Explain academic ethics including fair use, copyright, and plagiarism
Show different reference styles and explain their usefulness
Demonstrate citation management software
Show the usefulness of ephemera, West Indian Resources and Special collections
Understands photcopying and intellectual property policies
Show how to read an abstract and how to summarise the main findings in an article
The information literate student understands many of the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information and accesses and uses information ethically and legally.
*Please check with your Lecturer for guidance on the Style Manual suited to your discipline.
- The Chicago Manual of Style. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 16th edition.
- The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. Mass., Cambridge: Columbia Law Review, The Harvard Law Review, The University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and The Yale Law Journal.
- The ACS Style Guide: A manual for authors and editors. Janet S Dodd, Editor. Washington: American Chemical Society, 1997.
- AIP Style Manual for Physicists. New York: American Institute of Physics. 1990-97.
- MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 3rd ed. 2008
- A Manual for writers of term papers, theses and dissertations. Kate L. Turabian. Chicago: University of Chicago. 7th edition..
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Washington : APA. 6th edition.
- Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.
- The Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Latest edition.[1992]