This is a compulsory class and there will be worksheet to be completed. The aim is to give you the skills you need to research your essay and reference it properly using the required footnote style.
Try the following to warm up your skills for the task.
Part A.
Books
Task: identify and cite a book
from the Monash Library
Go to the Library catalogue: http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/
Click on ‘Basic Search’. From the drop-down menu on the right-hand
side, select ‘Library collections’ (if
you use the ‘All resources’ tab, you’ll search the Internet!)
Now type in your own surname. You should get a list of items. If nothing comes up, try a similar
name.
You will see, on the left side
of each item, a description: ‘Book’; ‘Article’;
‘Book chapter’; ‘Text resource’.
2. What is the call number
of this book? (you’ll find it under ‘Locations’)
3. Now click on
‘Details’: what is the first subject
heading?
4. Go to the first subject
heading: from the list, pick out another
title on the same subject and give the full reference in the form indicated in
the Essay-Writing Guide.
Part B.
Articles in periodicals (often
called ‘journals’)
Task: find and cite a journal
article.
Go back to ‘Basic Search’, and
this time leave the ‘All resources’
setting in place (default).
Enter your surname again, and
this time select an article from the
list. If none appears, try a different,
similar name.
5. Give the full reference
for this article in the form indicated in the Essay-Writing Guide, http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/history/ugrad/essay-writing/index.php
6. Is this article available
in the Monash Library? If it’s available in hard copy give the call number; if
the full text is available electronically,
what database is it in? (Click on
‘View online’ to find out.)
There is also an online referencing tutorial provided by the Library at:
which I think you'll find useful and it will take about 20 minutes to complete.
As always you need to comment on the blog and this week the question is "What is the difference
between a book and a journal article?"
It seems to me that a book is a whole, cohesive text that is published in its own right. It usually has a number of different sections all linked in some way to a topic, area of discussion or story. In contrast, a journal article is generally shorter, and published as one of a number of sources from varying backgrounds, and possibly about various topics, in a journal (which is usually released periodically).
ReplyDeleteThe definition of a book is "a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers".
ReplyDeleteThe definition of an article is a "written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine".
I see a book as a number of compositions or chapters which have been put into a whole. While an article is usually shorter and more like an essay than a story.
A book is a fuller piece of work, written by a single or group of authors with the same direction. A book will have an official publishing place. It is more complete in the sense that it depicts causality, effects and a conclusion. It can be modified in later editions.
ReplyDeleteA journal article on the other hand is a smaller piece of work, completely original in research, and normally by a single author. It is normally complied into a journal of either/neither similar topics which are released periodically. An article is not as complete as a book, in the sense that it would always have the latest information and research, but not in a conclusive manner.
^ And i posted something better yesterday afternoon but it has seem to disappear....so please excuse my new re-harshed version
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