INFORMATION LITERACY

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INFORMATION LITERACY

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• USING THE LIBRARY TO OBTAIN INFORMATION
• March 2008

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LIBRARY STAFF

• Faculty of Communications, Health and Science
  Library team at Joondalup
• Librarians Lyn Leslie, Faculty Librarian
• Lesley Hastings
• Lynette Hirsch
• Pam Thornton
• Maria Woodhouse
• Technicians
• Beth Manning
• Pia Henry

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session will cover

• Library Help for Offshore students
• Searching
• Library Catalogue
• Journal Articles (Databases)
• Intern
• Getting Documents
• Completing your assignment
• Referencing
• Recap the research process

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Library Home Pagehttp//www.ecu.edu.au/library/
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ECU Library Home Page

• Information for External/Offshore
• Library Catalogue
• Online Databases
• Via databases by Title
• Via databases by subject
• Information for Students
• Referencing/Endnote

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LIBRARY SERVICES for External/Offshore students

• Need your ECU student login see information in
  your handout
• Read or download electronic books and articles
  from the Library Catalogue.
• Request photocopies of book chapters or articles
  that are in paper form in the library.
• For extra help Email your Subject Librarian
• l.hirsch_at_ecu.edu.au

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ECU Library Catalogue

• What does the catalogue cover?
• Location of items held in the ECU library
  including
• Links to electronic books and journals
• Link to Reserve readings
• Link back to Library Home Page
• Direct link to single database, by title

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ECU Catalogue
Search options
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Catalogue E-book search
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Electronic link to book
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LINK TO E-JOURNAL
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Finding Journal Articles

• Use online databases to find journal articles in
  your subject area
• Go to Journal Articles (Databases) link
• Databases by subject
• OR
• For Faculty resources
• (databases websites)
• http//www.ecu.edu.au/library/faculty/index.html

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LIBRARY DATABASES Commercial, usually
Internet-based products which identify journal
articles by subject. Not all articles referred
to in databases are held by the ECU
Library. Databases always give article
citations. Most give abstracts too - some provide
full text of articles. Go to Journal Articles
(databases) then Databases by subject to find
journal articles.
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Online Databases

• To access any Database you will need to login to
  Metaquest (click here to read Tip sheet)
• Choose Science Engineering from the list in the
  left hand box
• Select Security from the sub-category list
• Click the GO button on the far right
• Select a database by clicking on the title and do
  your search in the native interface

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Database search screen
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Search results list
ltclickgt link to view full article
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Cross linking to find Full-text
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LIBRARY RESEARCH PROCESS

• Understanding the topic definitions.
• Define the scope assignment length
• Gather the information recording where you
  found it
• ECU catalogue
• Databases
• Internet search engines
• Analyse the data
• Write the report remember referencing

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Sample essay topic

• Example
• Compare and contrast the criminal and
• civil law and their impact on security
• within an organisation.

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Planning your search
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Define the scope
Consider the length of the assignment Do you
want to cover many areas briefly? OR to look at
one area in greater detail For broad cover use
books. For up to date and in depth information
use Journal articles.
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Gather the information

• Use a subject dictionary or encyclopedia for
  definitions
• Then look in the ECU catalogue for e-books and
  remember - keep detailed records of all used
• Next do a search for Journal articles using a
  database. (see slides 15 18)
• Lastly check appropriate internet sites

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Boolean operators

• AND
• to retrieve references containing both (or all)
  concepts
• eg loss prevention and mining
• Using more terms retrieving fewer references
• Only references that contain both concepts
  simultaneously are included

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Boolean operators
OR to retrieve references covering either or both
concepts eg standard or code Using more terms
more references Any reference that has either
word in it.
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Boolean operators
NOT to find references on a subject, but exclude
references which also cover another subject eg
surveillance not cctv Using this operator will
reduce the number of references
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Record ALL Your Sources

• Always write the full details of any materials
  you plan to reference, e.g.
• Books
• Print Journals
• Electronic sources
• Retrieval date (date found)
• Database retrieved from, or
• URL

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5. Referencing/EndNote

• This link on the homepage takes you to the
  following page where you can access videos,
  Powerpoints about referencing, the ECU
  Referencing Guide ALSO the Endnote link will take
  you to a page where you can download the software
• http//www.ecu.edu.au/library/media/Referencing/r
  eferencing.html

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Produce your assignment

• Citing Your Sources
• Acknowledge the source of all material you used
  to write your paper
• Citations are placed both within the text
• in-text reference
• At the end of the paper in reference list
• end-text reference

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Plagiarism how to avoid it

• It is using the work of others without
  acknowledgement
• Is academic theft
• Against university rules
• Attracts severe penalties - Failing your
  assignment
• NEVER cut and paste text from any source,
  especially WWW
• Learn how to paraphrase
• Use correct referencing see ECU referencing
  guide.

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• For additional help with searches and writing
  assignments see
• Library resources by Faculty
• http//www.ecu.edu.au/library/faculty/fac-chs.h
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• Liberty
• http//www.ecu.edu.au/library/liberty/index.html
• ECU Referencing page from Homepage
• External/Offshore students from Homepage
• Email me l.hirsch_at_ecu.edu.au