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Information Skills

Information Skills . Different Sources of information Different search engines History Resources in the McMahon Library Finding Resources using the library catalogue Plagiarism . Finding Sources for your History project . Encyclopaedias Digital Archives available on line Books

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Information Skills

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  1. Information Skills

  2. Different Sources of information • Different search engines • History Resources in the McMahon Library • Finding Resources using the library catalogue • Plagiarism

  3. Finding Sources for your History project • Encyclopaedias • Digital Archives available on line • Books • Google Scholar • Websites

  4. Encyclopaedias • a reference work (such as a book, series of books, Web site, or CD-ROM) that contains information about many different subjects or a lot of information about a particular subject. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encyclopedia. • Meaning ‘General Education’

  5. Encyclopaedia Britannica • http://www.britannica.com/ Ancient History Encyclopaedia • http://www.ancient.eu.com/.

  6. Digital archives http://digital.ucd.ie/.

  7. Google Scholar

  8. Different Search Engines • What is a Search Engine ? A web search engine is a software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine.

  9. Examples of Search Engines • Google • DuckDuck Go • Yahoo • Bing

  10. Searching for Information on the Web • Choosing Key Words ‘What were the main characteristics of the Nazi state in Germany 1933-1939’

  11. Characteristics • Nazi State • Germany • 1933-1939

  12. Getting Better Search Results • ‘And’ broadens search terms • ‘OR ‘ • ‘Not ‘ Narrow Search terms

  13. Resources available in the McMahon Library • Books

  14. Atlases • Encyclopaedia

  15. Searching the Library Catalogue

  16. Plagiarism • What is Plagiarism ? The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/plagiarism.

  17. Forms of Plagiarism • Cutting and pasting text from someone else’s work • Copying someone else’s work • Copying sections and just changing the odd word or two • Referring to sources which you did not use

  18. Referencing • Referencing is acknowledging in detail all the information sources ( e.g. books, webpages) that you used in a project or essay. • Referencing a Book • Cosgrave, P. (1974) Church Hill At War ALONE 1939-1940 . London: Collins Press

  19. Summary • Different sources of information • Different search engines • History Resources in the McMahon Library • Finding Resources using the library catalogue • Plagiarism

  20. Questions ?

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