EBD 3:

Paula Funnellp.a.funnell@qmul.ac.uk

Senior Academic Liaison Librarian (Medicine and Dentistry)

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Recap• Search engines• Databases

Try the quiz to see how much you can remember

Global Epidemiology & Evidence-Based Dentistry: BDS Year 1

Introduction to databases and search engines

Quiz – search engines and databases

Learning outcomes

• To understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it

• To be able to incorporate references into academic documents

• To manage references using Endnote

Referencing activityIn groups decide which elements you would need in references for the following:•A book reference

A book reference

Hackshaw, A. K., Paul, E. A. and Davenport, E. (2006) Evidence-based dentistry : an introduction, Oxford: Blackwell Munksgaard.

A book chapter

Needleman, I. (2003) Introduction to evidence based dentistry. In: Clarkson, J., (ed.) Evidence based dentistry for effective practice, London: Martin Dunitz, pp.1-17.

Referencing activityIn groups decide which elements you would need in references for the following:•A book reference•A journal reference

A journal reference

Norkin, F. J. (2012) An era of evidence-based implant dentistry: 30 years since Toronto, Compend Contin Educ Dent, 33(8), 618-9.

Referencing activityIn groups decide which elements you would need in references for the following:•A book reference•A journal reference•A webpage reference

A webpage reference

CEBD (2012) What is EBD? [online]. Available at: http://www.cebd.org/what-is-cebd/ [accessed 6/10/12]

Plagiarism

Try the plagiarism quiz to make sure you understand plagiarism

Global Epidemiology & Evidence-Based Dentistry: BDS Year 1

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Plagiarism quiz

EndNote

Login in to EndNote using the Firefox browser

my.endnote.com

EndNote activity• Use the EndNote activities on QM Plus

to practice getting references in to EndNote

• Work in pairs – one do exercise 1 and the other exercise 2

Global Epidemiology & Evidence-Based Dentistry: BDS Year 1

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Getting references into EndNote exercise 1 / 2

Cite while your write activity• Download the cite while you write

exercise and modify it using the EndNote toolbar in Word

• Upload the modified document to QM Plus

Global Epidemiology & Evidence-Based Dentistry: BDS Year 1

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Cite While You Write exercise

Sharing references activity

• Set up a group of references and share them with your partner

• Use the traveling library to share the references from the cite while you write activity with your partner

Summary

• Always ensure that you cite your sources correctly to avoid plagiarism

• Use EndNote to store your references and create in-text citations and bibliographies in Word