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Welcome to the Library! The library is not just a room full of books.

This year, you can find me in the library Tuesday to Friday.

However, I am also here to help efficiently find other sources of information, assist in using it effectively and demonstrate how to

If you have any questions, you can speak to me personally or email me. Mr. Dobrenski (d.dobrenski@issh.

2 Welcome to the Library! The library is not just a room full of books. It is a place to work and study and to find help with all aspects of the curriculum. This year, you can find me in the library Tuesday to Friday. Of course, I am here to help find resources that are in the library or on the library catalogue. However, I am also here to help efficiently find other sources of information, assist in using it effectively and demonstrate how to document your research. The following information in this handbook should get you started. If you have any questions, you can speak to me personally or me. Mr. Dobrenski (d.dobrenski@issh.ch) Online Databases and Passwords All of the following links can be found on Library Catalogue Encyclopedia Britannica www. Easybib Newsademic Managebac isschaffhausen britannica Issues posted in Library catalogue Mathletics World Education Games 2

3 Steps to Research Defining What is my task? What do I need to do? What do I really want to find out? Why do I need to find this out? task? Evaluating What did I learn from this? How did it go with each step? How did it go presenting the Where do I go from here? Did I fulfil my purpose? Locating Where can I find the information I need? What do I already know? What do I still need to find out? What sources can I use? Presenting How can I present this Will whom will I share this What will I do with this Why do I need to find this out? Selecting What information do I really need? How relevant is my How will I record the What information can I leave out? Organizing The Writing Process How can I best use this Have I enough How can I combine the Do I need to use all this 1. Prewriting: think 2. Drafting: write 3. Revising: make it better 4. Proofreading: edit 5. Publishing: share 3

4 Academic Honesty As an IB World school we are committed to academic honesty. The student profile that serves as our umbrella of the IBO Programme also reminds us to be principled, well-balanced, knowledgeable, caring, open-minded, good communicators, and inquiring thinkers. To be Academically Honest is to: Cite your sources correctly when studying Give credit to other people s ideas, or words, or images or work downloaded from the internet Decline from allowing other people to use your work to cheat Use only materials approved by your teacher such as notes or documents during tests Tell the truth Do not copy other people s work Some useful definitions: Plagiarism: representing the ideas or work of another person as your own Collusion: allowing your work to be copied or submitted for assessment by another student Duplication of work: presenting the same work for different courses or assessments Malpractice: any behavior that results in or may result in gaining an unfair advantage in an assignment or assessment (for example taking unauthorized material into an exam, cheating, discussing the content of an examination paper) You can view the ISSH Academic Honesty Brochure here and the IBO Academic Honesty Policy here How to write a Bibliography A bibliography is a list of resources that you have used to write your essay or project. It goes on a separate page at the end of your assignment. all the sources whether it`s a website or a book are written together in alphabetical order by the author`s surname. If there is no author, then it goes by the title. Generally, MLA citations follow the below format. Contributor. Title. Secondary Contributors. Publication Information. Medium The main contributors to the source, normally the author, are placed before the title. If there is more than one author, then arrange the authors in the same order found in the source. Reverse only the name of the first author, and follow the rest in normal form. For example: One author Smith, John K. Title. Two authors Smith, John K., and Tim Sampson. Title. 4

5 MLA Examples of Popular Sources Book MLA Last, First M. Book. City: Publisher, Year Published. Print. Ex: Carley, Michael J. 1939: The Alliance That Never Was and the Coming of World War II. Chicago: Dee, Print. Magazine MLA Last, First M. Article Title. Magazine Title Date Month Year Published: Page(s). Print. Ex: Pressman, Aaron. "Bottom Fishing in Rough Waters." BusinessWeek 29 Sept. 2008: 27. Print. Newspaper MLA Last, First M. Article Title. Newspaper Title Date Month Year Published: Page(s). Print. Ex: Campoy, Ana. "Gasoline Surges in Southeast After Ike." The Wall Street Journal 23 Sept. 2008: A14. Print. Journal MLA Last, First M., and First M. Last. Article Title. Journal Title Volume.Issue (Year): Page(s). Print. Ex: Bharadwaj, Parag, and Katerine T. Ward. "Ethical Considerations of Patients with Pacemakers." American Family Physician 78 (2008): Print. Website MLA Last, First M. Article Title. Website Title. Publisher, Date Month Year. Web. Date Month Year. Ex: Satalkar, Bhakti. Water Aerobics." Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com, 15 July Web. 16 July Online Database (Journal) MLA Last, First M. Article Title. Journal Title Volume.Issue (Year): Page(s). Database Name. Web. Day Month Year. Ex: Ahn, Hyunchul, and Kyoung-jae Kim. "Using Genetic Algorithms to Optimize Nearest Neighbors for Data Mining." Annals of Operations Research (2008): Academic Search Premier. Web. 25 Sept Note that months in MLA are abbreviated. For example, February is Feb. You can find a detailed guide to MLA formatting here Cite your sources at 5

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