Education 2012

Presented by Marina Ward

Online Catalogue: Searching the CataloguePINReading HistoryHow to find journal articles (2nd Term)

Searching the CatalogueKnow your OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue)Search OptionsCourse Reserves

Catalogue only computers (7) - 1st Floor, both sides of Information DeskNo need to Log inStart searching

More Search Options include search tips. Do not forget to click on

Change Search Option to Title, type in the title of the book, click on Submit

Due date means this book is out until 05.03.2012Facebook for Dummies

Passing exams for Dummies

Check the subject of the book

Change the Search Option to AuthorPiaget

Click on the title to find more information

Education

Use search tips to make your search more specificTopic: Managing discipline in the classroomLimit your search by:LocationMaterialLanguageYear

Find your lecturers name and click on it

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Your paper is meant to draw on the work of others and correct referencing is expected

Why reference?To show that you have readYour audience is most likely already familiar with much of the information you will presentYour purpose is not to explain to someone who does not knowDisplay your new knowledgeShow that you have read about the topic and thought about what you are supposed to in the light of this reading

To show what you have read

At university you are expected to read widely and deeply in your subjectReferencing allows to you to demonstrate the breadth and depth of your reading

To enable the reader to locate the sources mentioned in your paperLecturers need to be able to locate where you obtained each quoteThey may be interested in the idea and want to read more themselvesThey may want to check that you have expressed it accurately and not misunderstood the original author's meaning

To acknowledge your sources and avoid plagiarism

Intellectual property-the concept that ideas and findings belong to the person who first formulates themFailure to acknowledge sources is intellectual theftRecognition that new knowledge is built upon the work of those who did it before, and they must be given credit for their contribution

What is plagiarism?Unintentionally using someone elses work without acknowledgement Deliberately pretending someone elses work is your ownUnacceptable: poor cut-and-paste practice

If in doubt acknowledge your source (unless it is common knowledge)

Example: WebsiteInternational Information Website. 2008.How to improve your scoring in exams. [Online] Available: http://www.internationalinfo158.com/exams.html [10 April 2010].Walking can make you healthier. 2009. [Online]. Available: http://www.healthyliving.co.za [4 December 2009].Full URL (website address)Access date is very important as information on the Internet changes very rapidlyIf a web site does not give an author, then put the title of the web site instead

Example: book single authorBehr, A.L. 2004. Teaching and learning at university. Cape Town: Juta Press.

Author surname, initials. Date. Title in italics. Town or city of publisher: publisher.

Example: journal article

Weeks, F.H. 2012. The quest for a culture of learning: a South African schools perspective. South African Journal of Education, 32(1): 1-14.

Author, date and title as usualJournal title in italics (not title of article)Volume, issue number in bracketsFollowed by colon and page numbers

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