CMPT 322W: Professional Responsibility and Ethics

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CMPT 322W Professional Responsibility and Ethics
Library Research Workshop
Shane Plante Computing Science librarian, SFU
Surrey spa61_at_sfu.ca
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Library research Self-test

1. Do you know where to find the CMPT 322W library
   research guide?
2. Do you know how to evaluate the reliability of a
   website?
3. Do you know how to recognize academic articles
   when you see them?
4. Do you know how to use one relevant article or
   book to find more sources on your topic?
5. Can you name at least three different ways you
   can get research help?

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Research process reminder

1. Choose a research topic
2. Brainstorm keywords and concepts
3. Search and cycle your search
4. Evaluate your results
5. Write your report

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Research process reminder

1. Choose a research topic
2. Brainstorm keywords and concepts
3. Search and cycle your search
4. Evaluate your results
5. Write your report

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• Do you know where to find the CMPT 322W library
  research guide?

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Where to search for information

• Background information
• Books
• Including reference books (e.g., encyclopedias)
• Websites
• Newspaper articles
• Magazine articles
• Etc.

• Specific information
• Books
• Scholarly articles
• Government reports
• Etc.

Note We have a large collection of electronic
books.
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Where to search for information

• Background information
• Books
• Including reference books (e.g., encyclopedias)
• Websites
• Newspaper articles
• Magazine articles
• Etc.

• Specific information
• Books
• Scholarly articles
• Government reports
• Etc.

Note We have a large collection of electronic
books.
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Considering websites

• 2. Do you know how to evaluate the reliability
  of a website?
• Brainstorm
• How can you tell if a website is reliable?
• How reliable are Wikipedia entries?

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Evaluating websites (some questions)

• Who is the author?
• What are the authors academic or professional
  credentials?
• Does the author cite his/her sources?
• Can you verify the information elsewhere?
• What is the purpose of the website?
• Who seems to be the websites intended audience?

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Evaluating websites (some questions)

• How current is the information?
• How can you tell?
• Does the information seem credible based on the
  other sources youve read?
• There is a more extensive list of questions
  included on the CMPT 322W Research Guide.

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Where to search for information

• Background information
• Books
• Including reference books (e.g., encyclopedias)
• Websites
• Newspaper articles
• Magazine articles
• Etc.

• Specific information
• Books
• Scholarly articles
• Government reports
• Etc.

Note We have a large collection of electronic
books.
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Books

• Lets try searching for books using Fast Search.
• First an overview of Fast Search.
• What is it?
• What does it include?
• What doesnt it include?
• Second can I have a volunteer?

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Databases

• A few reasons to use databases
• Better for cycling a search
• Subject searching vs. keyword searching
• There are many subject-specific databases
• Not all database articles are included in Fast
  Search

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Databases

• A few reasons to use databases
• Better for advanced searching
• Excellent for Boolean searching!
• There is a list of key databases listed on the
  CMPT 322W research guide.

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Articles

• Lets try searching for articles using the
  database Academic Search Premier.

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• 3. Do you know how to recognize academic
  articles when you see them?
• Is this article scholarly? Why/why not?
• What are the differences between popular and
  scholarly publications?

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This journal is peer-reviewed, but this article
isnt.
Here is the complete article.
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Academic articles

• Questions to ask include
• Is it longer than a few pages?
• Is it academic in tone? (Is it difficult to read?
  Is the language technical?)
• Does it include a list of references/bibliography?

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• 4. Do you know how to use one relevant article
  or book to find more sources on your topic?

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Finding more sources on your topic

• A few places you can find more sources
• Subject headings
• References
• New keywords

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Getting help

• 5. Can you name at least three different ways
  you can get research help?

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Getting help
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Getting help

• Ask anyone at the reference desk in any of the
  three campus libraries
• Use our Ask a Librarian services (via the Library
  home page) to contact a librarian (by phone, IM,
  or email).
• Contact
• Shane Plante
• spa61_at_sfu.ca

Class? Due Date? Where have you searched? How
have you searched? Found anything close to what
you need? (Ill typically be on campus Tuesdays
to Fridays.)
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Library research Self-test

1. Do you know where to find the CMPT 322W library
   research guide?
2. Do you know how to evaluate the reliability of a
   website?
3. Do you know how to recognize academic articles
   when you see them?
4. Do you know how to use one relevant article or
   book to find more sources on your topic?
5. Can you name at least three different ways you
   can get research help?

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Write your paper cite your sources
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APA guides and plagiarism tutorial
APA guides
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Writing and avoiding plagiarism

• If you dont know how to correctly cite a
  document, feel free to ask a librarian for help.
  
• If you want help with writing/structuring your
  paper or quoting/paraphrasing documents, see the
  Student Learning Commons.
• Workshops
• One-to-one appointments
• Drop-in consultations

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Is this plagiarism?

• Direct quotation 
• When a significant violation of public trust has
  occurred, lying is a common corollary because the
  wrongdoing invites concealment (Fleming
  Zyglidopoulos, 2008, p. 838).
• Student As paper
• If a serious violation of public trust occurs,
  lying is often the result because this action
  invites concealment (Fleming Zyglidopoulos,
  2008).

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Is this plagiarism?

• Direct quotation 
• When a significant violation of public trust has
  occurred, lying is a common corollary because the
  wrongdoing invites concealment (Fleming
  Zyglidopoulos, 2008, p. 838).
• Student As paper
• If a serious violation of public trust occurs,
  lying is often the result because this action
  invites concealment (Fleming Zyglidopoulos,
  2008).

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Is this plagiarism?

• Direct quotation 
• When a significant violation of public trust has
  occurred, lying is a common corollary because the
  wrongdoing invites concealment (Fleming
  Zyglidopoulos, 2008, p. 838).
• Student Bs paper
• Organizations often feel compelled to lie about
  their actions when they are discovered to have
  taken advantage of the public (Fleming
  Zyglidopoulos, 2008).

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Avoiding plagiarism

• If you include any ideas or sentences in your
  paper that come from elsewhere (e.g., articles,
  books, websites), you need to acknowledge those
  sources.
• Citing a document incorrectly is always better
  than not citing it.
• Leave yourself time to cite your sources.