1. Finding information

2. Where do you start looking?
EPIC
JSTOR

3. Know where you’re heading
In the Library can you:
use the Catalogue well?
use the search tools on the web catalogue?
find books on the shelves using Dewey numbers?
use the Information file index?
Online – are you organised?
Find online search tools
easily with
BHS Internet Research webpage
You’ll need:
Search terms / key words
Somewhere to store your info – google or word doc
A good idea of where to try searching for info
EPIC
JSTOR
Google Scholar or Deeper Web
INNZ
WW100 site

4. Information File Tips for using the Info File
Folders are arranged in topics
Index of titles – red folder
Photocopy useful articles – can highlight; have citing info
Check dates of articles – depends on your topic whether this is important.
These are actual clippings from papers and magazines – they don’t break copyright. You can photocopy or photograph these for your own personal study use but cannot use images or post pictures anywhere.

5. Start searching … Check the URL
Freely available information Pay-for / ‘Locked’ information
Hint …
Check the URL

6. Use the Library Webpage

7. Some specialised search sites:
As well, your subject teachers may refer you to sites useful for topics you are studying. It’s a good idea to bookmark these so you can use them another time.

8. Check it out But, how do you know if you can trust it?
So, you’ve found a great looking website?
But, how do you know if you can trust it?
Or, you can use the CRAP test.
.com – anyone can use this site
.org – for organisations - could be biased or selling something
.edu or .ac – university or educational sites
.govt – information put out by government departments.
Remember
Information from EPIC is reliable.
You can use these sources confidently.

10. Use your cell phone to record information
Keep track
Record where you found your information:
Books
Magazines
Websites
Use your cell phone to record information
and bookmark websites
People
Make sure you have their permission to use their stories and, especially, any
photos you take.

11. Plagiarism – the big no-no
So what is plagiarism?
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Deliberate Plagiarism
Rewriting from books or articles
Copying or pasting from
web pages and online sources
– patchwork writing
Buying, downloading or
borrowing a paper
Plagiarism is taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
Definition from
Accidental Plagiarism
Not knowing when and how to cite
Not knowing how to paraphrase or summarise
Not knowing what “common knowledge” is
Recycling an old paper of your own
Source:
Radio station website

12. Remember – Plagiarism is Theft
Reference List or Bibliography
This is how you show where your information
came from. Check with your teacher which
format they want you to use.
Remember – Plagiarism is Theft
APA format
Most Burnside departments use it and it is the most commonly used one in NZ Polytechs and Universities. ​
Use a guide
eg Book with one author:
King, M. (2000). Wrestling with the angel: A life of Janet Frame. Auckland, New Zealand: Viking.
Structure: Last, F. M. (Year Published) Book. City, State: Publisher.
eg Website:
Lee, J. (1997). Kinship and family ties. Retrieved from 
Structure: Last, F. M. (Year, Month Date Published). Article title. Retrieved from URL.

13. How to cite in-text
When you use information in your report, say where it came from. Like this:
Quotation:
“Modern lifestyles promote overconsumption” (Jennifer Bowden, 2016, p 40)
Jennifer Bowden(2016) says that “Modern lifestyles promote overconsumption”. (p 40)
In 2016, Jennifer Bowden says that “Modern lifestyles promote overconsumption”. (p 59)
Paraphrase:
Today’s lifestyles mean people use too much stuff. (Jennifer Bowden, 2016)
Jennifer Bowden (2016) believes today’s lifestyles mean people use too much stuff.
In 2016, Jennifer Bowden believes today’s lifestyles mean people use too much stuff.
Source of quote: Jennifer Bowden (February 27, 2016) ‘Taken to extremes’, NZ Listener, Vol 252, pp40