Commons Knowledge

We have a vocabulary all our own and you've only seen the tip of the iceberg, so here comes some more. . .

Current Periodicals - These are the most recent editions of magazines or journals (i.e. periodicals), usually published within the past year, that have not been bound into volumes yet. They are filed alphabetically by title on the shelves across from the Circulation Desk.

Monograph - Typically refers to a scholarly book, or a limited set of volumes that cover one subject or a group of related subjects.

Reference Collection - This is the collection of books such as encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks that you can consult for bibliographic or factual information. These reference works do not circulate from the library so that they are readily available.

Hold - The request for a book that is currently checked out to another user. Placing a hold on a book places you next in line for the item when it is returned. You can request that a hold be placed on a book at the circulation desk.

Microforms - These are materials that have been photographed or filmed to a reduced size and require a special reader to use them. The microforms and microform readers are located on the second floor of the library.

Every other week we have a small contest for a $10.00 ARAMARK gift certificate that can be used at the Baird Dining Room or at the Tim Horton's outlet on campus. This week's question is:

If you want to read a book that is currently checked-out by another student, what would you ask the staff at the circulation desk to do?

You can send you entry to: wcl@unb.ca; all correct entries received on or before Thursday October 8th will be entered for the draw. Good luck everyone!

The Science Fiction and Fantasy (WCL-SFF and WCL-SFF-SP) circulating monograph collection at the Ward Chipman Library contains approximately 15,000 items. The collection is available primarily to members of the UNB community for teaching and research purposes and secondarily to the public through extracurricular library cards and interlibrary loans. The library initially decided to house and maintain a donation of a small general collection of SFF books in 1966. Since that time, the collection has expanded to support and supplement UNB teaching and research, and where possible, extracurricular interests.

Criteria for the SFF collection are based primarily on the collection’s use for teaching and research. Standard book lists and other authoritative selection aids are consulted in the selection process. Areas of interest include SFF and SFF-related works in the fields of literature, film, gender studies, culture studies, psychology, sociology, history, art, philosophy, and other areas of user interest.

Modern Language Association (MLA) Bibliography
MLA International Bibliography is a "fundamental research tool for the humanities, covers international scholarly materials on language, literature, linguistics, and folklore."
You can access the website here:
http://collections.chadwyck.com/home/home_mla.jsp

If you haven’t had a chance to check out all the computer labs on campus so far this year you are in for a few surprises. Over the summer months the staff at the Student Technology Centre worked round the clock to upgrade the PC’s in Hazen Hall 339 and Hazen Hall 236, the new models include widescreen monitors. Meanwhile the Irving Hall 102 lab was painted and the table tops replaced; while Irving Hall 105 was painted and decked out in all new furniture. We are proud of the results and hope that students using them are too.

Congratulations to Stephanie Doucette, our latest winner of a $10.00 ARAMARK gift certificate. Stephanie knew that if a book you want is checked out by another patron you can ask the Circulation staff to place a hold on the item. Once the hold is placed a recall notice is sent to the borrower requesting the return of the material within 6 days. When the material is returned our system generates a hold slip prompting our staff to notify you that your book is ready.

Check back next week for a new contest and another chance to win.

The Dissertations & Theses Database (formerly known as Digital Dissertations) is the world's most comprehensive collection of graduate theses. In addition to providing access to the work of authors from over one thousand institutions, it offers the option of limiting search results to UNB authors only.

All PhD dissertations and Master's theses from depositing universities are available in full text from 1997 onwards, except in cases where the author has requested that the document not be made available.

Coverage: 1861 - present. Indexing dates back to 1861; dissertation abstracts are available from 1980-present; and theses abstracts are available from 1988-present

To access the Dissertations & Theses Database go to this link:
http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPUcyODcrNTQ5NyszYjBmJklOVD0wJlZFUj0y&clientId=10774

Last week we told you about some of the updates we did to the student computer labs this summer. This week we’d like to hear from you. What is your favorite computer lab on campus and why? Send your responses to wcl@unb.ca; all responses received on or before Thursday Oct 22nd will be entered to win a $10.00 ARAMARK gift certificate.

Do you need help managing your references? Attend this hands-on workshop and you’ll be introduced to RefWorks, a bibliographic database manager (often called a “citation manager”). In addition to learning how to organize and manage your references, you will also learn how to import citations from databases and generate bibliographies in the citation style of your choice (e.g. APA, MLA, etc.) The session will be conducted by Diane Buhay, in Hazen Hall 236 on October 29th and 30th from 9:30am to 11:00am. You can register for the sessions at: http://www.unb.ca/ctd/

Some ways of knowing if you are plagiarizing or not are:

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, to plagiarize is "to take and use as one's own the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another."¹ The UNB Undergraduate Calendar defines it as including the following:

1.Quoting verbatim or almost verbatim from a source (such as copyrighted material, notes, letters, business entries, computer materials, etc.) without acknowledgment;
2.Adopting someone else's line of thought, argument, arrangement, or supporting evidence (such as, for example, statistics, bibliographies, etc.) without indicating such dependence;
3.Submitting someone else's work, in whatever form (film, workbook, artwork, computer materials, etc.) without acknowledgment;
4.Knowingly representing as one's own work any idea of another.²

Some goods ways to avoid plagiarizing are:

1.Start your research early. Expect the library research process for most research papers to take much longer than the writing process. Consult the library's Info Search booklet for general research help.
2.Get full citations. Be sure you have all the bibliographic details (title, author, journal title, volume, issue, pages, etc.) when printing or emailing source documents, or when taking notes during your research. In your paper you will need to fully identify sources of direct quotes, paraphrases, and ideas.
3.Use a standard citation style. Each discipline typically uses its own accepted standard citation method, and has a detailed style manual which explains how to format citations. Ask your instructor whether one of these standard styles should be used:
•Social Sciences: APA (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association)
•Humanities: MLA (MLA Style Manual) or Chicago (Chicago Manual of Style)
•Sciences: CSE (Scientific Style and Format)

Academic Search Premier is just one of the many databases that students can use to find journal articles. Academic Search Premier is a multidisciplinary resource that "provides journal coverage for most academic areas of study." It is one of our more popular databases.

You can access the website here:
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/search?vid=1&hid=107&sid=ce551cab-18b1-4e30-9bde-b800c001bf36%40sessionmgr111

This week’s winner of a $10.00 ARAMARK gift certificate is Stephanie Doucette. Stephanie let us know that her favorite computer lab on campus is located on the third floor of Hazen Hall. Thanks to everyone for sending in your responses. Check back next week for our next contest.

Gather in the Library Learning Commons at 10:30am on Friday, Oct. 30th to enjoy some Halloween fun. We’ll kick the party off with sweet treats and refreshments. You might even see a few ghouls wandering around. (The library is a very scary place after all!). Everyone who dresses up for Halloween can enter to win one of three Halloween prizes.

At this point in the term, I hope you all know which of your classes have items "on reserve". But do you know how to check Quest to find them? Can you tell if they are folders, books, or electronic reserves ~ or currently checked out? Do you know how to find and access your e-reserves from home?

If you answered no to any of these questions . . . we have a 2 minute (and 16 second) solution for you! Simply click here to watch our video tutorial called (what else?) “Accessing course reserves.” And, that’s not the only research tutorial we’ve produced for your viewing pleasure – There are other video clips on helpful topics such as: understanding citations, using electronic databases and RSS feeds. For the full list, go to “subject guides & tutorials” under the “e-resources” tab from our library home page. . . Or you could just click here. (I might add that they are all in-house productions, so you’ll probably see some familiar places and faces!)

Literature Online
Literature Online offers full text access to rare and inacessible works, up-to-date, reference resources, in addition to the full text of poetry, drama, and prose fiction from the seventh century to the present day. Materials are included from almost every period and genre of English literature as well as many works by 20th century authors. Contemporary criticism is available through the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) and the MLA International Bibliography.

You can access the website here:
http://lion.chadwyck.com/

UNB is the first university in Atlantic Canada to offer Eduroam (EDUcation ROAMing). Eduroam allows you to easily connect to the internet when visiting other institutions around the world that are also members of Eduroam.
Normally when you visit another institution you have to go through the hassle of creating a guest account, but no more. By first setting up an Eduroam account here at UNB, you can have hassle-free wireless access at any other institution in the world that also uses Eduroam. All you have to do when you arrive is login into Eduroam using your regular UNB login ID and password.
For a list of Canadian Eduroam members visit: http://www.eduroam.ca
Students, faculty and staff from other Eduroam universities can benefit as well. When they visit a UNB campus they can easily access Eduroam wireless network by using their login ID and password from their institution.
For more information on Eduroam at UNB visit: http:/wireless.unb.ca

This week we told you all about our latest wireless service Eduroam. For a chance to win a $10.00 ARAMARK gift certificate email us at wcl@unb.ca and tell us the name of another Canadian University that is also using Eduroam. All emails received on or before Thursday, Nov 5th will be entered in the draw. Good Luck everyone!