1. Information Literacy University of Namibia Library 2006

2. Objectives After this training session students will be able to search the Library OPAC have the basic knowledge on how to surf the World Wide Web know what referencing and plagiarism is.

3. Finding Information Using the Library Catalogue (Web OPAC) Using the Internet

4. Web Based Library Catalogue WEB OPAC

5. OPAC HOME PAGE

6. UNAM Library Catalogue OPAC – Online Public Access Catalogue The catalogue reflects what the Library has in its collection It is accessible via the Internet It helps with the selection of relevant material One can search the catalogue through different access points, e.g. author, title, subject, keyword and call number

7. Dewey Decimal Classification System (DDC) Classification is the process of grouping items according to a given criteria The DDC groups library items according to subject content. DDC assigns numbers to subjects UNAM Library uses the DDC to classify books.

8. Call Number Determines the specific location of an item in a library Consists of the DDC class number and the first three letters of either the author’s surname, the corporate author or the title of the item Items are shelved numerically according to the DDC class number and alphabetically according to the suffix

9. DDC & Call number

10. EXAMPLES OF DATABASES

11. EXAMPLE OF EXAM DATABASE

12. The Internet The Internet is a large worldwide network of computers No one is in charge of the Internet Components of the Internet include World Wide Web, e-mail, Discussion Groups

13. World Wide Web (WWW) Electronic mail services Search engines and directories Commercial information services Reference works, such as dictionaries Electronic journals, newspapers, e-books Web pages of many kinds Searchable databases like library catalogues

14. Web Browsers This software programme enables one to access, view and navigate the www Most common are Netscape and Internet Explorer.

15. Navigation Tools Go back to the previous page visited Go forward to the page viewed previously Refresh, use if page stops loading Stop loading page

16. Typical Website

17. Typical Search Engine

18. Search Strategies Boolean search: and, or and not Phrase search: “ “

19. Internet Search Tools : Directories and Search Engines Directories classify information by topic, e.g. Librarians’ Index to the Internet, Yahoo. Search engines are huge databases of web page files that have been assembled automatically by machine, e.g. Google, Teoma

20. Referencing Acknowledging the use of another person’s ideas and words. Use references when you: quote another person word for word paraphrase or summarise use statistics use tables, figures, diagrams and appendices UNAM uses the Bibliographic references : the name-year method. (http://www.unam.na/ilrc/library/refbooklet.pdf)

21. Plagiarism Is using another person’s ideas and words without clearly acknowledging the source of the information It is an offence to copy from a source without ackbowledgement Avoid plagiarism by referencing all sources of information Use your own words and ideas UNAM has a draft policy on plagiarism - http://wwwisis.unam.na/plagiarism/default.htm