Using the Library for Information Resources in ECE1006

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Using the Library for Information Resources in
ECE1006

• A Library Session for
• ECE1006 Health in Early Childhood
• Presented by Andrew Hickey
• Faculty Librarian- Education

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• Situating Scenario

Consider the following scenario to help locate
what this session will deal with So, youve made
it University, youve had a flick through some of
your books and found yourself overwhelmed with
information from every which angle and arent all
that sure where to turn. You know you have
several assignments coming up for each of the
courses youre studying, but dont really know
whats expected of you, or how to effectively
tackle your research to give you the best chance
for good results. Youve probably also got other
things in life that you enjoy doing, and dont
want to be spending all day and all night working
on assignments (even though Lyn Bowers courses
are the most fun courses in the whole world).
How do you approach this situation?
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• The Library stores Information
• It is Information that you require to respond to
  your assessment tasks
• What then, is information?

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• Information can be Anything- anything that allows
  you to respond to a certain Information Need
• Information is Dynamic
• Information is Contextual

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• If Information can be anything- How do you locate
  appropriate Information?
• Use the Librarys Catalogue!

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• The Catalogue is Located on the Librarys Home
  Page
• (www.usq.edu.au/library)
• and provides you with Three search types
• Basic- for Titles and Authors
• Keyword- for subject Keywords
• Reserve- for texts and RRs

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• The Basic Search
• Utlises a search requiring a Title or Authors
  name
• Tips
• Use the Authors Surname first- Smith, A.D
• Dont use non-filing words at the beginning of
  a Title, such as The, And, A- start with
  the first main term of the title

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• The Keyword Search
• Utilises keywords selected by you to match search
  results to the keywords subject area
• Tips Think carefully about the topic youre
  researching and select keywords that accurately
  locate the information you need

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• The Reserve Search
• Searches for the Texts and RRs held by the
  Library for the courses you study
• Tips Select the Course ID option, and enter
  the Course number to see which Texts and RRs are
  held.

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• Locating Keywords
• Look at your Assignment Question
• Have you done any reading on the topic- text,
  RRs?
• What do you currently know about the topic?
• These are excellent places to search for keywords
  on your assignment

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• Putting it to practice
• How would you go about finding information to
  answer this question?
• Lyn- Ill have to liaise with you on what might
  be a suitable question here.

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• Presenting Information
• Referencing is vital to academic scholarship!
• Referencing provides you with a system to present
  the details of information sources used in your
  assessment

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• How do I Reference?
• Use the APA Referencing guide available via the
  Library

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• Plagiarism
• By not Referencing any work that you included in
  your assessment pieces accurately, you could be
  considered as having Plagiarised.
• Plagiarism incurs very strict penalties,
  including expulsion from the University, as
  outlined in Universitys handbook.
• For more information on avoiding plagiarism, see
  the Information for Students about Writing
  Assignments guide
• http//www.usq.edu.au/resources/plagiarismstudent
  doc.doc

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• The best way to avoid Plagiarism
• Use the Librarys APA Referencing Guide

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• From here
• See the staff at the Librarys Info Desk, or
• your Faculty Librarian for help
• Andrew Hickey
• Faculty Librarian- Education
• Room R218 (located in the Library)
• Good Luck with your studies!