library tutorial for fst year 1 26 august 2015 mak jie ying & kenneth lim
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Library Tutorial for FST Year 1
26 August 2015
Mak Jie Ying & Kenneth Lim
1. Types of Information Sources
2. Evaluating Sources
3. FindMore
4. Plagiarism
5. Endnote: Basics
6. Food Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA): Basics
7. Proxy Bookmarklet
Session Outline
Research Topics
• Recent research development in functional foods
• Involvement of biotechnology in functional foods
• Regulations of functional foods around the world
• Information available to consumers on functional foods
• Food industry outlook of the functional foods business
• Definition of functional foods
Types of Information
Sources
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Books & E-Books
Scientific Journals & Databases
Popular Science / General Articles
Government & Regulatory
Boards
Trade Publications & Reports
Newswires & Newspaper
Website
Business Journals & Databases
Types of information sources
Books & E-books
Government& Regulatory
Boards
Science journals & databases
Popular Science / General articles
Newswires & newspaper
websites
Books & E-books
Government& Regulatory
Boards
Popular Science /
General articles
Newswires & newspaper
websites
Books & E-books
Trade publications
& reports
Business journals & databases
Books & E-books
Newswires & newspaper
websites
Books & E-books
Popular Science / General articles
Science journals & databases
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Books & E-books
Popular Science / General articles
Science journals & databases
Dictionaries & encyclopedias
Evaluating Sources
Basic criteria for evaluation
• Currency and timeliness of information
• Relevancy and coverage of information
• Authoritative information
• Accuracy of information
• Purpose and objectivity of information
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1. Types of Information Sources
2. Evaluating Sources
3. FindMore
4. Plagiarism
5. Endnote: Basics
6. Food Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA): Basics
7. Proxy Bookmarklet
Session Outline
FindMore
FindMore
Filter
Sort
FindMore
Content type
Inserts item into temporary
folder
Option to read online, export citation, email item’s bibliographic
information
FindMore
Plagiarism
What is Plagiarism?
“In NUS, it is defined as the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.”
Source: Plagiarism | Breeze presentation by Centre for English Language Communication
The act of plagiarizing; taking someone’s wordsor ideas as if they were your own.
Source: Avoiding Plagiarism | Breeze presentation by Dr Yang Ying, Centre for English Language Communication
What is Plagiarism?
http://emodule.nus.edu.sg/ac/More info
NUS Turnitin Website
http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/plagiarism-prevention/
EndNote: Basics
EndNoteA software that:• Manages your research
references and bibliographic data
• Inserts your references (citing) easily into MS
• Word for report writing
Refer to the EndNote LibGuide for more information.
Store
Insert into MS
Word
Format
Organize
EndNote
Insert/edit citations
Change citation
style
EndNote
Try it out!You intend to cite information from the textbook recommended by your lecturer.
1. Conduct a title search on FindMore2. Export the citation to EndNote3. Insert the citation in a Microsoft
Word document4. Share your work by pasting the
citation within the box in the given link
1. Types of Information Sources
2. Evaluating Sources
3. FindMore
4. Plagiarism
5. Endnote: Basics
6. Food Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA): Basics
7. Proxy Bookmarklet
Session Outline
Food Science & Technology
Abstracts: Basics
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