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Shelley RosemanWaterbury Campus LibraryShelley.roseman@uconn.edu

What is Academic Writing?

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What about the Internet?

What about the Internet?

It’s a great starting point…. Just keep in mind:  

• Authority - Is the website based on reputable and reliable sources? Is there a bibliography? Are there citations? Is the author of the website an expert on this subject?

• Objectivity - Is the website free of bias? Who is responsible for the website? Are you getting an educated version of this topic, or is it just opinion?

• Currency - Has the page been updated recently enough so that it reflects the most current data? Is there a date to indicate that this page is regularly evaluated and maintained?

• Coverage - Does the website have valid information on the topic? Is it free of typos and errors? Does the page have a professional look and free of advertising? Are there links to other worthwhile websites?

Library’s Resources

www.lib.uconn.edu

Sweet Dreams in Hard Times Add to Lottery Sales Published: September 12, 2008

“…the prospect that the $10 could become $100 million …”

Are There Books on This Topic?

HOMERDo an obvious search…use basic keywords, now

do a better search using other strategies…. Subject Heading Search

Boolean Search

Key Word Search LOTTERY

LOTTERY AND GAMBLING

Gambling--United States.

HOMER – Library Catalog

Title SearchThis is a great way to search…if you know the title A Streetcar Named Desire, An American Tragedy, The Color Purpleomit : A, An, The, etc.

Author SearchTo find a work by a specific author. enter last name first, followed by first name, walker, alice Enter names of organizations or groups: Limits do not apply to this type of search

Keyword – RelevanceUse basic terms about your topic: “jungle books”To search phrases use quotes: “rudyard kipling”

Keyword – BooleanTo combine search terms using the word AND“alice walker” and women

Finding a peer-reviewed article about your topic…

Types of Publications

Types of Publications

Magazines Trade Academic

•People•Time•Newsweek•Rolling Stone•Scientific American•Nation•New Yorker

•Publishers Weekly•Advertising Age•Brandweek•Choice

•Columbia Law Review•American Journal of Sociology•Bioethics•Alcohol & Drug Abuse Weekly

    Full Text   vs.   Abstract   vs.   CitationsHTML Full Text   vs.  PDF Full Text

Full Text – it’s available onlineAbstract – a brief summaryCitation –  enough information to find the articleHTML – regular printout without exact page numbersPDF – the article as it appeared in the publicationUCONN Links – May link to full text access

Database Terms Database Terms

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DD/ILL

Document Delivery / Interlibrary Loan

• Request a book• Request an article• View Pending Requests

http://www.lib.uconn.edu/online/services/ill/

• All references in the text of the paper mustappear in the Works Cited list.

• Learn to read citations

• Learn to use RefWorks

MLA Format

AccidentalPlagiarism

DeliberatePlagiarism

WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?

•Rewriting from books or articles

•copying & pasting from web pages and online sources to create a

patchwork writing

•buying, downloading, or borrowing a paper

•not knowing when & how to cite

•not knowing how to paraphrase or summarize

•not knowing what “common knowledge” is

•recycling an old paper

Questions?

shelley.roseman@uconn.edu203.236-9908

Library Home Page:www.lib.uconn.edu