Research and Paper Help, Plus Image Copyright

This link will take you to a blog that will explain the ins and outs of creating a works cited page/bibliography in Microsoft Word.

 

For help with research and citing, the Purdue OWL is a great resource.

 

Locating Primary Sources. 

Another location for Primary Sources.

 

Secondary Sources. 

One more for Secondary Sources.

 

Which images are ok to use? Go to Google and search which image you need. Be sure to search "Images" and not "web." From there, click Search Tools and then Usage Rights. From there, chose "labeled for reuse." By doing this, you make sure that you aren't violating any copyright stuff! You can start here.

 

GOOGLE DRIVE

If you have a gmail account, you can use Google Drive. We have run into the problem of students saving their work to a computer in the library and then being unable to find it again. With Google Drive, your work-documents, spreadsheets, presentations-are saved automatically and are accessible anywhere you can access your gmail account. Click here for the full run-down on the awesomeness that is Google Drive.

 

An issue we have run into is being unable to print from Google Drive. To alleviate this problem, you must go to the File Menu --> Download As and dowload. From there, you should be able to print!

 

TENNESSEE ELECTRONIC LIBRARY (TEL),

Chattanooga Public Library & Google Scholar

TEL is a wealth of information available to us for free. Sometimes it may be dautning. Please take the time to listen to some of the video tutorials avaiable on their site. 

 

Click here for the tutorial for finding full text articles.

Click here for how to search magazines and journals.

Click here to access the World Book Encyclopedia.

Click here for a list of the TEL databses available.

 

Use Google Scholar for even more information. Tips for getting the most out of your Google Scholar search can be found here.

 

If you have a library card from the Chattanooga Public Library, you may access the following: http://chattlibrary.org/resources-research

 

Plagiarism

What, praytell, IS plagiarism? According to the UNC College of Arts & Sciences, palgiarism: "defined as “the deliberate or reckless representation of another’s words, thoughts, or ideas as one’s own without attribution in connection with submission of academic work, whether graded or otherwise.” (Instrument of Student Judicial Governance,Section II.B.1.)." For more information go here. Another helpful website in regard to plagiarism is found here.