Seneca Libraries and Learning Centres

08/25/2022

September is just around the corner. Who's ready to hit the library again!? Pictured is a student visiting Seneca Libraries way back in August,1974!

08/22/2022

This page is being retired. You can find us on Instagram , or on our websites,

https://library.senecacollege.ca/
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Learning Centres

08/09/2022

The Library Research at Seneca tutorial is a beginner's guide to library research! Get ready for college-level research assignments by learning about tools for finding and evaluating resources.

Start here: https://library.senecacollege.ca/libraryresearch

08/04/2022

The semester finish line is in sight! Here are some study tips from our lib n learn reps.

✨Study Place
Consider setting up a room specifically for studying. This will assist your body and brain in recognizing when to continue focusing.

✨Avoid Distractions
To avoid online distractions, stop device pop-up notifications and uninstall Netflix, try using a focus software. Do it for your grades!

✨Stack Priorities
Start with your semester's responsibilities and split them. This will help you focus only on what's important now.

✨Take Breaks
It's important to schedule breaks so that you can absorb the information you're learning and recharge.

✨Don't Hesitate!
Reach out to your professors and friends if you face any difficulty or need some help.

08/02/2022

Canada Commons is now at the Seneca Library!
+ 25,000 Ebooks
+ 180,000 Public Policy Papers
+ 200,000 titles

Canada Commons (formerly desLibris / Canadian Electronic Library) is a source for Canadian E-books, government, and policy documents for academic, corporate, government, legal and public purposes 📜

It brings rare, hard-to-find content from Canada that's relevant to a wide range of studies including sociology, anthropology, business and economics 📖

Swipe for a sneak peek! ➡️

https://library.senecacollege.ca/res/canadacommons


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Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels

07/28/2022

Library Search looks like a Google search but instead of websites it searches academic resources. It includes information from published resources such as books, articles from scholarly journals, newspapers, and popular magazines. Find Library Search on the Library's homepage to start searching!

https://library.senecacollege.ca/

07/26/2022

✨Study Tips✨

1. Organize your lecture notes and assignments.
✨Prioritize your tasks
✨Set reminders

2. Plan ahead of time
✨Try using the assignment calculator to set deadlines

3. Stay motivated
✨Track your progress
✨Reward yourself
✨Take a break and relax
✨Write motivational notes

4. Discover your learning style
✨Studying solo
✨Group study
✨Reach out for help from the Learning Centre

5. Enjoy the process of learning!

What are your best study tips? Add them below.

07/21/2022

🚩Do you know about these academic integrity red flags?🚩

🚩Contract Cheating
A form of academic dishonesty in which a student's academic work is completed by a third party on their behalf and submitted for academic credit. It may involve a fee paid to a third party.

🚩Cheating
Obtaining or attempting to obtain or aiding another to obtain, credit for work or improvement in evaluation of performance, by dishonest or deceptive means.

🚩Plagiarism
Using another individual's work (e.g., words, images, ideas, logic, phrases, signatures or computations) and presenting it as one's own, without properly citing the source.

🚩Falsification
Misrepresenting or forging documentation, e.g., a medical record, an academic record or academic work of another student, to gain an academic advantage.

🚩Impersonation
The act of taking a test, an examination or any other assessment on another individual's behalf, with their knowledge and consent.

🚩Inappropriate Collaboration
When students work together or share information without specific instructions from the professor.

07/19/2022

Students enjoy some warm weather swimming in Lake Seneca at King Campus in July, 1987.

Image courtesy of Seneca Archives and Special Collections.

https://library.senecacollege.ca/archives

07/12/2022

Look for options in the databases or in Library Search to limit your search to peer-reviewed articles. These articles are often lengthy (10+ pages), use technical terminology, and include references to other research. Questions about finding peer-reviewed articles? Schedule a research appointment!

https://seneca.libcal.com/reserve/spaces/research

07/06/2022

Tools like Canva are a great resource to create beautiful content like social media posts and infographics. They have built in photo libraries to use and these images should still be cited even though they're free. Let's show you how to find the information about the photo to create your citation.

1. Find the picture you want to use in Canva.
2. Hover over the image and click the three little dots that appear.
3. A little window will appear, along the top it should have a title for the image, the creator and the original site the image is from.
4. Write your citation based on your assignment guidelines!

To learn more about Canva, it is explored in the Creating Infographics workshop from the



https://library.senecacollege.ca/sandboxwebinars

06/28/2022

Did you know that everyone reacts differently to how music impacts their studying? For some people it serves as white noise helping them tune out the excess, for some it's calming to allow them to focus. For some of us, any form of music is a distraction and should be avoided.

Last week we asked for your favourite study playlists! Visit https://library.senecacollege.ca/playlists and see if any of these work for you.

Share some more of your playlists below!