Referencing
Term for passing someone else’s ideas or words off as your own rather than citing them as your source.
WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?
What do the names Hanna Schmillen, John Canter, Paul Campbell, and Janelle Hubble mean to the Libraries?
WHO ARE SOME OF THE COOLEST LIBRARIANS AFFILIATED WITH OHIO UNIVERSITIES LIBRARIES? OR WHO ARE SUBJECT AND REGIONAL LIBRARIANS?
This type of source is also known in research as a “firsthand account.”
WHAT IS A PRIMARY SOURCE?
The library’s featured method for finding more than just a few good scholarly articles, this online database is certainly not a minus.
WHAT IS ARTICLES PLUS?
Although this term might also refer to a speeding or parking ticket, it also is the term given to the inclusion of Information such as author, title, journal, book, chapter, web page, volume, issue, page numbers, publisher, place of publication, and date of publication so that readers can locate your sources.
WHAT IS A CITATION?
Used in conjunction with an advanced online search, these three words, otherwise known as “Boolean operators,” are helpful in combining or negating keywords.
WHAT ARE “AND,” “OR,” AND “NOT?
Referring to articles that have been successfully read and accepted by other researchers, clicking the box next to this phrase during a library article search will help you to narrow your search to credible, reliable sources.
WHAT IS SCHOLARLY (PEER REVIEWED) JOURNALS?
The name of OHIO’s online catalogue, which is a wonderland source for finding books, articles, newspapers, maps, recordings, movies, special collections, and just about everything else that is owned by any of OHIO’s libraries.
WHAT IS ALICE?
The imposition of a severe grade penalty by your instructor, as well as referral to a university disciplinary hearing for violation of the Ohio University Student Code of Conduct.
WHAT ARE THE OHIO UNIVERSITY PENALTIES FOR PLAGIARISM?
Developed by your ever-diligent OHIO librarians, these web pages, often focus on specific academic subjects in providing you with information about relevant databases, websites, magazines, journals, and recommended books. Some of these pages may even provide you with more information about your specific classes.
WHAT ARE SUBJECT AND COURSE GUIDES?
In library-speak, sources that address current public opinion, news, entertainment or current culture references, which are often written to persuade and entertain are called “popular sources,” while this term refers to other types of resources, which are more authoritative and credible, and are usually written by experts in specific fields of study.
WHAT ARE SCHOLARLY SOURCES?
Thousands of scanned representations of primary source materials including photos and newspaper articles about Hocking River Floods and the Civil Rights movement on the OHIO campus, Athens Asylum records, rare books and medieval manuscript leaves, individual soldiers’ D-Day experiences, and Civil War Letters may be found on this library department’s website?
WHAT IS DIGITAL ARCHIVES OR DIGITAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS?
Derived from the Greek word for “book,” this compilation of materials that were used in researching is usually found at the end of a scholarly article or book and is often an excellent list from which to gather primary and secondary sources for one’s own research.
WHAT IS A BIBLIOGRAPHY?
A series of letters and numbers located on the spine of a library book that indicate the book’s classification and location in the library.
WHAT IS A CALL NUMBER?
Literally from the Latin word for “third,” these types of research sources include dictionaries, atlases, textbooks, encyclopedias, almanacs, bibliographies, and timelines.
WHAT ARE TERTIARY SOURCES?
If ALICE indicates that a book is not available to you from your OHIO campus library, don’t give up! Searching this catalog which connects you to the holdings of 121 college and university libraries in Ohio, as well as the State Library of Ohio, may still provide that book that you need!
WHAT IS OHIOLINK?