambridge libraries (both print and online), how to make sense of your reading lists and other tips and tricks to help you make the most of your time and get what you need.TRANSCRIPT
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Navigating the information jungle
Liz Osman, College Librarian
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“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”
Albert Einstein
Photo by F. Schmutzer (1921)Public domain under Wikimedia Commons
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In this session…
• Physical library resources• E-resources• Deciphering reading lists• When nowhere has what you need• Plagiarism• Beginning to reference
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On your feet!
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Over 100 libraries in Cambridge
= Colleges = Department/Faculty = UL and affiliated libraries = Other
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Non-UK English language
booksCopyright
library
The University Library
Journals & newspapers Foreign
language booksRare
books
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Electronic resources
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Googling it
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Need to pay to access?
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Find it in the catalogue
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Recognised as Cambridge
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£5 million/yearon e-resources
Photo © AMC
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What am I looking for?
Photo by Thom http://www.flickr.com/photos/minifig/
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What am I looking for?
Normal books (monographs)
Book chapters
Journal articles
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Book chapters
G. Nagy, ‘Homer and Greek Myth’ in The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology, ed. R. Woodward, CUP 2008
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Journal articles
J. Tomlinson, ‘Thrice Denied: “Declinism” as a Recurrent Theme in British History in the Long Twentieth Century’ TCBH, 20 (2009)
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Library catalogues
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Copying & pasting from a reading list
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Copying & pasting from a reading list
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Copying & pasting from a reading list
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A better way to search
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Heritage LibrarySearch
LibrarySearch +
Homerton library
Articles
UL
Faculty & department
libraries
Journal titles
Results include abstracts etc. as well as full access articles
When to use each catalogue
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Academics make mistakes too!
Photo by AHD Photographyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/ahdchild/
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What to do when this happens…
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Other libraries that you have
access to
Google Books
E-books
Amazon Look
Inside
Other places to look
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Amazon Look Inside
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What is plagiarism?
XKCD ‘Wikipedian Protester’, http://xkcd.com/285/
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Michael Stothard ‘1 in 2 admits to Plagiarism’, Varsity (October 2008)
49%of Cambridge studentshave plagiarised during their time at University
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It is plagiarism if you…
Quote someone else’s workRepeat someone else’s argument in different words (paraphrasing)Use ideas taken from someone elseCollaborate with someone elseSubmit someone else’s work as your own
…without acknowledging the other person
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13%did not know that failing to cite sources could be considered plagiarism
Michael Stothard ‘1 in 2 admits to Plagiarism’, Varsity (October 2008)
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Why is referencing important?
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Why is referencing important?
GIVE credit – for the work that you are building
on
GET credit – for the work that
you have done yourself
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Session on 19th February
Research Survival Guide:
Mastering your
Dissertation or Project
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Two things you can do
RIGHT NOW:
Find out
your
departmen
t’s
preferred
style
Make good notes!
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For more information…
Pop in and see us in the Library, or email [email protected]
The UL runs further research skills courses: http://training.cam.ac.uk/cul
This session was adapted from some of Emma Coonan’s presentations at:
http://researchcentral.wordpress.com/