UNITED STATES UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
Welcome to Fundamentals
of Information Literacy
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CONTENTS
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
APA Style in Academic Articles… Slide 3-7
EBSCO- Academic Search Premier & Nursing
Reference Center… Slide 8-12
ProQuest- Nursing & Allied Health...Slide 13-16
JSTOR-Language and Literature- Arts & Sciences.
…Slide 17-18
Internet Search Engines- URL & Google Scholar,
Opendoar, Doaj & Oaister… Slide 19-26
Tutorial links… Slide 27
Plagiarism… Slide 28-31
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I.
APA Style in Academic Articles
• US University Guide to APA Style emphasis in electronic
sources (Select Tutorials from Student Resources)
• The guide is based on the principles mentioned in the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association (APA), sixth edition (2010), and from Robert
Perrind ideas in his Pocket Guide to APA Style, 3rd edition.
• http://www.apastyle.org/ On this site, you will find tutorials,
FAQs, and other resources to help you improve your
writing, master APA Style, and learn the conventions of
scholarly publishing.
http://www.apastyle.org/learn/index.aspx
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Citing multiple authors & one work, using
parenthetical format at the end of the sentence:
2 Authors
3,4,5 Authors
6 or more Authors
Groups: corporations,
associations, study
groups
No author
First time in text citation
(Boysen & Bogel, 2009)
(Swim, Hyers, Cohen, &
Ferguson, 2001)
(Sue et al., 2007)
(National Science
Foundation, 2009)
(United States University,
2010)
Subsequent citations
(Boysen & Bogel, 2009)
(Swim et al., 2001)
Write a short version of
the title, the first 2 to 5
words, use double
quotations
(“Guide no. 14: Writing
Essays”, 2010)
(“Guide no. 14: Writing
Essays”, 2010)
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(Sue et al., 2007)
(NSF, 2009)
(United States University,
2010)
Apply the same principle when the author
appears as part of the narrative
First time in text
citation
Boysen & Bogel (2009)
Subsequent citations
3,4,5 Authors
Swim, Hyers, Cohen, &
Ferguson (2001)
Swim et al. (2001)
6 or more Authors
Sue et al. (2007)
Sue et al. (2007)
Groups: corporations,
associations, study
groups
National Science
Foundation (2009)
United States
University (2010)
NSF (2009)
United States
University (2010)
No author
Guide to APA style
(2010)
Guide to APA style
(2010)
2 Authors
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Boysen & Bogel (2009)
Quotations
• When quoting, always remember the following:
• “If the quotation comprises fewer than 40 words,
incorporate it into the text and enclose the quotation in
double quotation marks” (APA, 2010, pp.170-172).
• If the quotation comprises 40 or more word, display it in a
freestanding block of text and omit quotation mark. Start
such a block quotation on a new line and indent the block
about a half inch from the left margin (in the same position
as a new paragraph (APA, 2010, p.171).
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Reference List (APA, 2010, pp.198-215). Prepare the entries of all
the documents following order and punctuation of the example
below, the colors separate each data:
• Author last name, Initial. (Year of publication). Title of the article. If the
document is a book, the title is in italics. Title of periodical or Journal in
italics, write the volume number also in italics (issue number), page from-to
page. Retrieved date, from name of database, or Digital Object Identifier
(DOI) or the URL of the article, if it was retrieved from the internet.
• Robson, L. (2010). The superego speaks. New Statesman, 139(4986), 4445. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier Database.
• Stupnisky, R. H., Renaud, R. D., Daniels, L. M., Haynes, T. L., & Perry, R. P.
(2008). The Interrelation of First-Year College Students' Critical Thinking
Disposition, Perceived Academic Control, and Academic Achievement.
Research In Higher Education, 49(6), 513-530. Retrieved from ERIC.
To ask for APA help , please go to http://smarthinking.com/ and request from
Emily Munic the password (619-477 6310 X2038. Also see tutorial s: US University
Guide to APA Style emphasis in electronic sources or purchase the
PublicationKnowledge
Manualis of
the American Psychological Association. 6th ed. 2010.
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ISBN 9781433805615. Publisher: American Psychological Assoc.
To ask for APA help , please go to
• http://smarthinking.com/ and request from Emily
Munic the password (619-477 6310 X2038.
• Also see tutorials: US University Guide to APA
Style emphasis in electronic sources .
• Ten tips in how to search EBSCO, slide 16.
• or purchase the Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association. 6th ed.
2010. ISBN 9781433805615. Publisher: American
Psychological Assoc.
• Contact the Librarian clopez@usuniversity.edu
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II. EBSCO- Academic Search Premier.
This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals,
including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF back files to 1975 or
further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited
references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
The Academic Search Premier (ASP) is being search by students and faculty from all
disciplines. It is important you learn how to search it before you start the session.
Follow the tutorials prepared by USU Librarian or by EBSCO host. You are invited to
visit the Library, Students Resources and Tutorials
http://www.usuniversity.edu/library/database-tutorials/
After you
have
registered
in any
EBSCO
database,
please
select the
Help icon
and learn
how to
search from
the
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tutorials
Now, let’s learn the steps to access USU databases: please go to our site
http://www.usuniversity.edu and select Library (1). Click on Full Text Database
Nursing or any College (2). Select Academic Search Premier EBSCO(3) and register
(4).
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Ask the USU librarian for
ID & Password. From your USU
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email to clopez@usuniversity.edu
Then let’s select the databases related to our information need by checking
on each box.
You can search EBSCO
databases simultaneously ,
all in one search. Please click
Choose databases
•The above example is for searches related to Nursing and
Health Science: CINAHL, PSYCARTICLES, ACADEMIC
SEARCH PREMIER and MEDLINE.
•If the search is related to history, art, literature, science,
select ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER, it is
multidisciplinary and one of the best database in EBSCO.
•If the search is related to education, select ACADEMIC
SEARCH PREMIER, ERIC (education database) and
PSYCARTICLES
•If the search is related to business, select ACADEMIC
SEARCH PREMIER, BUSINESS SOURCE ELITE,
PSYCARTICLES & REGIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
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all.
The screen opens automatically to the advanced search option: Type the word, term,
keyword, the title of the article, or the last name of the author. Remember to choose the
correct field to limit your results. For example: Search for articles on critical thinking and
college students and choose the field TI Title. Click the full text box and click search at the
bottom of the page.
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Using the Boolean operator AND we searched for words or phrases that appear
together while using OR as a second operator allows us to search for similar words
and synonyms. Using quotation marks in words, it limits your results. Select peer
reviewed, full text and search. In the next slide you will learn how to select the field.
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For more instructions go to Tutorials:
EBSCO simple search using boolean
operators
III. PROQUEST Nursing & Allied Health. please go to College of
Nursing Full Text Database(1). Scroll down to select Proquest Nursing &
Allied health Source (2) and login (3).
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Ask the USU librarian for
ID & Password. From your USU
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email to clopez@usuniversity.edu
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III. PROQUEST NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH SOURCE database.
After entering ProQuest through USU Library, the screen below appears.
For now, we will search
for the article using the
basic search. As you
become more
comfortable in the
future, search for
articles using the
advanced, figures &
tables, and
publications tabs.
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Here, the subject term or the article’s title is inserted in the basic search text box.
In the limit results area check ―Full text and ―Scholarly journals.
Full text shows full articles, if they are available, and not just abstracts.
Next, click Search
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The screen below shows the results from the basic search. There are
thousands of results from our search. The first article is an exact match of
what we are looking for, so let’s use this one.
1. Click
full text
3. Email,
print or
request
the APA
citation
2. Select
your
articles
See more
literature.
Do you
need
Theses?
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To learn how
to search,
please see
tutorials:
Searching
PROQUEST
database
IV. JSTOR is a multidisciplinary database and a great source if you
are searching for articles in history, anthropology, language,
literature, art or science. More than 150 journals full text are
indexed.
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Things to remember:
– Ask for JSTOR access
– Register first (log in)
– Search only terms, nouns,
keywords, dates, authors
– Check “Only content I can
access
– Green mark means full text
–
The citation is not in APA
format
To Learn how to search ,
please go to tutorials:
IV. JSTOR is a multidisciplinary database and a great source if you
are searching for articles in history, anthropology, language,
literature, art or science. More than 150 journals full text are
indexed.
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To save Citations,
Journals Alerts, Search
Alerts, please register in
My for my JSTOR
To e-mail
citations,
first select
the
articles
and then
click the
e-mail
icon
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Things to remember:
– Ask for JSTOR access
– Register first (log in)
– Search only terms, nouns,
keywords, dates, authors
– Check “Only content I can
access
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The citation is not in APA
format
V. Internet Search Engines: URL & Open Sources
(Google Scholar, OPENDOAR, OAISTER)
• The Internet has hundreds of search engines to assist such as
DOAJ, Oaister, BioMed Central, WEB MD, WHOLIS, RXlist,
ENTREZ, HIGHWIRE Press, Google books, Google Scholar, etc.
• Consider the source when using the Internet:
• –Is the source credible? (Nationally recognized & academic- peer
review journals).
• –Keep in mind that almost anything one can imagine may be
found on the Internet and non credible material as well
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By identifying the domain in the URL, you know what University,
Institution or Government Agency is responsible of the document and
therefore the information’s credibility.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
The URL is important because it tells the reader the EXACT location you retrieved the
information. However, there is a structure to the URL. Let’s examine the structure of the URL
from the previous slide: http://scholar.google.com/?hl=en
http: The Internet protocol that sends information from the server to the computer
Scholar . google: 1st part of the domain name identifying Google Scholar as the host for the
specific web page
com: 2nd part of the domain known as the top level domain. This informs the user of the type
of organization, commercial. Can you guess what .edu denotes? Right, educational institution !
Unfortunately, when conducting Internet research the domain name alone may not provide
enough information for the reader to retrieve the source. So...next slide, please!
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•Google Scholar
Keep it simple when searching the Internet: look at dates, sources
and full text.
Domain :
journal (BMJ)
and Type of
Organization:
(com)
commercial
Domain
(University of
Virginia) and
Type of
Organization :
(edu) education
Please filter your results by year and checking (pdf= full
text), the domain and organization.
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Example Google Scholar: Critical thinking and online
education + 2014
Search using terms, see Tutorials
http://www.usuniversity.edu/library/database-tutorials/
Research Topics and Terms
Texas Digital
Library
Journal of Educational
Technology & Society
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Do not forget to copy/paste the URL of the article; you will need it for
your APA citation. Remember that Google Scholar is not a data base
like PROQUEST, EBSCO, JSTOR & ACCESS MEDICINE.
The
domain
http://jme.bmj.com/content/2
5/5/394.full.pdf+html
Journal of Medical Ethics
The
domain
http://www.annals.org/content/146/9/666.full?ijkey=9ed3ff975
41931accaa7959397f7c13b83d9e333
By the American College of Physicians
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Learn how to cite an article retrieved from
Google Scholar Vs. a Database
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Google Scholar:
Lynn, J., Baily, M., Bottrell, M., Jennings, B., Levine, R., Davidoff, F., et al.
(2007). The ethics of using quality improvements methods in health care.
Annals of Internal Medicine, 146(9), 666-673. Retrieved from
http://www.annals.org/content/146/9/666.full?ijkey=9ed3ff97541931accaa7
959397f7c13b83d9e333
Copy & paste the URL
Also, typing or pasting the URL in the address bar takes the reader to the
article.
Before going to the next slide to see how I retrieved the article, type or
paste the URL in the address bar and see if it works for you.
Database:
Robson, L. (2010). The superego speaks. New Statesman, 139(4986), 44-45.
Retrieved from Academic Search Premier Database.
Type the Database name
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Open Sources: OPENDOAR, DOAJ & OAISTER, are
good sources when searching for multicultural
information
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OPENDOAR =
Directory of Open
Access Repositories.
http://opendoar.org/
2714 repositories 09/10/14
Full Text articles, theses,
Documents.
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DOAJ= Directory of Open Access Journals
http://doaj.org/
9,982 Journals
5,859 searchable at Article level
134 Countries
1,718,686 Full Text Articles
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OAISTER is a world wide library network sharing full
text information: http://oaister.worldcat.org/
To learn how to access “Open
Sources” see tutorial OPEN
SOURCES
The search is: History of
California Missions. Please
see under formats and
select, specially the
electronic ones: e-books,
downloadable visual
material
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USU Database Tutorials. Visit
http://www.usuniversity.edu/library/databasetutorials/
• Basic tutorials to all
programs
• Nursing and Arts & Science=
Basic +
Searching Medline Register EbscoHost Alerts
Welcome to Fundamentals of Information Literacy
Introduction to how to find articles from USU databases
Research Topics and Terms
Ten tips in how to search EBSCO
Searching PROQUEST database
EBSCO simple search using Boolean operators
Advance Search in ERIC and limit your results
Searching for information at the master level for MSN and
MSHS
Searching ERIC Thesaurus & Index
Search EBSCO ASP for Management
Create Alerts and Files in EBSCO
EBSCO Academic Search Premier and use of subject
Term
Use of Indexes in EBSCO database
Searching JSTOR
US University Guide to APA Style emphasis in
electronic sources
OPEN SOURCES
What you should know about copyright
Plagiarism
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• Education & Management =
• Basic +
Searching ERIC Thesaurus & Index
Advance Search in ERIC and limit your results
Search EBSCO ASP for Management
VI. PLAGIARISM
What is plagiarism?
A. Webster (www.webster.com ) defines plagiarize as:
• To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own:
use (another's production) without crediting the source (transitive
verb)
• To commit literary theft: present as new and original an idea or
product derived from an existing source (intransitive verb)
B. According to the Publication Manual of the APA 6th Edition & MLA
Handbook (Gibaldi, 2003) there are several forms of plagiarism:
1. Claiming the words and ideas of another as their own
2. Obtain and submit as your own a paper written by someone
else
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Some wise advice:
3. Repeating or paraphrasing wording
4. Taking a particularly apt phrase
5. Paraphrasing an argument or presenting a line of thinking
C. Please review the US University definition and policy regarding
plagiarism at: US University Catalog p. 25-26.
http://www.usuniversity.edu/downloads/USU_Catalog.pdf
1)Click on the link above, then in the Table of Contents, see or Click
―Student Conduct
OR
2)Copy and paste the link above in your address bar and press
enter on the keyboard
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Plagiarizing according to the MLA handbook (Gibaldi, 2003)
You have plagiarized if:
–You took notes that did not distinguish summary/paraphrase from quotation and then
presented wording from the notes as if it were all your own
–While browsing the web, you copied text and pasted it into your paper without quotation
marks or without citing the source
–You presented facts without saying where you found them
–You took someone else’s unique or particularly apt phrase without acknowledgment
–You paraphrased someone else’s argument or presented someone else’s line of thought
without acknowledgement
–You brought or otherwise acquired a research paper and handed in part or all of it as your
own
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Avoiding plagiarism
Avoiding plagiarism according to the MLA handbook (Gibaldi, 2003)
You can avoid plagiarizing by:
–Making a list of writers and viewpoints you discovered in your research and double checking
the presentation material in your paper
–Keeping the following categories distinct in your notes: (a) your ideas, (b) your summaries of
others’ materials, and (c) exact wording you copy
–Identifying the sources of all borrowed material—exact wording, paraphrases, ideas,
arguments, and facts
–Checking with your Professor when you are uncertain about your use of sources.
O.K., now that we’re clear on the fundamentals of ProQuest, EBSCO, ACCESS MEDICINE &
JSTOR access, Internet use, and plagiarism, let me provide just a few tips to make your
Information Literacy journey at US University even more enjoyable
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For more information
• Please contact
• M.L.S Catalina Lopez
• clopez@usuniversity.edu
• (619) 477 6310 ext. 2017
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