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Research Skills (Undergraduates)
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Step 1: Define your topic
Step 2: Select your sources
Step 3: Search & Locate Materials
Step 4: Evaluate sources
Step 5: Use Ethically
Basic Research Skills (Undergraduates)
What is the title of the
assignment
Which resources to use? Printed?
Online? Both?
What is your
searching strategy &
types of resources
Which resources found is reliable to be used?
How? Provide Reference!
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Step 1: Define your topic
TAN SRI LOY HEAN HEONG LIBRARY
What are the issues faced in animation industry?
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Keywords
BMW Mercedez Audi Toyota
Broader term
Automobile Synonyms (if any)
Narrower terms
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LAKESIDE CAMPUS LIBRARY
Issues in Animation industry
Copyright infringement
Unmarketable Economic conditions
Keywords
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What are the issues faced in animation industry?
Concepts Synonyms Broader terms Narrower terms
Issues in Animation industry
Problems in animation industry
Creative arts • Copyright infringement
• Unmarketable • Economic
conditions
TAN SRI LOY HEAN HEONG LIBRARY
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LAKESIDE CAMPUS LIBRARY
HINTS: Think of... singular or plural words eg. job, jobs words with alternative spellings eg. organisation, organization words that mean similar things/synonyms eg. jobs, work roles work tasks words that have commonly used as abbreviations
eg. HRM, human resource management TIP: Consult the relevant chapter of your textbook or any reference source (dictionary, encyclopedia) to identify keywords you could use.
Keyword Building
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Categories of resources:
1. References 2. Print books & Journals
3. Online resources 4. Internet resources
Step 2: Select your sources
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∗ Searching strategy: Boolean Operators Wildcard and Truncation
Step 3: Search and Locate material
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Construct search statement – Boolean Operators
∗ Use the list of terms to search or ∗ to construct a search statement by using Boolean Operators ∗Keywords: Animation
Disney
AND, OR, NOT
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Examples….. Keywords: Animation, Disney
Animation
Disney
Animation
Disney
Animation
Disney
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Truncation (*) and Wildcard(?) Symbols
∗ represents a group of unknown characters in addition to those in your search criteria (search using root word)
∗ E.g.: key in construct* in an search, results will be: "construction", "constructions", “constructivist"
∗ represents a single character in addition to those in your search criteria (not sure of spelling)
∗ E.g.: key in organi?ation , the results will be: “organization” and “organisation”
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Searching tools on the library website: ∗Multisearch ∗ Taylors Catalogue ∗Online databases ∗ E-journals
Searching information in Taylor’s Library
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Multisearch (Taylor’s Library 1-Stop Search)
“animation”
To know more on how to use Multisearch, check out our
Online Tutorial page
Key in Taylor’s
Library URL
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Taylor’s Catalogue
“Interactive design” To know more on how to use Taylors Catalogue, check out our
Online Tutorial page
Key in Taylor’s
Library URL
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Online Databases Key in Taylor’s
Library URL
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Arranged by alphabetical order
3 different tabs for different databases (Subscribed, Free & Trial)
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1. Ebrary (ebook) 2. Academic Source Complete @ EBSCOhost 3. JSTOR 4. Credo Reference 5. Encyclopedia Britannica Online 6. Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals @
EBSCOhost 7. ProQuest Dissertation and Theses 8. Emerald Management Xtra
Suggested online databases*
*The listed online databases above are suitable for general topics (such as
Animation, Marketing, Management. For more info of other e-journals specific for other topics, visit
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E-journals Key in Taylor’s
Library URL
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1. Design Issues 2. Games and Culture 3. Global Media and Communication 4. Visual Communication 5. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic
Media 6. Media, Culture & Society
Useful e-journals*
*The listed e-journals above are suitable for topics related to Animation. For more info of other e-journals specific for other
topics, visit
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∗ Plagiarism - the act of presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own.
Step 5: Use Ethically
Quoting without citing
Using ideas without citing
“Cut-and-paste”, copying, stealing, borrowing, hiring
DELIBERATE ACCIDENTAL
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Plagiarism??
Presenting other people’s work or ideas as your own
Plagiarism, a Literary theft: Present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
Copy and paste without quotation
marks and referencing
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∗ A "citation" is the way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from another source.
∗ It is a way to overcome PLAGIARISM
∗ 2 places to put your citation: a) In text citation b) Reference list
What is a Citation?
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Referencing..How to do it?? Key in Taylor’s
Library URL
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3 different tabs for different style of citation
(Harvard, MLA &APA)
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