RUNNING OUT OF TIME?UTILIZING THE RESOURCES AT THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

18 October 2010 | State QuadEmily Govereg154329@albany.edu

Information Overload?

Too much information and don’t know what to do with it?

Have an idea for a paper, but not sure where to start?

University Library to the rescue!

Subject-specific databases and

e-journals Full-text (.pdf or HTML) Available on-site or off-campus Subject specialists Research assistance – for free

Online databases

Search straight from the library’s home page

EBSCO Academic Search Complete (12,000+ publications)

Find databases for your subject area

Use full-text, peer-reviewed, and other filters

Available anytime, 24/7

Reference AssistanceWe’re here to help

In person – at the desk IM – library.albany.edu/help/im Text us – 265010, write ualibraries:

your question Call us – 442-3558 E-mail – library.albany.edu/help/email By appointment

• Individualized research help• Find accurate and reliable information• Learn effective search strategies to save you time• Get help with bibliographies and works cited pages

P.A.W.S.Personalized Assistance With Searching

Call 442-3556 or visit the reference desk

LibGuides and UserEdlibguides.albany.edu library.albany.edu/usered

Guides on specific areas of study Helpful external links Reference collection resources

Steps to a thorough research process Searching on a local level to worldwide Evaluate web sites efficiently

LibGuides

UserEd (Instruction & Tutorials)

Plagiarism

PLAGIARISM (n.): “Copying the text of a work created by someone else and passing it off as your own.” (Dictionary of Law)

Check with your instructor on style preference – it does matter

APA and MLA are most common; Chicago and ASA are also used

Academic dishonesty is not worth it. When in doubt… cite it! X

APA MLA Authors & editors

List all authors; last name and initial(s)

If more than 3 authors, list the first and then et al; spell out first name, include middle name or initial as it appears on title page; only first author’s name inverted

Titles Capitalize first word; italicize the title Capitalize every important word; underline the title

Place of publication

List city and state where published List city where published

Dates Listed in parentheses after author’s name

Listed at the end of the entry

Indent “first line of each reference is flush left and subsequent lines are indented.” 299

First line, flush left; second line indent

Citation in text Numbered footnotes; “use superscript arabic numerals…list on page at end entitled Footnotes…indent first line of each footnote…Number footnotes to correspond with numbers in text.” (300-301)

“parenthetical citations in the text keyed to an alphabetical list of works cited that appears at the end of the work” (152)

Web Generally, include retrieval date and URL

Generally, date item accessed and its URL

Journal article Author last name, initials. (date of article). Title of article. Title of Journal italicized, volume number italicized(issue number in parentheses), pages.

Author last name, first name. “Article title in quotation marks.” Journal title underlined Volume number (year): pages.

Contrasting APA and MLA

Help With Citations

Style guide tip sheets:library.albany.edu/usered/cite/index.html

Generatorslibrary.albany.edu/reference/citegen.html

P.A.W.S.

Handouts near the reference desk and Information Commons (MLA and APA)

Interactive Media Center (IMC) Digitals cameras, flash drives,

digital camcorders, tripods, microphones and more available for loan

Video/audio editing, photo manipulation, web design software (among others)

Online handouts and tutorials

Free classes and workshops

The World Within Reach…the University Libraries

library.albany.edu

Thanks to Carol Anderson for some slide content