EP004Information Literacy &Research SkillsSemester 1, 2012Week 5 / Lecture 4

“Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.”Denis Waitley

Assessment #1 – Good Luck!!

Computer screens off

Pen/pencils, highlighters, erasers, white out - on desk

All other items under desk

5 minutes reading time

30 minutes working time

If finished early please sit quietly (no access to mobile phones or computer during this time)

Outcomes

Evaluate sources

Locate and refer to APA reference guide

Locate eBooks

Identify main information needed for end-text referencing (reference list)

Independent Task 1

Open the “Internet Detective” website:http://www.vtstutorials.ac.uk/detective/

Complete the tasks on the website

Using the knowledge gained from the website evaluate one of the sources you found in last week’s searches on “advertising and children”

20mins max (they had to go through the website for homework)

Introduction to eBooks

Open the library page http://library.nd.edu.au/home

Investigate where you search for eBooks by conducting an eBook search for “advertising and children”

Share with the class where you found the eBook searches

Choose an eBook from your search and investigate the contents etc. Is it appropriate for your essay?

Minimise this page for next task

5mins

Introduction to Referencing

Find the APA referencing guide for AESC and open it.

Look through the guide and see what information it gives you.

What are the two types of referencing you need to do for an essay/paper?

5mins

Task 2

What is the main information you need for the reference list from a book, article, eBook etc?

Find referencing guidelines for eBooks

Go to the eBook you chose from your last task and record the information for your reference list– follow the guide for referencing an eBook in your reference list.

Try copying and pasting a section from the eBook onto a word doc. What do you notice?

10mins

Review

Name three important points from the “Internet Detective” website

Where did you find eBooks and the reference guide?

What is the main information you need for citing a source in your reference list?

How can you make sure you reference correctly?

5mins

Directed Study / Homework

Create a checklist on a word document:

To evaluate a website

Make a rating scale on the same document and rate the different sources from excellent to poor

E.G. website, database, books, ebooks and any other you can include.

Email to lecturer/upload to wiki, etc.