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Plagiarism:  How to Avoid It (from Indiana University at Bloomington)

 

HDF312: Families in a Global Perspective Research Guide
Librarian: Elin O'Hara
Phone: 564-5187
Email: oharaea@plattsburgh.edu
Office: Feinberg Library 247


Plagiarism and Information Ethics

Quick quiz
http://www.uwec.edu/markgrjs/plagiarism/Plagiarism.ppt

Student Academic Honesty PowerPoint
http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/holly.hellerross/BusinessEthicsandAcademicIntegrity.ppt

APA Citations and In-Text References
http://www.plattsburgh.edu/library/instruction/citationguides.php

 


Finding Journal and Magazine Articles

Try these HDF databases to find articles on subjects related to Human Development and Family Relations.  You can also go to the subject database menu on the library homepage and click on Human Development & Family Relations OR Education OR Psychology OR Social Work OR Sociology.

General Databases
Academic Search Premier
ProQuest Research Library

Major Subject Databases
:
SOCIndex with Full Text
PsycINFO
Education Research Complete
Professional Development Collection
ERIC Educational Resources Information Center
PsycARTICLES

Helpful International Newspaper Sources:
LexisNexis Academic
Latinamerica Press
Newspaper Source
Custom Newspapers


International Issues on the Web

Library of Congress Country Studies

Exalead: Click Advanced Search.  Choose a country.

BBC World News

Evaluating Web Sites Hint: Think A-A-O-C-C!
 


Finding HDF Books

Use WorldCat to search a worldwide library catalog of over 50 million books.  Our new ILLiad system lets you borrow anything you find in WorldCat.  Your request is delivered to you usually within 2-3 days for free!

Hint: Some useful subject searches include Family AND International, Child AND (Slums OR "Urban Poor"), Dual-career families OR Parenting, Bolivia AND Social

Need a book fast?  The Feinberg Library Catalog here at PSU can lead you to books on your topic!


This page created by: Elin O'Hara with Carla Hendrix
Last Updated:
 February 5, 2009