INFORMATION SKILLS

 Different Sources of information  Different search engines  History Resources in the McMahon Library  Finding Resources using the library catalogue  Plagiarism

Finding Sources for your History project  Encyclopaedias  Digital Archives available on line  Books  Google Scholar  Websites

Encyclopaedias  a reference work (such as a book, series of books, Web site, or CD-ROM) that contains information about many different subjects or a lot of information about a particular subject.  Meaning ‘General Education’

Encyclopaedia Britannica  Ancient History Encyclopaedia 

Digital archives

Google Scholar

Different Search Engines  What is a Search Engine ? A web search engine is a software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web

Examples of Search Engines  Google  DuckDuck Go  Yahoo  Bing

Searching for Information on the Web  Choosing Key Words ‘What were the main characteristics of the Nazi state in Germany ’

 Characteristics  Nazi State  Germany 

Getting Better Search Results  ‘And’ broadens search terms  ‘OR ‘  ‘Not ‘ Narrow Search terms

Resources available in the McMahon Library  Books

 Atlases  Encyclopaedia

Searching the Library Catalogue

Plagiarism  What is Plagiarism ? The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own agiarismhttp:// agiarism.

Forms of Plagiarism  Cutting and pasting text from someone else’s work  Copying someone else’s work  Copying sections and just changing the odd word or two  Referring to sources which you did not use

Referencing  Referencing is acknowledging in detail all the information sources ( e.g. books, webpages) that you used in a project or essay.  Referencing a Book  Cosgrave, P. (1974) Church Hill At War ALONE London: Collins Press

Summary  Different sources of information  Different search engines  History Resources in the McMahon Library  Finding Resources using the library catalogue  Plagiarism

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