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Welcome New DPA Students!

Welcome New DPA Students!. Catherine Johnson Langsdale Library cajohnson@ubalt.edu June 14, 2013. 1. Outline. Information Sources Finding Sources Giving Credit. DPA Resources at Langsdale. http://ubalt.libguides.com/publicadministration. Information Sources. Information Sources.

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Welcome New DPA Students!

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  1. Welcome New DPA Students! Catherine Johnson Langsdale Library cajohnson@ubalt.edu June 14, 2013 1

  2. Outline • Information Sources • Finding Sources • Giving Credit

  3. DPA Resources at Langsdale • http://ubalt.libguides.com/publicadministration

  4. Information Sources

  5. Information Sources • is easy. • Why look for other sources?

  6. Energy Policy: Information Sources

  7. Energy Policy: Information Sources

  8. Energy Policy: Information Sources

  9. Energy Policy: Information Sources

  10. Energy Policy: Information Sources

  11. Evaluating Sources • Who wrote this? • What expertise do they have? • When was it written? • What is the intent? • What topics are covered? How closely?

  12. Evaluating Sources • Who is the intended audience? • Does the author cite sources? • Who published the source?

  13. Finding Sources

  14. Finding Journal Articles Databases: • Public Affairs Index • ABI/Inform (business) • Business Source Premier (business) • Academic Search Premier (general)

  15. Finding Journal Articles Do we own it? • A-Z Journal List Off-Campus • Log in using your NetID and password

  16. Finding Books

  17. Finding Government Info

  18. USA.gov GPO.gov/FDsys/

  19. Science.gov Thomas.LOC.gov

  20. Government Documents Librarian Mike Kiel skiel@ubalt.edu 410.837.4236

  21. Giving Credit

  22. Citation Give Credit where Credit is Due • credit is due anytime you borrow someone else's words or ideas.

  23. Why Cite?

  24. Why Cite? • Supports your argument • Honest • Legal • Helps reader find your sources

  25. Plagiarism • “Plagiarism includes the copying of the language, structure, ideas, and/or thoughtsof another and representing same as one’s own original work.” [emphasis added] University of Baltimore. Student Handbook. Retrieved on Oct 13, 2006 from http://www.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=283

  26. Plagiarism Cite every time you borrow: • language (quotation) • sentence structure (paraphrase) • ideas (paraphrase)

  27. 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?page=283

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

  29. Unintentional Plagiarism • Accidentally using an author’s words or ideas without citing them.

  30. Unintentional Plagiarism • Accidentally using an author’s words or ideas without citing them. Causes: • Careless Notes • Incomplete/Lost Citation Information • Too Little Time… • Cultural Differences

  31. Why Worry About Format? Let’s Play Spot the Author!

  32. “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

  33. 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.

  34. Disclosure Activity from: Dalhousie University Libraries. (2004). Citation Scramble. Retrieved July 11, 2005, from http://infolit.library.dal.ca/staff/activities/Citation_Scramble.htm

  35. Citation Style APA style • Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.)

  36. Citation Style 3 parts to APA style • Quotation marks or paraphrase • In-text (parenthetical notation) • Reference List at end

  37. Pt. 1: Quotation Marks Your paper: Recent studies indicate “that students are often unclear as to what constitutes plagiarism and correct forms of paraphrasing”(Rodgers 1997, 113).

  38. Pt. 1: or Paraphrase Your paper: According to Roig, students don’t understand plagiarism (Rodgers 1997, 113).

  39. Pt. 2: In-text Your paper: Recent studies indicate “that students are often unclear as to what constitutes plagiarism and correct forms of paraphrasing”(Rodgers 1997, 113).

  40. Pt. 2: In-text Your paper (fancy version): A 1997 study by Rodgers indicated “that students are often unclear as to what constitutes plagiarism and correct forms of paraphrasing”(113).

  41. Pt 3: Reference List After the paper: Rodgers, M. (1997). Can undergraduate students determine whether text has been plagiarized? Psychological Record 47(1), 113-122. Citation Guide: http://ubalt.libguides.com/apa_6th

  42. Citation Shortcuts

  43. Outline • Information Sources • Finding Sources • Giving Credit

  44. Questions? Catherine Johnson cajohnson@ubalt.edu 410-837-4276 June 14, 2013

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