East Hill Library

Librarian: Linda Taddeo

Library

In the last several years, our library now possesses a great variety of books. We have books, magazines, and audio visual material. Students can ask the librarian for a book or search the catalogue. Students can loan up to three (3) books for a maximum of two (2) weeks. Books after 4 weeks are considered lost, and students then receive a letter with a price to replace the lost book(s).

East Hill Catalogue Book Search

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is presenting the words or thoughts of another writer as if they were your own. Whether you are quoting directly or putting the ideas of an author into your own words (paraphrasing), you must formally acknowledge the source of your material. Even though most plagiarism is unintentional, there are serious consequences for plagiarizing in writing assignments.

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What is copyright?

Copyright is the right to copy. A painting, musical score, a dance performance, short story or a poem are all examples of creative works. In Canada, all creative works, regardless of their merit, are entitled to copyright protection from the moment of their creation.

In order for copyright to subsist the creative work must be original and expressed in some material form. The form itself is of no consequence. It does not matter whether a poem is written on a napkin, saved on a computer hard-drive or engraved on a wooden plank, all formats are considered expressions and are protected by copyright.

It is important to understand that copyright protects the expression of an idea rather than the idea itself. For example, two students can write a research paper on the same topic and neither has infringed on the other’s copyright. Copyright protects the research paper itself - the material form used to express the ideas on a particular topic. Similarly, when you read an article and present the ideas in your own words you have not infringed on copyright. However as the ideas are not your own you must cite your sources and give credit to the owner of the ideas in your paper. Not doing so is plagiarism. Grant MacEwan COllege, 2006

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How to do a Bibliography

There are certain guidelines you should follow when putting together a bibliography:

Always use the information on the title page of the book for the author's name and the title of the book.

List the author's name, last name first. When a book has two authors the second author is entered by their first name first.

Underline the title.

Make sure you use the correct punctuation.

Make sure the entries are in alphabetical order according to author's last name. If there is no author, alphabetize by the title. Title entries which begin with the words A, AN, or THE, should be alphabetized by the second word in the title.

The following are examples of entries using MLA citation style.

PRINT RESOURCES

BOOK:

Author. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Date.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE:

Author. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Date: Page(s).

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:

Author. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper. Complete date, Page(s).

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE:

Author. "Article Title." Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Date. ( It is not necessary to include city of publication and publisher for a well-known source)

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

CDROM:

Author (if known). "Title of article." Publication.. Publication medium (CDROM). Edition. Version. City of publication: Publisher, Date.

WEBSITE:

Author. "Title of Page." Name of Database or Project. Date of posting or update. Name of organization. Date of access. <Electronic address or URL>.

NEWSPAPER OR MAGAZINE ARTICLE ON THE INTERNET (Electric Library, Newsdisk, Eureka)

Author. "Title of Article." Title of Publication. Date of Publication: Pages. Name of Database. Library that provides the service. Date of access. <URL>.

E-MAIL:

Sender(Sender's E-mail address). "Subject of Message." E-mail to recipient(Recipient's E-mail address). Date of message.

Websites

If you have time these sites will provide you with some starting points for developing your own web evaluation strategies and tools. Look at authenticity, quality, and usefulness of websites.

Media Awareness Network

CyberSmart

Your teacher-librarian is the information specialist in your school and always the best starting point for materials of all kinds to support student learning. At the school level many teacher-librarians have developed a library webpage with links to sites to support teaching and learning in their school.

Enjoy this kid friendly site at Barley Sheaf School Library New Jersey.

Check out your public library webpage. Great starting point for local links. The Toronto Public Library has a huge web space including a Virtual Reference Library.

Make use of online encyclopedias and databases purchased by your school or district. There are also many very good reference sites with free online access. The sites here below are best suited for grade 5 and up.

Canadian Encyclopedia

4twoExplore

KidsClick

Yahooligans