Welcome to SAFARI Asks: “what is information?” and considers the types of information that we use in everyday life and for studies. Recommended duration: 1 hour Looks at where information comes from and goes to; how it gets categorised and spread around, and where you may find it. Looks at how to think about information in ways that will allow you to create a search strategy, and use it to access catalogue and database resources. Looks at the practice of searching - on and offline - and how to use different electronic search tools and techniques. Asks how information can be evaluated for quality and why this needs to be done, and suggests a tool to do this. Explores why information needs organising and ways of doing this using tools and techniques, including referencing, bibliographies, social bookmarks etc. Follow the About Safari link if you would like to know more about how Safari works.
Plagiarism and Referencing It is very important to learn how to cite and reference in your assignments so that your tutor can find the sources of information that you have used. It is also necessary in order to avoid plagiarism. You can contact your Subject Librarian for advice on referencing. What is plagiarism? (4 minutes) How to avoid plagiarism (14 minutes) Referencing: general principles & Harvard (Bath) examples (8 minutes) Citing & Referencing guidelines Please refer to the Guide to citing & referencing (general principles) in conjunction with the relevant style sheet in the following table: Storing & organising your references You are less likely to make mistakes when referencing if you keep careful records of the articles and books that you use. Using Endnote Online & Endnote Desktop: to store & organise references from the Library Catalogue, databases & other resources. Plagiarism
Information skills :: Library The University Library has a comprehensive collection of books and journals, both electronic and print, available from the Hartley and other campus libraries, plus a range of services to support teaching and research across all areas of the University. Our LibGuides pages offer extensive resource guides for each subject, information on our services and sites, study skills support, information for researchers (including how to publish an open access paper, make the best use of metrics and plan your research data management), plus links to our online resources. Library Search is our Library catalogue - search for print and ebooks, recall books that are on loan and check your current loans. You can also request books and articles that are not held by the library. Please see LibGuides for details of any service outages.
Developing good academic practices Welcome to the Developing good academic practices resource. It is designed to help you develop good academic practice in your studies, and when producing assignments and completing assessments. It’s important for you to understand the rules of the academic world right from the beginning of your studies. We’re not asking you to develop good academic practice for the sake of it. This resource will also help you avoid being accused of plagiarism, but that in itself is not the complete objective of the site; we want you to develop good academic writing skills. We will explain what we mean by academic practice, and then unpick some of the ideas in more detail, such as writing in your own words, the difference between collaboration and collusion, what’s common knowledge in your area of study, and how to reference other people’s ideas and writing. Just to reassure you, we stress that everybody can develop good writing skills. This resource will provide: