1. M05: Communication and Presentation of Information
Identify
Search
Evaluate
Use
Present
See also:
Chapter 8, Riedling.
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2. Introduction to Information Literacy
Outline
Presenting
Different types of communication media
Written reports
Oral presentation
Web presentation
Contents of a presentation
Common formatting styles
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3. Review: The Steps in an Information Research Process
Identify
To identify the problem and the information needs.
Search
To develop a search strategy and to search the information you need.
Evaluate
To evaluate the information obtained.
Use
To extract, summarize and analyze the information to solve the problem.
Present
To write a paper, give a presentation and cite the information sources.
Identify
Search
Evaluate
Use
Present
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4. Selection of the Communication Medium
Questions to be asked:
What are the purpose of your presentation?
Who are your target audiences?
layman or experts?
number of audience?
Are you able to meet all of these needs?
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Communication media
Written reports
Advantages:
Easy to prepare by MS Word
Convenient to reader
Useful for future reference
Disadvantages:
Potentially expensive
Not interactive
Difficult to distribute updated version
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Communication media
Oral presentation
Advantages:
More direct, concise and effective
Interactive, such as questions and answers
Disadvantages:
Difficult for all potential audiences to attend the presentation
May need special tools such as PCs with MS PowerPoint installed and projectors etc.
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Communication media
Web presentation
Advantages:
Any time, any place access, provided there is internet connection
Easy to update
Disadvantages:
For those who have not mastered the technologies, longer development time is needed
Web access and reliable web server are required
Web page development skills and tools are required
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8. Contents of Presentation
Introduction
Why do you think your work is important? Why do you choose this topic?
What is the scope of your project?
What are the objectives of your work?
How do you measure your work?
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9. Contents of Presentation
Main Body
Details of your approach
Details of relevant information collected, any survey or experiments conducted, and their results
Discussion of information collected, the survey’s or experiments’ results
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10. Contents of Presentation
Related Works
Related works by others
Related works by you
Compare your work with those of others
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11. Contents of Presentation
Conclusion
Summary of your findings
Have you achieved your objectives?
Are there any future plans for further research?
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12. Contents of Presentation
Reference
List of papers, books and other sources of information
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13. Integration of New and Prior Information
If someone uses other person’s works as his/her own, it is called “plagiarism”.
When you have included “works” like spoken or written materials, art work, lab or survey results and etc that were published in books, newspapers, magazines, journals or Web in your own works, you have to clearly acknowledge the source of that information.
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14. Formats of Written Report
Modern Language Association (MLA) Style
American Psychological Association (APA) Style
Chicago Style
Harvard Style
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15. Page format of MLA style
Paper size: 8.5 X 11 inches
Spacing: Double-space
Margins: 1 inch on all sides (i.e. left, right, top and bottom)
Header: page number of all pages should be in the upper right-hand corner, one-half inch from the top and align to the right margin.
Emphasis: Use either underlining or italics for emphasis.
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16. In-Text Citation of MLA style
e.g. Socket connection is more reliable than datagram (Smith 125).
e.g. Smith stated that socket connection was more reliable than datagram (125).
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17. In-Text Citation of MLA style
Exceptional Cases of In-text Citation
No author name
Use title of work or shorten form of the title
No page number
Omit it
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18. Reference list of MLA style
Book
Article in Journal
Article in Magazine/Newspaper
Web Page
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19. Reference list of MLA style - Book
Author(s). Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
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20. Reference list of MLA style - Book
With one author
Chan, Henry. Bluetooth. Hong Kong: Able, 1999.
With two authors
Wong, Jennifer, and David Chan. Bluetooth. Hong Kong: Lingnan Publishing, 2003.
Note: First author's name is reversed as usual, and subsequent names are given first-name first
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21. Reference list of MLA style - Books
With three authors
Wong, Jennifer, Susan Lee, and David Chan. Wireless Communication. Hong Kong: Lingnan Publishing, 2003.
With more than 3 authors
Wong, J., et al. Wireless Communication. Hong Kong: Lingnan Publishing, 2003.
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22. Reference list of MLA style - Article in Journal
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal Vol (Year): pages.
Thelwall, Mike. “Commercial Web Sites: Lost in Cyberspace.” Internet Research 10 (2000):
Note: Vol - volume number of the journal
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23. Reference list of MLA style - Article in Journal
If page number of each issue starts from 1, you need to provide the issue number following the volume,
Loo, Alfred. “How to write a paper for a Journal.”, ABC Journal 19.3 (1986):
Note: 19 is volume number and 3 is the issue number
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24. Reference list of MLA style – Article in Magazine/Newspaper
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Source Date: pages
Moy, Patsy. “Watchdog Alarmed by Store Giants’ Dominance.” South China Morning Post 12 August 2003: C1.
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25. Reference list of MLA style - Web Page
Author(s). “Title of Article.” Name of Web Site. Date of Posting/Revision. Name of organization which owns the site. Date of Access
<electronic address>.
Loo, Alfred. “Using Modern Language Association (MLA).” Department of Information Systems.10 August Lingnan University. 12 August 2003 <
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26. Samples MLA Style Articles
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APA Style
Spacing: double space (except for the title page)
Margins: 1 inch on all sides (i.e. left, right, top and bottom)
Font size: 12 pt.
Use underlines for emphasis
Page numbers begin from the title page and are incorporated in the header on the RIGHT.
The header should be placed in the top margin.
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Sequence
title page (first page)
abstract (second page)
text (start from page 3)
references (start a new page)
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29. In-Text Citation of APA style
e.g. Socket connection is more reliable than datagram (Smith, 2003).
e.g. Smith stated that socket connection was more reliable than datagram (2003).
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Two and Three authors
(Smith & Black, 2005)
(Smith, Black, & White, 2006)
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Book
Beaulieu, M. (2002). Wireless Internet. Boston: Pearson Education.
Black, M., & Smith, B. (2006). Information Literacy. Hong Kong: ABB Publication.
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Scholarly Journal
Smith, R. (2002). How to write a good paper. Journal of Testing, 13(2),
Each issue starts with page one.
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Scholarly Journal
Smith, R. (2002). How to write a good paper. Journal of Testing, 13,
Page number continues from one issue to other issue in the same volume.
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Newspaper
Smith, R. (2003, May 23). Using APA style. Hong Kong Financial Post, p. c3.
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Website
Loo, A. (2003). Using APA style. Retrieved May 3, 2003, From
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More information
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Other Formats
APA style
Chicago style
Harvard style
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