Bibliography = Sources = Reference List

When you write an assignment, you use information from different sources. It is important that you acknowledge their authors and publishers, in listing them.
 
There are several standards for writing them. You can use footnotes or place the list at the conclusion of your assignment (Bibliography). There, you can list all of your sources in the order of appearance in the paper or in alphabetical order. Which ever you choose, keep the format consistent.

For a book:

Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title in Italic. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.
Example: Gleitzman, Morris. Boy Overboard. Camberwell: Penguin, 2002.

For an article:

Author Last Name, First name. “Title of Article”. Magazine Name in Italic. Date of publication. Pages.
Example: Nachtwey, James. “Mandela’s Children”. National Geographic. June 2010. p80-109.

For a webpage:

Author’s name, Title.  database name in Italic (if from a database), Date you accessed it, <url of the page>
Example: Eileen McSaveney. Historic earthquakes: Liquefaction demonstrated, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 15/06/2011,
<http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/historic-earthquakes/13/2>

See also the Information Literacy Tutorial here

Explore and use MACLIC blog (here!)

MACLIC blog is designed and maintain by the college librarian to bridge books and the online information world. Please take the time to explore this site and all it can offer you.

• Read the “Services and Rules” page to know all about your library and how to use it well.
• Use the links on the right to find good books and explore the “Book Lists” page.
• Scroll down to find selected links to help with your homework or research and other useful links. Look at the Information Literacy Prezi to see how to carry out your projects and use Internet more efficiently than “googling it”.

Last but not least, open the “Web 2.0 tools“ page to discover wonderful and useful interactive resources from the Internet.

And please leave comments to share the tools you like using or suggest what you would like to see here.

Enjoy!

Hint: Add this page to your favourites or to your homepage Tabs to use as a first stop for information research.

Information Literacy on Prezi

A few weeks ago, I received an e-school-librarian journal which presented Prezi, I had much fun trialling it, creating an Information literacy tutorial… So here are some Information Literacy Basics .

Homework and research made easy

Scroll down the page to find on the right a “Homework & Research” links list.

It is here to help you search for your studies and I encourage you to explore it… and use it.

On AnyQuestions.co.nz , you can email to real online librarians, trained to help you work out the sort of information you need, then begin searching with you. Visit the ManyAnswers database first for hundreds of previously asked questions and links to the information found.

EPIC DATABASES  is a great initiative by New Zealand libraries to give New Zealand schools access to a worldwide range of online resources, from Britannica Encyclopedia Online to  MasterFile Premier offering articles from over 2000 major international publications and so much more…
The Username and Password must not be published in any publicly available format but are largely advertised in the school or ask the librarian.

Te Puna Web Directory is an organised listing of New Zealand and Pacific Island web sites, great to find all the good websites in a subject or a place.

 Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand offers many pathways to understanding New Zealand. It is a comprehensive guide to the country’s peoples, natural environment, history, culture, economy, institutions and society. It’s my favourite “cruise” website!

And if you still prefer Googling, then use Google Scholar which provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Find it in the More menu.

Make the most of these great websites, your knowledge and your marks will improve amazingly!

Teenager reading aloud

Do you remember those cuddling moments at bed time, when you read a story to your child when s/he was too young to read, thus nurturing your love for of each other and for reading? 

Research shows that reading aloud to children when they are teenagers is still extremely valuable. It:

• Helps children to become better readers
• Improves adult awareness of their responsibility as literacy role models
• Improves the quality of family life

During read-aloud, we share the excitement, the suspense, the emotion, and the sheer fun of a new book and its intriguing or annoying characters.

We will not take our teenager on our laps, but we can still find fun ways of reading aloud with them. Sharing an article, a poem, an encyclopaedia entry or a few paragraphs from a book with your family at lunch, in the car (can be audio books), to entertain him/her while s/he is doing the washing-up, when s/he is sick in bed, or anytime, and keep it a regular habit. Take turns. They can read things to you too.

Chose read-alouds that relate to a current issue, a recent discussion or topic of study, or that you particularly liked, to foster a love of literature. Try different things. The wider the variety of readings, the greater the chance to meet or provoke the teen’s interests. It will often be the start of great discussions…

More on http://www.rif.org/parents/tips/tip.mspx?View=12

Have fun!

Florence

PS. Teenagers like to read aloud to each other too: I often witness groups of students happily sharing stories.

PPS. At MAC, reading out loud and reading together in unison is a practice used by many teachers to assist with the comprehension and enjoyment of text.

“Miss, can you recommend a good book?”

This is your most FAQ. And you may have heard me answering: “Well, most of them ARE good books. What do YOU want to read?” So how to choose a good book for you?  

Define your interests: animal or war story? Hilarious or scary? Spies, detectives, monsters? Time travel? Diary? True story? Whatever you like, you can type the keyword/s on the OPAC computer and scroll the list of results to find one that please you.  

Check out book lists: from teachers, from book guides (find them in 011/R or on the top of the reference shelf), from http://maclic.wordpress.com/book-lists/, from libraries and bookseller shops, from various literacy organizations (on the Book List page), from magazines…

If you liked a book… check out Book Find links (on the right), or you could read a book by the same author, or with the same key-words, or you can read the book again.

Book recommendation: Ask friends, family, and teachers what books they’d recommend you, or what books they liked. 

From the shelves: look at the spines or the covers, does the title talks to you? Take the book, read the back cover, or the first words. 

Try out different kind of books, to see what appeals to you. Have fun! Reading is enjoyable and can open up a brand new world!

If you choose your book/s in another way, please share it with us!