DPA Library Workshop pt' 2

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DPA Library Workshop pt. 2

• Thomas Arendall-Salvetti
• tarendall-salvetti_at_ubalt.edu
• 410-837-4275
• October 14, 2006

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Citation Plagiarism
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Citation Plagiarism

• All academic work uses the ideas of others
• If I have seen further it is by standing on the
  shoulders of giants.
• Issac Newton, Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

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Citation Plagiarism

• Give Credit where Credit is Due

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Why Cite?

• Authority
• Credibility
• Honesty
• Legality
• Ball State University Libraries (2003). Why Cite
  Your Sources? Ready, Set, Research!. Retrieved on
  July 13, 2005 from http//www.bsu.edu/libraries/co
  llections/instsvs/research/citing1.html

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Why Worry About Format?

• Lets Play
• Spot the Author!

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• From Slip to Chip in Harvard Magazine
  November/December 1990. Pages 52-57. Edward
  Tenner.
• PC WEEK, volume 16, Issue 5. page. 3. Dodge,
  John. 1999. When Listening to Customers is
  the Wrong Thing to Do.
• Special Section 361 (8246) 3. Drucker, Peter.
  The Economist. The Next Society. 2001

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• Nieuwenhuysen, P. 2000. Information literacy
  courses for university students. Campus-Wide
  Information Systems 7 (5) 167-173.
• Fishman, D.L. 1998. Managing the virtual
  reference desk. Medical Reference Services
  Quarterly 17 (1) 1-10.
• Kuhlthau, C.C. 1993. Principle of uncertainty for
  Information Seeking. Journal of Documentation 49
  (4) 339-355.

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Disclosure

• Activity from
• Dalhousie University Libraries. 2004. Citation
  Scramble. http//infolit.library.dal.ca/staff/acti
  vities/Citation_Scramble.htm (Accessed July 11,
  2005).

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How to Cite

• University of Chicago Style
• Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed.
• Parenthetical notation, not footnotes
• Author-date style in reference list

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How to CiteIn-text

• Your paper
• Recent studies indicate that students are often
  unclear as to what constitutes plagiarism and
  correct forms of paraphrasing (Roig 1997, 113).

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How to CiteReference List

• Roig, M. 1997. Can undergraduate students
  determine whether text has been plagiarized?
  Psychological Record 47 (1) 113-122.  

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Citation Style Journals

• Roig, M. 1997. Can undergraduate students
  determine whether text has been plagiarized?
  Psychological Record 47 (1) 113-122.  

Author
Date
Article Title
Pages
Journal Title
Volume
Issue
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Citation Style Journals

• Roig, M. 1997. Can undergraduate students
  determine whether text has been plagiarized?
  Psychological Record 47 (1) 113-122.  

Author
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Citation Style Journals

• Roig, M. 1997. Can undergraduate students
  determine whether text has been plagiarized?
  Psychological Record 47 (1) 113-122.  

Date
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Citation Style Journals

• Roig, M. 1997. Can undergraduate students
  determine whether text has been plagiarized?
  Psychological Record 47 (1) 113-122.  

Article Title
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Citation Style Journals

• Roig, M. 1997. Can undergraduate students
  determine whether text has been plagiarized?
  Psychological Record 47 (1) 113-122.  

Journal Title
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Citation Style Journals

• Roig, M. 1997. Can undergraduate students
  determine whether text has been plagiarized?
  Psychological Record 47 (1) 113-122.  

Volume
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Citation Style Journals

• Roig, M. 1997. Can undergraduate students
  determine whether text has been plagiarized?
  Psychological Record 47 (1) 113-122.  

Issue
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Citation Style Journals

• Roig, M. 1997. Can undergraduate students
  determine whether text has been plagiarized?
  Psychological Record 47 (1) 113-122.  

Pages
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Citation Style

• OK.
• Now You Try It!

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For More Information

• Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed.) at the
  Reference Desk
• Writing Consultation (Academic Resource Center,
  AC 111)
• arc_at_ubalt.edu [phone]

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Plagiarism

• Plagiarism includes the copying of the language,
  structure, ideas, and/or thoughts of another and
  representing same as ones own original work.
  emphasis added
• University of Baltimore. Student Handbook.
  Retrieved on Oct 13, 2006 from http//www.ubalt.ed
  u/template.cfm?page283

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Plagiarism

• Penalties can include
• F on the assignment
• F for the class
• Suspension
• Expulsion
• University of Baltimore. Student Handbook.
  Retrieved on July 14, 2005 from
  http//www.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page283

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Intentional Plagiarism

• Knowingly, Without Citing
• Quoting (using words)
• Paraphrasing (using ideas or structure)
• Cutting and Pasting Entire Sections
• Buying a Paper

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Unintentional Plagiarism

• Accidentally using an authors words or ideas
  without citing them.
• Causes
• Careless Notes
• Incomplete/Lost Citation Information
• Too Little Time
• Cultural Differences

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Discussion

• Which of the following scenarios are examples of
  plagiarism?

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For More Information

• Ball State University Libraries. (2003). Citing
  sources. Ready, Set, Research!
  http//www.bsu.edu/libraries/viewpage.asp?src./co
  llections/instsvs/research/index.html (accessed
  on July 13 2005)
• Rutgers University Libraries. Plagiarism and
  Academic Integrity. http//www.scc.rutgers.edu/dou
  glass/sal/plagiarism/intro.html (accessed on July
  11, 2005)

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For More Information

• UCLA Library. Carlos and Eddies Guide to Bruin
  Success with Less Stress. http//unitproj.library.
  ucla.edu/col/bruinsuccess/about/index.cfm
  (accessed on July 13, 2005)
• Academic Resource Center, AC 111 [phone]
• Langsdale Library Reference Desk, [phone]

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DPA Library Workshop pt. 3

• Thomas Arendall-Salvetti
• tarendall-salvetti_at_ubalt.edu
• 410-837-4275
• February 19, 2006

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A. Search Strategy
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Sample Topic

• Female Police Officers

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Narrowed Topic

• Are female police officers more likely to avoid
  violent situations than male police officers are?

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Narrowed Topic

• Are female police officers more likely to avoid
  violent situations than male police officers are?

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Keywords
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Synonyms
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Combining Keywords
Simple Search
Female AND Police
Narrower Search
Female AND Police AND Violen
New Keywords
Women AND Law Enforce AND Violen
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Combining Keywords
Multiple Searches at Once
(Women OR Female) AND (Police OR Law Enforce)
AND (Violen OR Dangerous)
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B. Finding Journal Articles
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Public Affairs Databases

• PAIS (Political Science)
• Academic Search Premier (General)
• Business Source Premier (Business)
• ABI Inform (Business)

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Related Databases

• LexisNexis (Law/News/Business)
• PsycINFO (Psychology)
• Criminal Justice Abstracts (Criminal Justice)
• SocIndex (Sociology)
• JSTOR (Archive of older journals)

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Getting to the Full Text

• Do we own it?
• FindIt button
• Journal Finder

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Research Port

• Off-campus access
• Need your library barcode
• Pop-up windows firewall

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Research Port TricksCross Search
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Research Port TricksCross Search

• Not all databases can be
• Cross-Searched
• ?

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Research Port TricksMy Research Port
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Research Port TricksCustom Cross Search
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Research Port TricksCustom Cross Search
Cross-Searchable
Info
Add to My Research Port
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Research Port TricksSaving Articles
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Research Port TricksSaving Searches (1)
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Research Port TricksSaving Searches (2)
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C. Finding Books
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Finding Books

• UB Catalog Books at UB
• USMAI Catalog Books in Maryland
• WorldCat Books worldwide
• on Databases page

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Borrowing Books

• 4 weeks
• Any USMAI Library
• Books from USMAI Libraries
• Takes 3-5 days
• Interlibrary Loan
• Takes 1-2 weeks

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End Part 2

• Any questions about finding quality information?

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• Ask a Librarian!
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• Phone [phone]

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