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TUN DR. LIM CHONG EU LIBRARY

1 Orientation - July 2015 Semester

1. Overview of Library Services

2. Finding Information – Digital Library and Free

Resources

3. Virtual Reference Services

4. Internet

5. Plagiarism

6. Turnitin

Contents


ORIENTATION—July 2014—PG,IP,KL,JB,KC

Where is the library?


3 Orientation - January 2015 Semester

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



Physical Library

Printed and audio-visual materials

Use the physical facilities available - discussion room, computers, etc.

Fixed opening hours

Digital Library

Access to subscribed and in-house databases

Accessible 24x7

No worries on fines charged

Difference between Physical & Digital Library


5 Orientation – July 2015 Semester

2. Finding Information – Digital Library


How to find information resources?

Printed & e-collection MyCatalogue

Electronic Resources (Subscribed & In-house)

Digital Library

Free Resources (including OER)

Internet



Library Homepage http://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 Resources Videos 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



24x7

E-books on business, finance and technology

Ebrary

E-books on all academic subject areas

Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History

Articles by noted scholars on intersection of history and the social sciences ranging from accounting to zoos

eBooks Collection

Covers accounting, business, information technology and psychology subjects.

The list of e-Resources: e-Journals



EBSCOHOST Business Source Complete Collection of scholarly business database More than 7,000 titles

ProQuest Education Journals

ProQuest Dissertation and Theses Full Text

JSTOR

Arts and Sciences Collections I & IV

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


2. Finding Information – Free Resources

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…

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Orientation - July 2015 Semester


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?


4. 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


4. Internet

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?


5. 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?


6. Turnitin

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?


6. Turnitin

Learning & Library Services Department Wawasan Open University, Main Campus, 54 Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, 10050 Penang Circulation/Reference Librarian: Ms Ooi Siew Lee/Ms Norhasni Abdul Aziz Tel: 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)


Circulation Desk

THANK YOU!

• e-mail: [email protected]


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