Library Orientation
Pharmacy Year I
Class of 2014
Amy Chatfield, MLS
Pamela Corley, MLS, AHIP
Jin Wu, MSIS
Norris Medical Library
University of Southern California
2003 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Learning Objectives
To:
• Learn about audience response system/ “clickers”
• Learn about major tools in Blackboard
• Use AccessPharmacy to locate specific types of information
• Understand where to locate additional information resources to
support Year 1 classes
• Recognize common types of plagiarism
Audience Response System, or Clickers
• Required in Pharmacy classes
• Used to take in-class, graded quizzes
and/or attendance
• Review the IMS-provided handout in
orientation packet
Audience Response System, or Clickers
• YOUR OWN CLICKER is required in Pharmacy classes
•Don’t take them apart- need to return to School upon
graduation
• IMS: help with clicker problems
Blackboard
•Course Management Software (CMS): name for a type of software
•Blackboard : CMS for USC School of Pharmacy
•One Blackboard site per class
•Faculty post:
•Documents (ASSIGNMENTS, syllabi), tests, announcements
• Students:
•Download and return assignments
•Participate in discussion boards
•Group work in classes
•Take tests
•Register clickers
http://www.usc.edu/schools/pharmacy/
http://www.usc.edu/nml
The student portal provides access to
information resources that…
• are authoritative
• are accurate
• are current
• use citations to research or other scholastic efforts
• Information literacy is a key competency for pharmacists
•Finding information
•Determining if it is reliable information
•Interpreting information
• As you are gaining experience with these skills, why not use
these selected resources as a starting point?
Plagiarism Defined
Plagiarism is:
“the unauthorized use or close imitation
of the language and thoughts of
another author and the representation
of them as one's own original work”
Random House Dictionary 2009
Direct Quotes v. Paraphrasing
Direct quotes
Used to indicate language (i.e. wording) is same
Good when point is particularly well-stated
Rarely used in science
Author last name, date, and page
Paraphrasing
Used to indicate source of ideas
Language is not the same
Common in scientific articles
Author last name, date, and sometimes page
Tricky Plagiarism Situations
Raltegravir has promise as a combination therapy for treatment-experienced HIV-1
infected patients who show evidence of viral replication.
Answer: This is a combination paraphrase and a direct quote. Put quotation marks
around the phrase “treatment-experienced…replication” and cite the entire sentence.
The sentence overall is a paraphrase: a restatement of the authors’ idea.
Common phrases do not need to be enclosed in quotation marks:
HIV-1 infected patients is the most succinct way to describe this group.
If only using HIV-1 infected patients phrase: simply a paraphrase. Cite the whole
sentence , with no quotation marks.
The example used additional words directly from the article (HIV-1 infected patients
who show evidence of viral replication) so those need to be enclosed in quotation
marks. The entire sentence is still a paraphase, and the whole sentence needs to be
cited.
Conclusion
Contact Norris Library for help:
• medlib@usc.edu
• Reference Desk, M-F, 9 AM-5 PM, in person and by phone:
(323) 442-1111
• Chat (Meebo widget on webpages)
• Set up a “house call” for one-on-one help
Contact Amy Chatfield, your librarian: amychatf@usc.edu
Evaluations:
Amy, Pam, or Jin
Pharmacy student orientation