Library

Instruction

The Librarians provide instruction on the use of resources and finding information when and as required, on an individual basis and in a class setting. Faculty needing specific instruction for their students in a class need to give the library prior notice and book with the librarians.

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  • Tutorials

    EBSCO tutorials    

    IEEE Explore tutorials

    INSPEC tutorial

  • Workshops

    Workshops are held regularly, as and when new electronic resources are procured, and as needed by the University community. Workshops will also be offered to introduce the new Library catalogue

  • Plagiarism & Copyright

    What is Plagiarism?

    "Plagiarism is the act of stealing the ideas and/or the expression of another person and representing them as your own. Plagiarism is a form of cheating and no student shall, with intent to deceive, represent the work of another person as his or her own in any academic writing, essay, thesis, research report, project or assignment submitted in a course or program of study or represent as his or her own an entire essay or work of another. A student commits plagiarism if he submits work that is not truly the product of his own mind and skills."(Student Handbook 2010-2011. Plagiarism. p.46-48. KUSTAR, 2010)

    Forms of Plagiarism

    • “A word-by-word copying of someone else's work, in whole or in part, without acknowledgment, whether that work be an internet page, a magazine article, a portion of a book, a newspaper piece, another student's paper, or any other composition not your own”.
    • “An unacknowledged paraphrasing of the structure and language of another person's work (changing a few words of another's composition, omitting a few sentences, or changing their order)”.
    • “Writing a paper based solely on the ideas of another person. Even though the language is not the same, if the thinking is clearly not your own, then you have committed plagiarism”.

    (Student Handbook 2010-2011. Plagiarism. p.46-48. KUSTAR, 2010)


    Turnitin

    • Khalifa University uses ‘Turnitin’ as a plagiarism-detection software.
    • All electronically-submitted coursework is checked by faculty (mandatory).
    • Turnitin plagiarism score equal or greater than 15% will be awarded zero marks.

    Tips to remember

    • Enclose all copied parts in “quotations” marks.
    • Refer to the original source, either in the body of your paper or in a note.
    • Make sure you are paraphrasing correctly, and not just rearranging words.
    • Always give credit to the source.
    • Double check your work.

    Links to additional information on Plagiarism:

    http://www.plagiarism.org/index.html  

    Online resource for people concerned with the growing problem of internet plagiarism.

    http://www.ncusd203.org/central/html/where/plagiarism_stoppers.html

    Plagiarism Stoppers:  A Teacher's Guide Places to go for help with student plagiarism, how to identify it, what to do when it happens, how to prevent it. 

    http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/

    Purdue University on Plagiarism (OWL – Online Writing Lab)

  • Information Literacy

    Information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to "recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information." (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2000).

    We aim to provide our students with the skills to become life-long independent learners by introducing various modules throughout their first preparatory year at University.

    The IL program has started in the academic year 2010-2011 as a pilot, with a plan to extend its coverage to the whole student body starting in 2011-2012 academic year.

    Semester 1Title
    Module 1Library orientation
    Module 2Evaluating results
    Module 3Understand ethics and responsible use (plagiarism)
    Module 4Citing sources and presenting results
    Module 5The library catalogue (Virtua)
    Semester 2Title
    Module 1Sources of information (electronic & print)
    Module 2EBSCO (orientation & search strategies)
    Module 3Bookfair visit (Abu Dhabi Bookfair, 15-20 March)
    Module 4Citing sources (refresher)
    Module 5Using LC (call numbers - refresher)
    Module 6The library catalogue (Millennium)

    Please contact patricia.jamal@kustar.ac.ae for additional information on IL and the modules offered.

  • Citing your References

        

    Why do you need to cite your sources?

    "In research writing, sources are cited for two reasons: to alert readers to

    the sources of your information and to give credit to the writers from whom

    you have borrowed words and ideas." (Hacker, 2010)

    Components of a citation:

    A citation is made of parts, each part indicating specific information about the source. You can usually tell what type of source is being described by looking carefully at the citation.

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    APA Style

    There are many writing styles. The one you will need to refer to is the ‘Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association’. There are copies of this manual in the REFERENCE collection of the library under call number BF76.7 .P83 2010

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    Bibliography tools

    There are many electronic tools to help you write up your bibliography, using different styles. One of them is Bibme.org. It's a free online tool. For instruction on how to use this resource, contact patricia.jamal@kustar.ac.ae

    Some other free tools can be found online: