The Cite is Right – repeat workshop

Clueless about citing and referencing? Think it is a lot of hassle and don’t quite see the point?

If you missed the first ‘Cite is Right’ workshop, why not come along this repeat session to find out more?

We’ll cover what it’s all about, when you need to do it (and when you don’t), why you might want to take the time to get to grips with it (e.g. how it can help in avoiding PLAGIARISM) and how to make the whole thing a bit easier.

Venue: Anderson Room, Top Floor, Library
Date:  Thurs 5th November (repeat of Wed 14th Oct session)
Time: 12.15-13.15 (optional additional half hour for questions at the end)

No need to book. Just come along. You can bring your lunch and we’ll provide the tea and coffee.

For more information on this and other workshops see with Libary Workshop Programme webpage

Marion Kennedy
Subject Librarian

How to use EndnotWeb – Library workshop 15th October

Are your reference notes in a mess?  Do you find citing and referencing a bit of a chore?  This could be the session for you!

Come along to find out how EndnoteWeb can help you:

• collate, annotate and organise your references
• create reference lists and add citations in your text automatically
• cite-while-you-write, saving time and effort

If  you’re jotting down details of sources you read for your course work on scraps of paper that get lost or if you often can’t find the page number of the really good quote you want to use, EndnoteWeb can help.

This session could be useful if you don’t want to spend 3 days typing up your reference list!

Venue: Anderson Room, Library top floor
Date: Thurs 15th October OR Wed 11th November
Time: 12.15-13.15 (optional additional half hour for questions afterwards)

No need to book. Just come along. You can bring your lunch and we’ll provide the tea and coffee.

For more information on the Library’s workshop programme see our programme webpage.

Marion Kennedy
Subject Librarian

Time to simplify academic referencing styles?

There’s a very interesting article in the THE entitled There are 3,000 ways to cite source material – why not make it one? by Alec Gill, an academic tutor with the Study Advice Service, University of Hull.

He writes: “It is time to change. Academic styles of referencing must be reformed, unified and simplified.” and “The reform of academic referencing styles is long overdue. A pragmatic approach is needed to declutter the Victoriana that has been inherited within our bibliographic styles.”

There’s also a full-length version of the article available on his blog which is also well worth reading.

There are various books in the Library on referencing, and slides from The Cite is Right, one of the Library Workshop seminars, are also available.  

Roddy MacLeod
Senior Subject Librarian

How to use EndnoteWeb workshop

 

Do your reference notes look a bit like this?

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Are you jotting down details of sources on scraps of paper that get lost?  Maybe you can’t find the page numbers of that really good quote and you need them to cite and reference it properly?

Find out how EndnoteWeb can help  -

• collate, annotate and organise your references
• create reference lists and add citations in your text – automatically
• cite-while-you-write, saving time and effort

Why not come along to this  library workshop on -

How to Use EndnoteWeb
Friday 30th January or Tuesday 3rd February
Both at 12.15-13.45 in the Anderson Room, top floor of the Library

This session is ideal if you don’t want to spend 3 days typing up your references!

Training (for staff and PG students only) on using the desktop version of Endnote desktop is available from UICS. 

Marion Kennedy
Subject Librarian

The Cite is Right! 29th January

 

This is the lunch appointment for you if you’re confused about citing and referencing.  Come on down to find out what its all about, the benefits of getting to grips with it and how to make the whole thing as easy as  . . . well  . . . citing and referencing! 

The workshop will also give a brief introduction to EndnoteWeb as a way of organising your references, automatically creating reference lists and citing-while-you-write, saving lots of time and effort.   The Cite is Right session doesn’t go in to details on how to use EndnoteWeb.  For this, why not come along to the How to Use EndnoteWeb  session for more details and a demonstration.

Both are a  must if you’d rather not spend 3 days typing up your reference list.

The Cite is Right
Thurs 29th January , 12.15-13.45
Anderson Room, Library top floor
Coffee/tea provided. Bring your own lunch
More information at Library Workshops

Marion Kennedy
Subject Librarian

Upcoming library workshops

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The Cite is Right
Thursday 29th January, 12.15-13.45, Anderson Room, Library
Are you clueless about citing and referencing? Do you think it’s a lot of hassle and don’t see the point?  Do you want citing and referencing to be as easy as  . . . well  . .  citing and referencing?  Come along to this session to find out more about it, what the benefits of citing and referencing are and how it can help in avoiding PLAGIARISM. 

How to Use EndnoteWeb
Friday 30th January and Tuesday 3rd February, 12.15-13.45, Anderson Room, Library
Are you jotting down details of sources on scraps of paper that get lost? Can’t find the page numbers of that really good quote? Find out how EndnoteWeb can help you -

• collate, annotate and organise your references
• create reference lists and add citations in your text – automatically
• cite-while-you-write, saving time and effort

This session is ideal if you don’t want to spend 3 days typing up your references!

Training (for staff and PG students only) on using the desktop version of Endnote desktop is available from UICS. 

Under Pressure
Thurdsay 5th February, 12.15-13.45, Anderson Room, Library
Too much coming at you? All at the same time? Four assignments, three presentations and two lab reports? And what about that night out? And then there’s your washing to do! AARGH!  But, wait a minute. There’s no need to PANIC. Come along to this session on time management to find out how to make time to work, rest and play!  Find out how to

• plan and organise your work
• identify effective learning strategies that work for you
• work steadily through the semester and avoid cramming

This workshop is run by Isabelle Pottinger, Effective Learning Advisor  

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The Write Stuff – how to write essays and other things
Thursday 12th February, 12.15-13.45, Anderson Room, Library
Come along to this session to find out more about what kind of essay gets good marks, how to analyse titles, how to organise the material you collect and how to plan, develop and write a good argument. This session is run by Isabelle Pottinger, Effective Learning Advisor.

All workshops held in the Anderson Room, top floor of the library. Tea and coffee is provided. Bring your own lunch

Marion Kennedy
Subject Librarian

The Cite is Right!

 

This library lunchtime workshop is back by popular demand with two dates this Semester. This is the lunch appointment for you if you’re confused about citing and referencing.  Come on down to find out what its all about, the benefits of getting to grips with it and how to make the whole thing as easy as  . . . well  . . . citing and referencing! 

The workshop will also give a brief introduction to EndnoteWeb as a way of organising your references, automatically creating reference lists and citing-while-you-write, saving lots of time and effort.   The Cite is Right session doesn’t go in to details on how to use EndnoteWeb.  For this, why not come along to the How to Use EndnoteWeb  session for more details and a demonstration.

Both are a  must if you’d rather not spend 3 days typing up your reference list.

The Cite is Right
Wed 21st January and Thurs 29th January, 12.15-13.45
Anderson Room, Library top floor
Coffee/tea provided. Bring your own lunch
More information at Library Workshops

Marion Kennedy
Subject Librarian

The Cite is Right – handouts and slides

 

B Tal on Flickr.com

The Library ran it’s first Cite is Right workshop today (Wednesday 29th October 2008) and it proved to be very popular!  So much so, that there weren’t enough handouts to go round…

If you attended the session, did not manage to take away a copy of the handouts and would like a copy, please email (s.kelly@hw.ac.uk).  Some handouts can be emailed, although some were annotated with handwritten notes and therefore need to be picked up in the Library.

For those of you who did not manage to attend the session, we will re-run it next Wednesday the 5th of November at 12.15-1.45 in the Anderson Room on the top floor of the Library.

The slides for the workshop are available via SlideShare.

If you would like to get information on using EndnoteWeb to manage your references or if you have have any additional questions which were not covered or which you didn’t want to ask in front of other people, please do not hesitate to get in contact.

Anyone who did attend the session, and did not manage to complete the short evaluation form, we would be very grateful for your feedback.  The form is available for download from the Library Workshops page (or you can request a copy by email).  Please return your completed form by email or by handing back in to the Library.

Sarah Kelly
Subject Librarian

Finding out more about EndNoteWeb

Those of you who have attended our lunchtime sessions, may have been introduced to the idea of EndNote or EndNote Web for managing references.  Anyone who wants to find out more about using reference management software to make citing and referencing easier, should contact their Subject Librarian (for EndNote Web) or UICS (for staff/PGs who want to use the full EndNote).

For those of you not familiar with EndNote, it is the reference managment software made that can help you keep track of the references you wish to cite, you can also use it in conjuntion with MS Word to insert citations into your essays/dissertations and format your bibliography.  The full version of EndNote is available on all PC Cal Labs.  The scaled down version (EndNote Web) is available to all at HWU via any PC with an Internet connection.

To help you get started with EndNote Web, we have some handouts in the Library.  Alternatively training materials are available online.

Sarah Kelly

Subject Librarian

Citing and Referencing

 ©  B Tal Flickr.com

Would you like to find out about the why, what, when and how of citing and referencing? 

Why not come along to our next libary workshop? 

“The Cite is Right” is on Wednesday 29th October at 12.15-1.45 in the Anderson Room on the top floor of the Library.  No need to book. Coffee and tea provided. Bring your own lunch.

The workshop will include explanations of citing and referencing, how citing & referencing helps in avoiding plagiarism, guidance on when and when not to cite and how to go about it.  There will also be a demonstration on how to use EndnoteWeb to manage your references and how to “cite while you write” in Word documents. 

Come along to find out if you can cut and paste with impunity, if you can take the words from people’s mouths without saying whose mouth they came from and how to take the pain out of reference lists.

Marion Kennedy
Subject Librarian