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Resources to support:

Masters in Education Programme

Presented by Library

Oct 2008

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Outline

• Range of resources in the Library

- print, media and online resources

•Online resources- journal and newspaper articles

• Citing resources

• Support given to lecturers

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Titles in the Library

Click on the heading

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Click on Refine Set

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Type some

keywords

in the title

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Click on any title hyperlink

for any relevant titles

to expand the search further 

Click on the title hyperlink

of any title of interest

11 records are retrieved.

How to expand the 11 records?

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Take note of thesubject headings

assigned by the

Library. Click on the

subject heading

hyperlink to find

relevant titles

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Find more related titles by checkingon the relevant boxes and click on

the Display Selections button

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Click on

Advanced

Search 

Type the relevant

keywordsChange the material

type to Videorecording

Finding videos

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Retrieves related videos with keyword “teaching” in the title

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http://www.library.uwa.edu.au/education_training_and_support/guides

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APA citation for a book:Wood, Judy W. (2009). Practical strategies for the inclusive classroom.

Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill.

 NB: Invert the author(s) name(s).

The first word of the main title, subtitle and all proper nouns have capital letters. 

APA citation for a book:Wood, Judy W. (2009). Practical strategies for the inclusive classroom.

Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill.

 NB: Invert the author(s) name(s).

The first word of the main title, subtitle and all proper nouns have capital letters. 

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Other APA examples

Book Chapter Coleman, P. C. (1999). Identity management in later life. In R. T.

Woods (Ed.), Psychological problems of ageing: Assessment,treatment and care (pp. 49-72). New York: Wiley.

Conference Paper Tian, C. S., & Kok, L. P. (1991). Parent adolescent communication

in Singaporean families. In Psychiatry in the 90s: ASEAN  perspectives: Proceedings of the 3rd ASEAN Congress onPsychiatry & Mental Health (pp. 315-320). Kuala Lumpur:Malaysian Psychiatric Association.

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• The second line in each citation is

indented

• Use double spacing for citations

• Titles of books are in italics

• Use initial caps only for the first word of the title of the book or article. The rest of 

the title are in small letters.

Citing Sources ( APA style )

Please take note of the following:Please take note of the following:

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vie (film, video, or DVD)lace of an author, list the producer and director.

lude the date and title, specify [Motion picture].

refers to all movies, DVDs and videos as motion pictures 

ggenheim, Davis. (Producer) & Schachter, Julia. (2004). The first year [Motion pictur 

New York: Docurama.

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In-text citation

APA style requires two elements for citing outside sources:Reference Citations in Text and a Reference List.

- cite sources within the body of the paper 

- tells the reader what information was borrowed and where it came from

 

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Class lecture & Personal Communication

Examples of In-text Reference

J. Reiss indicated that “Business in China is boomingbecause of the economic performance of the country” (classlecture, May 3, 2004).

In a lecture on May 3, 2004, to a TF05 class, J. Reiss said… 

… (J. Reiss, TF05 lecture, May 3, 2004).

(E.K Lim, personal communication, April 18, 2004).

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Journal and newspaper articles

• Journal articles from databases

• Articles from print journals

• Articles from the Internet• Newspaper articles from online database

• Newspaper articles from hard copy

newspapers

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Library’s website :

http://www.np.edu.sg/library/main.htm

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Click on the

subjects to

expand the

search

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McDuffie, Steve R. & Smith, Murphy L. (2006). Impact of an audit reporting expert

system on learning performance: a teaching note. Accounting Education,

15 (1). Retrieved October 6, 2007, from Education Research Complete database.

Citing articles from e-databases

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Super Search  – one search to all resources

• concurrent search acrossOPAC, e-databases andInternet

• No need to learn searchsyntax and strategies

• Good starting point for searches• Saves time• Results from multiple sources are

displayed for selection

( Live demo )

F ili 24

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Facilitate access to resources 24x7 -

Journal Titles

search

browse

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Finding hard copy journals

Click on the

details to check

if the Library

has copies for a particular year 

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Current Periodicals area,

3rd storey

(no loan)

Back issues area,

3rd storey

(Loan: 7 days)

Bound volumes

Closed Stacks - Request from

Circulation Counter 

(Loan: 2 weeks)

Magazines/Journals/Periodicals

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Citing articles from print journals

Loftus, E. F. (1993). The reality of repressed

memories. American Psychologist, 48, 

518-537.

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Finding journal articles on the Internet

• Search engines – Google

• Metasearch engine – Clusty.com

• Tips:education+learning+filetype:pdf 

education+learning+filetype:ppt

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Citing articles from Internet-only journals

Sanderson, Gavin (2002). International education developments in Singapore.

International Education Journal , 3(2). Retrieved October 6, 2008 from

http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/education/iej/articles/v3n2/sandersn/paper.pdf 

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Databases for Newspaper articles

1. 3 concurrent access

2. Provides :

- Today’s news

- Archives news

(Past 7 days)

1. 3 concurrent access

2. Provides :

- Today’s news

- Archives news The Straits Times (1989-)

The Business Times (1990-)

The New Paper (1990-)

Computer Times (1998-)

Streats (2002-)

Berita Harian (1991-)

Lianhe Zaobao (1994-)

Lianhe Wanbao (1994-)

Shin Min Daily News (1994-)

Friday Weekly (1998-)

1. 25 concurrent access

2. Provides :

- Global news & business

information on the go

(9000+ sources worldwide)

- Local news

Business Times (from 1994)

Straits Times (from 1995)

Channel NewsAsia (from 2000)

Lianhe Zaobao (from 1999)

The New Paper (from 2004)

6 concurrent access

5 concurrent access

The newspaper reading corner is

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The newspaper reading corner is

located@Lifestyle Library

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Type the keywords

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Print in a word document

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Citing resources from online newspaper 

Tan , Amelia, Ng, Jane & Selvaretnam, Sumathi V. (2008, October 6). More time to sleep to

bond to get to know pupils. The Straits Times. Retrieved October 6, 2008, from Factiva. 

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Newspaper from Straits Times Interactive 

Lim, Wen Chean ( 2008, October 7). New objections to dorm

The Straits Times.Retrieved October 6, 2008, from

http://www.straitstimes.com

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Hard copy newspaper 

• Newspaper article

Wong, S. M. (2004, February 3). Forgotten

souls of Woodbridge. Straits Times, p. H1.

Sleep on the job: It improves performance.

(2002, August 14). Straits Times, p. H12.

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Images • Factiva – Images from Reuters

• NP Home Page >>Databases by type>> Clipart &multimedia

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Citing images

• Author or originator. Description or title of 

image. [Online image] Date of document or 

download (day, month, year). URL

<http://address/filename>.

• Sullivan, J. (Photographer) (2008, September). Water 

gushes over New Orleans dike, [Online image].

Retrieved September 23, 2008, from http://www.cbc.ca/news/• Books [Online image]. Retrieved October 6, 2008 from

Clipart.com database.

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Education related statistics

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Statistics from Global Market

Information Database

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Ministry of Education . Desired outcomes of  education. Retrieved October 6, 2008

from http://www.moe.edu.sg/education/desired-outcomes/

Citing Sources

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Click on Citing Resources from Library HomepageClick on Citing Resources from Library Homepage

Citing Sources

Citing Sources

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Library Homepage – eLearn – Citing Resources

Citing Sources

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Inter-Library Loan• Local Library : 3 working days

Document Supply• Local Library (5 working days)

• Overseas sources (2 – 5 days)

Articles/Books Not in NP Library

Request to be made :- at Reference Counter, or call x6290- email to Reference Librarians

Cheryl ( [email protected]), Karen ([email protected])

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ReferenceReference

Counter Counter 

Level 3Level 3

Tel: 6460 6290Tel: 6460 6290