Tuesday, January 13, 2009

WRIT 122 - Judy Allen

"Popular vs Scholarly Periodicals"
A 3-minute video from Peabody Library at Vanderbilt University explains what academic journals are and why they're considered good sources of information.

Friday, October 10, 2008

WRIT 122 - Rosalie Petrouske

Academic Journals

A 3-minute video from Peabody Library at Vanderbilt University explains what academic journals are and why they're considered good sources of information.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

WRIT 122 - Rosalie Petrouske

What is plagiarism and how can we avoid it?
We'll look at the following definitions in class today and add tips on how to avoid plagiarism.

LCC's definition of plagiarism
(Scroll down to Dishonesty, under Student Code of Conduct, and read #2.)
http://www.lcc.edu/catalog/policies_procedures/studentrights.htm

Plagiarism defined in the library's LINKS tutorial
http://www.lcc.edu/library/library-instruction/links/Module6/04_plagiarism.html

How to Recognize Plagiarism
Practice from Indiana University
http://www.indiana.edu/~istd/practice.html

Tips on how to avoid plagiarism in WRIT 122 essays
Share your tips with the class! Here's how:

1. Click the Comments link below
2. Post your tip
3. Select Anonymous as your identity
4. Click Publish Your Comment

Friday, January 11, 2008

HMFS 101 - Introduction to Hospitality & Tourism

We'll talk about the following resources during your library instruction session today:

RESEARCH DATABASES

To access the research databases:
1. Go to the library's homepage at http://lcc.edu/library
2. Click on Databases (upper left corner)
3. Click on the letter with which the database title begins
4. Click on the database title
5. If you are off campus, a library ID page appears. Enter your TUID and password and click on Submit.

Career and Technical Education - Indexes and provides the full text of articles from trade publications, including many in the hospitality industry.

General Business File ASAP - Useful for locating articles on a wide variety of business topics.

Michigan Newspaper Collection - Indexes and provides the full text of articles from the Grand Rapids Press, Detroit News, and Lansing State Journal.


WEBSITES

Michigan.org (http://www.michigan.org/)
Travel information from the State of Michigan.

MeL Travel & Tourism (http://mel.org/SPT--BrowseResources.php?ParentId=577)
Links to other high-quality websites selected by librarians.

Are you aware of other websites with good Michigan travel information? Click on the Comments link below and tell your classmates about them!

Friday, September 28, 2007

WRIT 121 - Myra Brandl

Please post a research tip you think will help other writing students.

Saturday, September 22, 2007

WRIT 121 - Mary Fox

Please post one research tip from today's session that you think will help other students.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

WRIT 121 - Melissa Ratliff

Please post a research tip you learned during today's session that you think will be helpful to other students.