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Getting the best grade using library resources

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PSY1011 March 2016

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We will cover

• Types of resources you can use in assignments

• Evaluation of resources: currency and authority

• How to produce a good, varied bibliography

• Things to avoid

• Referencing and checking how to reference

• Where you can get help

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Task 1Evaluating resource types

• Get yourselves into groups of 4 or 5

• You have 2 cards for every type of resource (book, journal, webpage, wiki, twitter etc)

• In your groups discuss and rank each resource under the headings currency and authority from most to least

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Feedback

• What did you think?

• Anything else we might want to consider when evaluating what we’re going to use?

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Today’s topic

• mental health • severe mental health

conditions• severe mental health

disorders• schizophrenia• psychosis • mental illness • delusions• hallucinations

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• mental capacity• Mental Capacity Act• Mental Health Act • sectioning• agency• capacity • decision making• safeguarding • self care• self determination • suicide

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Task 2What makes a good bibliography?

• You have three bibliographies

• In your group you need to discuss and decide which

is best and which is worst

• Think about the things we’ve just talked about –

currency and authority as well as relevance to the

topic.

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Feedback

• Which was the best?• Why?

• Which was the worst? • Why?

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Task 3 Referencing correctly

• This bibliography (A) is also referenced incorrectly so in your groups please use Cite them Right Online to correct the references in APA style

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Correct references?

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Beware of free software!

If you use referencing software of any kind to format your references, but especially if you are using a free online tool like RefMe or Citethisforme:

YOU NEED TO CHECK REFERENCES YOURSELF BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR WORK

Don’t lose marks!

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LET referencing sessionshttps://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/your-study/learning-enhancement-team

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Need help?

• Librarians in the StudyHub (1st floor) Monday – Friday 9-5

• LET drop ins – Frist floor of the library 12-3 Monday -Friday

• Psychology Library Subject Guide http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/psy

• Viv – your librarian v.eades@mdx.ac.uk