Final project overview

SURVIVAL GUIDE

Conducting Successful Library and Internet Searches

Upholding Academic Honesty

Developing Effective Study Skills

Managing Time Wisely

Setting and Achieving Goals

Conducting Successful Library and Internet Searches

In this age of information technology , students and researchers now have greater access to primary source materials for academic research than ever before . Students can conveniently carry out an in depth research on any utilizing the online resources . It is however hard to find the relevant online material in shortest possible time . Students are likely to waste much of their

precious time if they are not aware of the drift the Internet or a library network causes while conducting a research . Here is a five step search strategy which will ensure optimum utilization of network for conducting successful library and Internet searches

Step 1 . Analyze your to decide where to begin

Step 2 . Pick the right starting place

Step 3 . Learn as you go and vary your approach with what you learn

Step 4 . Don 't bog down in any strategy that doesn 't work

Step 5 . Return to previous strategies better informed

A link to the further details about above strategy , and a list of important sites for conducting online academic and library research are given at Table-1

Online sources are always required to be scrutinized critically to evaluate their quality and authenticity . For doing so , following points should be kept in mind ( Primary Sources ' 2006

Find out the publisher and author of the source material

Think about the purpose of publishing the available material online

Has the author mentioned the original sources

Access to the material . It should be remembered that authenticated online resources are seldom available free of cost

Upholding Academic Honesty

According to the definition given in the 1997 New Webster 's Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English Language , plagiarism is "the unauthorized use of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one 's own " Plagiarism encompasses a range of errors and violations . Students in to avoid laborious work of research and time required in managing and analyzing the acquired material in an appropriate manner , opt for prepared documents . In addition to using an entire document with own name , the charge of plagiarism can be leveled against who incorrectly or neglect to cite the borrowed materials in their own assignments . At Alexia plagiarism is taken very seriously and students found guilt of that are liable to face with dire consequences . To avoid any repurcussions arising because of plagiarism , students must give credit whenever using ( Plagiarism ' 2006

Another person 's idea , opinion , or theory

Any facts , statistics , graphs , drawings - any pieces of information - that are not common knowledge

Quotations of another person 's actual spoken or written words or

Paraphrase of another person 's spoken or written words

There are various styles of giving references like APA , MLA , Harvard etc . While using any of the method for citing references , all sources should be properly documented using Footnotes , Endnotes , or Parenthetical...