1. INFORMATION SKILLS

2.  Different Sources of information  Different search engines  History Resources in the McMahon Library  Finding Resources using the library catalogue  Plagiarism

3. Finding Sources for your History project  Encyclopaedias  Digital Archives available on line  Books  Google Scholar  Websites

4. Encyclopaedias  a reference work (such as a book, series of books, Web site, or CD-ROM) that contains information about many different subjects or a lot of information about a particular subject. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encyclopediahttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encyclopedia.  Meaning ‘General Education’

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica  http://www.britannica.com/ http://www.britannica.com/ Ancient History Encyclopaedia  http://www.ancient.eu.com/. http://www.ancient.eu.com/

6. Digital archives http://digital.ucd.ie/http://digital.ucd.ie/.

13. Google Scholar

18. Different Search Engines  What is a Search Engine ? A web search engine is a software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_enginehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine.

19. Examples of Search Engines  Google  DuckDuck Go  Yahoo  Bing

22. Searching for Information on the Web  Choosing Key Words ‘What were the main characteristics of the Nazi state in Germany 1933-1939’

23.  Characteristics  Nazi State  Germany  1933-1939

25. Getting Better Search Results  ‘And’ broadens search terms  ‘OR ‘  ‘Not ‘ Narrow Search terms

26. Resources available in the McMahon Library  Books

28.  Atlases  Encyclopaedia

29. Searching the Library Catalogue

32. Plagiarism  What is Plagiarism ? The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/pl agiarismhttp://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/pl agiarism.

33. Forms of Plagiarism  Cutting and pasting text from someone else’s work  Copying someone else’s work  Copying sections and just changing the odd word or two  Referring to sources which you did not use

34. Referencing  Referencing is acknowledging in detail all the information sources ( e.g. books, webpages) that you used in a project or essay.  Referencing a Book  Cosgrave, P. (1974) Church Hill At War ALONE 1939-1940. London: Collins Press

35. Summary  Different sources of information  Different search engines  History Resources in the McMahon Library  Finding Resources using the library catalogue  Plagiarism

36. Questions ?