TUN DR. LIM CHONG EU LIBRARY 1 Orientation - April 2015 Semester.

TUN DR. LIM CHONG EU LIBRARY

1Orientation - April 2015 Semester

1. Overview of Library Services

2. Finding Information – Digital Library and Free Resources

3. Virtual Reference Services

4. Internet

5. Plagiarism

6. Turnitin2

Orientation - April 2015 Semester

ORIENTATION—July 2014—PG,IP,KL,JB,KC

Where is the library?

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What are my library privileges?

• Borrowing Privileges: a) 4 books for 2 weeks for Undergraduate students b) 6 books for 1 month for Postgraduate students

• Unlimited access to MyDigitalLibrary resources and online services

• Unlimited access to other services through our libraries

• Reading facilities


Difference between Physical & Digital Library

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How to find information resources?

Printed & e-collection MyCatalogue

Electronic Resources (Subscribed & In-house) Digital Library

Free Resources (including OER) Internet


Library Homepagehttp://woulibrary.wou.edu.my/library/default.aspx

Where do I start?


Patron can check - full personal record, account information (fines & penalty fees) & online renewal.

Borrower’s Full Record

MyLibrary Account – Patron Profile


• Renewals are processed in person or electronically • One (1) online renewal allowed for each student• Materials held or recalled for another patron may

not be renewed

• Media ResourcesVideos and DVDs may not be renewed

MyLibrary Account – How do I renew book loan?


• 40 sen per day per book

• For a lost book = total overdue fines + current cost of the book + RM25.00 per volume as processing fee

MyLibrary Account – Do I have to pay for overdue or missing book?


• This will pop- up• Login using your WOU username and password

Access to Digital Library


The list of e-Resources: e-Books


The list of e-Resources: e-Journals


e-course reserves

e-course materials

e- project reports

WOU news clippings

WOU staff papers

What is inside Digital Library?


• Search Internet using words open educational resources repository

• e.g. WOU OER Repository; OER@AsiaHub Repository


mailto:OER@AsiaHub

Definition of OER by Commonwealth of Learning, 2013:“Materials offered freely and openly to use and adapt for teaching, learning, development and research”

Examples of OER sites• FlatWorld Knowledge • Freely available open college textbooks• http://catalog.flatworldknowledge.com/ • Khan Academy • A library of more than 1,600 video tutorials covering most of the k-12 math

curriculum and other subjects. • http://www.khanacademy.org/

• There are many more…


Open Educational Resources (OER)

http://catalog.flatworldknowledge.com/

http://www.khanacademy.org/


WOU’s OER Repository

How do I get help from the Library?


Live chat with Circulation Librarian

Help Online


Facebook


For further assistance – ASK A LIBRARIAN


• Academic Writing• Business and Administration• Computer Science and Engineering• Construction Management• English Language Learning• Human Resources• Learning Skills • Legal Sources• Malaysian Statistical Sources• Mathematics• Psychology

Subject Guides


Citation guides: WOU; MLA; APA


• Locate general information• Current news events• Statistics• Points of view• Opinion on your topic

When do I need to use Internet?


• Search engines – Google, Google Scholar, Yahoo, Ask.com

• Subject Directories –Librarians’ Index, Google Directory, Yahoo!

• Invisible web/Deep web - InfoMine

Types of Search Tools


Improper use, or failure to attribute to another person’s writing or ideas.

• Inadvertent neglect to include quotes or references when citing another source

• Knowingly copying an entire text and claiming it as your own work

What is Plagiarism?


Web-based plagiarism prevention tool used for assignment originality checking. It will find and highlight unoriginal text in a written assignment / TMA.

Refer to Turnitin instruction orientation slides.

Submit technical problem to [email protected]

What is Turnitin and how do I use it?


mailto:[email protected]

• To ensure that you have cited all your references properly

• To ensure that you have conformed to good ethics of writing

• To ensure that you have done proper paraphrasing• To ensure that you have not done “cut and paste”

Why use Turnitin?


Learning & Library Services DepartmentWawasan Open University, Main Campus,54 Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, 10050 Penang

Circulation/Reference Librarian: Ms Ooi Siew Lee/Ms Norhasni Abdul AzizTel: 04-2180 159 Fax: 04-227 9214

Regional/Learning Centres: Ipoh : 05-2436 323 (Ms. Zakiah Hanum) Kuala Lumpur : 03-9281 7323 / 9283 8323 (Ms. Rajaletchumy) Johor Bahru : 07-5566 323 / 5564 323 (Ms. Teresa Wong) Kuching : 082-578923 / 575923 (Ms. Mary Liliana)


THANK YOU!THANK YOU!• e-mail: [email protected]


TUN DR. LIM CHONG EU LIBRARY 1 Orientation - April 2015 Semester.

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