学术英语(理工)-Unit 2.ppt

Evaluating Source Materials Why evaluate source materials? Gathering Information a variety of resources Read effectively and make clear notes, deciding what reference materials collected are important and what not. Record details to include in references Establish a working bibliography source materials: Primary sources: Novel, biographies, autobiographies, speeches, lectures, diaries, letters, interviews, case syudies, questionaire Secondary sources: Research papers, journals Tertiary sources: Bibliographies, indexes to get the materials Using the library Getting to know the library organization: Circulation desk Reference room Card catalog Computer facilities Photocopiers Non-print materials Using the library General references: Dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, almanacs providing a basic understanding of a topic Well-known encyclopedias: Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia America Columbia Encyclopedia, Chamber’s Encyclopedia Chinese Encyclopedia Encyclopedia of World History/ Educational Research Using the library Indexes, abstracts and catalogs General: the Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature (200 periodicals are updated quarterly) Humanities Index (330 periodicals) Social Sciences Index (400 periodicals) Magazine index (over 400 magazines) The New York Times Index (major American newspapers) Using the library Bibliographies Tending to be exhaustive Some are annotated, including summaries and comments on the entries Searching on the internet Search engines you should know: Searching on the internet Big libraries available online: Libraries at home: (national library of China) (library of Beijing University) (library of Tsinghua University) Libraries abroad: (Library of Congress) Searching on the internet Websites of online encyclopedias and dictionaries: /dictionary.html (Merriam-Webster dictionary) /651 Websites of othe