4. Agenda
Refresher on library website/resources
Plagiarism/citation discussion
Searching for resources
5. What do you use the library
for? How
can I
Have you had a help?
library session
before?
Where do you go to
find a specific book?
Is there a database
you use frequently?
7. Plagiarism
Using someone’s ideas or expression of
those ideas (words, pictures, music, etc)
Without giving proper credit
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/09/12/copy-cat/
8. An interesting side story
A quote attributed to Martin Luther King Jr.
went viral after the death of Osama bin
Laden
But part of it was never said or written by him
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive
/2011/05/anatomy-of-a-fake-
quotation/238257/
9. It’s out there, why not reuse it?
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32657885
Image by Duane Hoffmann
Gabriel, T. (2010, August 1) Plagiarism Lines
Blur for Students in the Digital Age. The New
York Times. Retrieved from
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/educa
tion/02cheat.html
“If you are not so worried about presenting yourself as absolutely
unique, then it’s O.K.
…if you say other people’s words, it’s O.K. if you say things you don’t
believe,
…it’s O.K. if you write papers you couldn’t care less about because
they accomplish the task, which is turning something in and getting a
grade
… and it’s O.K. if you put words out there without getting any credit.”
~Susan D. Blum anthropologist at The University of Notre Dame, author of “My
Word!: Plagiarism and College Culture” on student attitudes toward plagiarism
10. It’s out there, why not reuse it?
Discussion on the article:
• Your thoughts on plagiarism
• Why don’t some people seem to think it’s bad to
copy?
• Why do people who know it’s wrong still do it?
• Does downloading music count?
• How does plagiarism affect academia/biology?
• What examples of plagiarism have you heard
of? In the news? From a friend? Etc?
11. Why does it matter?
Newitz, A. (2012, January 16) You are
bitching about the wrong things when you
read an article about science. I09 blog.
Retrieved from http://io9.com/5873948/you-
are-bitching-about-the-wrong-things-when-
you-read-an-article-about-science
“Science is designed to challenge our common sense assumptions
about the world because they are often wrong. Sometimes,
however, common sense turns out to be right. Which is why
occasionally science seems to prove the obvious. But that's not
science being useless - it's science doing what it does best, which
is applying rigor and rationality to anecdote and dogma.”
12. Why does it matter?
Discussion on the article
• Why is it important to attribute information to a
source?
• Why is anecdotal information still so compelling?
• What does this have to do with you? In real life?
In school?
13. The point is…
No matter where you are, you will constantly
need to assess the information around you
In order to be an informed consumer you
should know how to evaluate the information
you acquire
In order to support your own arguments you
should know how to research your question
and cite your sources
14. So, lets get started finding your
information!
Places to look
• Websites
• Books
• eBooks
• Articles
16. Books
Go to the catalog
Search for general topics
• Molecular biology
• Virology
• Genetics
Search for lab manuals, protocols or methods
Search for encyclopedias or dictionaries
17. eBooks
Goto Research Databases -> ebrary
Academic Complete
Search your method in quotes
Click into the books available
18. Articles
TryAcademic Search Premier,
ScienceDirect or Web of Science
Try searching various key words such as
• “assay name” AND (method OR protocol)
AND description
Notice the title of the journals
19. Additionally…
Check the references of the resources
you find, they may list a more relevant
resource
Try
different spellings or terms for your
method
If we don’t have it, try Interlibrary Loan
There is so much information out there. You can find anything on the internet and it’s not attributed to anyone.Ask the students to first write down then discuss their thoughts on the quote and plagiarism. Why don’t people seem to think it’s that bad to copy someone? What about downloading music? How does this relate to math?
There is so much information out there. You can find anything on the internet and it’s not attributed to anyone.Ask the students to first write down then discuss their thoughts on the quote and plagiarism. Why don’t people seem to think it’s that bad to copy someone? What about downloading music? How does this relate to math?
There is so much information out there. You can find anything on the internet and it’s not attributed to anyone.Ask the students to first write down then discuss their thoughts on the quote and plagiarism. Why don’t people seem to think it’s that bad to copy someone? What about downloading music? How does this relate to math?
