Issues in Ethics
PHL 302
Falcone Library, x4154
What is the issue?
What do you need
to know?
Who are the actors
and constituents?
Who is writing about
the topic?
Are you dealing with
facts or with opinions?
Whom do you want
to hear from?
Are you taking a
side?
Where do you expect
to find information?
- Word search
- Subject search
- See and See Also references
Suggested reference sources
Journal articles
- Select appropriate indices
- Use bibliographies / references
- Suggested resources
Web sites
- Clear with professor?
- Evaluate carefully using criteria
below
- Cite the source
Retrieving sources: Check SIMON
first!
- on the shelf / in the drawer
- online
- other libraries
Evaluating sources
- Author
- Publisher / Agency / Institution
- Intended audience
- Currency
- Scholarly or popular
- Opinion or fact
- Statistics and other "facts"
- Bias
Citing sources
- Handbooks and manuals available
in the Library
- Plagiarism at Le Moyne
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10 September 2002