1. Getting Organised
Personal Projects 2015

2. Objectives of this workshop
Understand what research is
Understand why citation and referencing is important in research
Learn how to create your works cited page and cite various sources of information correctly
Learn how to use online tools to help with the citation process

3. What is Research? Primary Research:
First hand investigation - interviews, surveys, lab reports, historical texts and art
Secondary Research:
What others say about your topic - journal articles, books
PP will likely consist of a combination of these things
Research - Passion and insight:
you have spent time finding out about what others have to say about the topic you are interested in

4. Why cite? Requirement of the IB Part of the Assessment Criteria
Prevents Plagiarism
Shows your research process
Acknowledges your hard work
Its can be the most tedious part of your project if you don’t get organised from the start and understand why its important
IB requires consistent approach to referencing, do not get hung up on 100% accuracy
Criterion A - addressed here - must cite consistently to achieve high marks
BBIS and IB have strong policies on academic honesty - plagiarism is serious and results in zero marks. Most cases of plagiarism are unintentional. But ignorance is not an excuse! If in doubt cite it!
The sooner you get used to citing correctly and getting organised the better as you will need these skills for RP and EE as well as curricula assignments
Source:

5. Collecting Online Resources
Online Social Bookmarking
Photos/images
Websites
Screencapture
As you research you collect resources this becomes your working Bibliography. You will collect a number of different types of resources:
Diigo allows you to collect online resources such as images, videos and websites.
Some of you may be using Managebac for uploading resources

6. TAGS
the great thing about diigo is that you can TAG info/give it a label to organise it
Create a list called personal project
LISTS

7. highlight comment look up
You can also highlight and make comments over any web page. These can be set to private. It becomes a working digital scrapbook
Avoid plagiarism by having three distinct categories in your notes:
your ideas
your summary of the others ideas
exact wording/quotes from information sources - use highlight function
Could use comments to summarize info or write your own reflections (make sure you distinguish between the two)

8. If you just want to collect weblinks and want a simple way to do this try Pinterest
Source:

9. Pearltrees is similar to Pinterest

10. Print Material - Books, Magazines
Use your process journal to collect data. Record:
Author, Title, Publishing details (Place & Date), Page Numbers
Create a doc to collect your references
Go old school - Use source cards
You will be collecting print material as you complete your project. This can be stored in your process journal. If you are using your journal to keep track of research then make sure you are collecting all of the right information

11. Source Cards
Source:
Make sure notes in journal or on cards are clear - Avoid plagiarism by having three distinct categories in your notes:
your ideas
your summary of the others ideas
exact wording/quotes from information sources

12. How do I cite?
You need to know the conventions or the rules of citation for the style you are using
We use MLA - there is a style guide; its huge; you are not going to remember it and no one expects you to. So you options are to collect all the info you need and look up how to cite as you write up your project. E.g. when you come to site a website, look it up on OWL purdue or use an online citation generator
Going to go over a few examples

13. MLA In-text Citation : Quotes
These are found in the body of your Personal Project and look something like this:
Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).
Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).
Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).
Source: OWL Purdue Writing Lab
In-text citation is just documenting sources of information when you use them in your project.
What information is displayed in the in-text citations? Note full stop/period after brackets.
Author’s name, page number in brackets
Why is the author’s name not in brackets in the first example?
Same structure for quotes from other print, interviews (who would the author be?), websites (sometime no page number!) You use a shortened version of the title of the resource in the brackets
These are the basic rules for print! Websites, interviews etc will not have page numbers so have different rules. Best think to do is check the OWL website

14. MLA In-text Citation : Paraphrase
A Paraphrase is…
Your own written version of the information and ideas of others. Putting information in your own words. Recognition still needs to be given to the original source
Paraphrasing helps with the flow of your writing so that it is not full of quotes. It also shows that you have read others ideas analysed them and understood them
Source: The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue U, 2008.

15. MLA In-text Citation : Paraphrase
Use synonyms, info is often shorter in length, still needs referencing
Why is final a plagiarized version?
Source: The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue U, 2008.

16. MLA Citation : Works Cited
In-Text Citations
points to
Works Cited Page
Example for works cited page can be found in your personal project guide - use it to check
More info also on OWL purdue - what can you tell me about works cited page? Where is it found? What order is it written? How is it formatted?
Source: The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue U, 2008.

17. Works Cited page
Not just a case of listing your works cited in alphabetical order. E.g. if more than one resource by same author use ---.
Always check the guide
Source: The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue U, 2008.

18. Online Citation Generators
Plug in
Quick
Easy
Free
Creates bibliography
Date issues (UK/US)
Might have to fill in info
Still have to check
Online citation generators are great as they allow you to cite a book or web page quickly
Copy and paste easily to your works cited
Two main ones
if you have gmail you can install Easybib plugin to chrome which makes citing even quicker
Still need to check the formatting

19. Paid Online Generator 1 2 berlin We pay - its more accurate/reliable
Requires setting up an account
Rec if you feel you need it and you have time

20. Noodletools cont. 3
Complete your registration. Your personal Id is your username and can be seen by Administrators (Library) but everything else in your account is private.
To make the best use of your time in NoodleTools, please see the Quick Guide at for help in creating a new account and navigating some key features. Read the info on creating a new project.
Then create a project e.g. Personal Project. Then you can enter your references (ISBNs, URLs etc) and it will generate a bibliography.

21. MLA Citation - Book
Although there are digital tools out there for citation - they don’t do all the things you need!
Compile a list for you of what I think will be the most common things you will cite in your PP
Source: The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue U, 2008.

22. MLA Citation - Newspaper
Look at three ways they are cited in the works cited. What do they have in common?
Source: The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue U, 2008.

23. MLA Citation - Magazine
Look at three ways they are cited in the works cited. What do they have in common?
Source: The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue U, 2008.

24. MLA Citation - Website
Source: The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue U, 2008.
Where would you find this information? About section
IB requirements are that you include the URL for an online resource even MLA does not need it

25. MLA Citation - Online Image
Source: The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue U, 2008.

26. MLA Citation - You Tube
Look at three ways they are cited in the bibliography. What do they have in common?
Source: The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue U, 2008.

27. MLA Citation -
Look at three ways they are cited in the bibliography. What do they have in common?
Source: The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue U, 2008.

28. MLA Citation - Interviews
Published or broadcast Interviews
Online only Interviews
Source: The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue U, 2008.

29. Why can I get help? The best site on the Web for citation help:

30. Tips Collect and organise information throughout the process.
If in doubt, cite it.
If you have an unusual item to cite, don’t panic! Follow a consistent pattern that matches your works cited page.
Having problems? Come and see me in the library
One source of information can be cited in many ways depending on context. So the most important thing to be about what you produce is consistent.

31. QUIZ