Getting Ready for Assignments at SILS

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Getting Ready for Assignments at SILS

• Fall 2004

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Readings for classes

• Reserves
• At SILS
• PAM boxes
• E-reserves, http//eres.lib.unc.edu/
• E-journals, http//eresources.lib.unc.edu/ejournal
  /
• Web documents
• Print documents

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Finding materials in other libraries

• Map http//www.lib.unc.edu/map.html

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ExpectationsAcademic Integrity

• Honor Pledge
• As a student of the University of North
  Carolina, I am on my honor not to lie, cheat, or
  steal, and to encourage others to uphold this
  Carolina tradition.
• Carolinas Honor System, http//honor.unc.edu/
• Student rights and responsibilities,
  http//honor.unc.edu/students/rights.html
• Respecting intellectual property rights
• From the Writing Center, http//www.unc.edu/depts/
  wcweb/handouts/plagiarism.html

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Additional Expectations

• Team projects, collaboration
• Quality of work expected
• The Writing Center, http//www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb
  /
• The Learning Center, http//www.unc.edu/depts/lcwe
  b/
• Quality of resources used
• Feedback you should expect
• Getting clarification on an assignment

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Planning your time

• Anticipating due dates and deadlines
• Juggling multiple commitments
• Avoiding end of term panic
• Counseling resources available
• Counseling and Psychological Services,
  http//caps.unc.edu/

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Talking to the faculty

• Clarify expectations for classes and assignments
• Ask questions, discuss class material
• Get suggestions for more ways to explore a topic
  of interest
• Discuss conflicts with class meeting times or
  assignment due dates

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Our shared goalA successful academic experience