Education 2012

Presented by Marina Ward

Online Catalogue: • Searching the Catalogue• PIN• Reading History

How to find journal articles (2nd Term)

Searching the CatalogueKnow your OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue)

Search OptionsCourse Reserves

Catalogue only computers (7) - 1st Floor, both sides of Information Desk

No need to Log inStart searching

“More Search Options” include search tips. Do not forget to click on

Change Search Option to “Title”, type in the title of the book, click

on “Submit”

“Due date” means this book is out until

05.03.2012

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Check the subject of the book

Change the Search Option to “Author”

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Click on the title to find more information

Education

Use search tips to make your search

more specific

Topic: Managing discipline in the classroom

Limit your search by:LocationMaterial

LanguageYear

Find your lecturer’s name and click on it

To navigate from this page either click on Short Loan/Study

Collection again or use New Search

button

Why is it important to have access to My Library record?You can view and renew your library

items out on loanCreate a PIN to be able to access most

NMMU electronic resources from homeActivate your Reading History to recall

all library items borrowed by youRequest items out on loan

Type in a PIN that you choose. It can be any word or numbers or combination, not longer than 8 characters

Re-type your PIN

If you have items out on loan, you can renew it once online. Late and certain items, e.g. Study Collection can not be renewed.

Request a book that is already out

Choose your pickup location

Specify a date and press Submit

You can also place a hold at the Circulation

Desk

Your paper is meant to draw on the

work of others and

correct referencing is expected

Why reference?

To show that you have readYour audience is most likely already

familiar with much of the information you will present

Your purpose is not to explain to someone who does not know

Display your new knowledgeShow that you have read about the topic

and thought about what you are supposed to in the light of this reading

To show what you have read

At university you are expected to read widely and deeply in your subject

Referencing allows to you to demonstrate the breadth and depth of your reading

To enable the reader to locate the sources mentioned in your paper

Lecturers need to be able to locate where you obtained each quote

They may be interested in the idea and want to read more themselves

They may want to check that you have expressed it accurately and not misunderstood the original author's meaning

To acknowledge your sources and avoid plagiarism

Intellectual property-the concept that ideas and findings belong to the person who first formulates them

Failure to acknowledge sources is intellectual theft

Recognition that new knowledge is built upon the work of those who did it before, and they must be given credit for their contribution

What is plagiarism?• Unintentionally using someone else’s work

without acknowledgement • Deliberately pretending someone else’s

work is your own• Unacceptable: poor cut-and-paste

practice

• If in doubt… acknowledge your source (unless it is common knowledge)

Example: WebsiteInternational Information Website. 2008. How to

improve your scoring in exams. [Online] Available: http://www.internationalinfo158.com/exams.html [10 April 2010].

Walking can make you healthier. 2009. [Online]. Available: http://www.healthyliving.co.za [4 December 2009].

Full URL (website address)Access date is very important as information on the

Internet changes very rapidlyIf a web site does not give an author, then put the title of

the web site instead

Example: book single author

Behr, A.L. 2004. Teaching and learning at university. Cape Town: Juta Press.

Author surname, initials. Date. Title in italics. Town or city of publisher: publisher.

Example: journal article

Weeks, F.H. 2012. The quest for a culture of learning: a South African schools perspective. South African Journal of Education, 32(1): 1-14.

Author, date and title as usualJournal title in italics (not title of article)Volume, issue number in bracketsFollowed by colon and page numbers