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TAFE WESTERN

ASSESSMENT COVER SHEET


Business, Arts and Information Technology
STUDENT NAME TRAINING PACKAGE COURSE NAME TAFE NSW COURSE NO COMPETENCY UNIT NAME ASSESSMENT

ELLEN BENNETT Library, Information and Cultural Services Training Package 1.0 Certificate III Information and Cultural Services 10783 Search Databases
NATIONAL COURSE CODE UNIT CODE

CUL40111 CULINS403A

Assessment 1: Identify and access databases Assessment 2: Construct Searches Assessment 3: Present Information
These assessment tasks are to be completed within 2 weeks of completing the study for this unit.

DATE DUE STUDENT DECLARATION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

I declare this assessment task to be solely my own work or, I have acknowledged within my assessment if this work was completed with a peer I have kept a copy of my work I have put my name on each page of this assessment All research material used in compiling this assessment has been appropriately referenced I have been provided with information on RPL I have been provided with information on the appeals process (see over page) I have notified the assessor of any special needs I am aware of penalties for late submission or non-submission of assessment tasks If required, a copy of my work may be kept for validation purposes DATE 4 OCTOBER 2013

SIGNATURE ELLEN BENNETT RTO DECLARATION AND FEEDBACK

I declare that any workplace information contained in this assessment will remain confidential within TAFE NSW. ASSESSOR Name: RESULT
Achieved Competence AC Not Yet Competent - NC

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FEEDBACK

ASSESSMENT COMPLAINT/APPEALS PROCEDURE (The candidate needs to be supplied with this information. This can either be in the SAG at the commencement of their course or in this assessment instrument.) Candidates have the right to challenge the assessment decision made by the assessor within three weeks of receiving their transcript of results. The following steps are to be followed if a candidate wishes to exercise this right. 1. The candidate should first discuss his/her opinions with the assessor. If still not satisfied with the decision the candidate may appeal to his/her supervisor/head teacher. He/she must notify the assessor of the intention to appeal, and do so by email using their DET account. 2. The supervisor/head teacher will notify the Director of Educational Delivery/Educational Leader that an appeal has been lodged. 3. The supervisor/head teacher will collect information from the candidate and assessor and give a decision. A record of the appeal and any subsequent actions and findings will be made . ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE Insert context and conditions for the assessment, for example: 1. 2. 3. 4. Time allowed: These assessment tasks are to be completed within 2 weeks of completing

the study for this unit.


This assessment event is OPEN book You are required to respond to all of the questions and scenarios and submit the assessments to your facilitator upon completion Late assessment procedures please contact your facilitator via email if you are having any difficulties completing these assessment tasks.

Assessment 1: Identify and Access Databases 1. List 5 databases selected from the TAFE Database sources briefly explain why you selected each database as being significant to Information services providers.

TAFE must pay for the use of electronic databases, some of which are listed below. Librarians make a decision each financial year on whether to continue with their subscriptions to these databases. The databases selected must be relevant, scholarly, reliable, recent, reputable and usable for students. The information contained in databases is often peer-reviewed. All the databases have good on-line searching tools. This is a small sample of databases available through the TAFE Network Catalogue. Academic OneFile: peer reviewed articles and journals, 10,000 peer-reviewed journals and more than 6,500 in full-text, available via pdf or HTML, covers a wide range of topics. Ideal for research. EbscoHost: Has a wide variety of databases available on many topics, many full text, peer-reviewed. Ideal for research. Contains more than a million records and links to hundreds of thousands of full-text documents. Has a relatively easy to use interface. Australian Standards: The complete collection of current Australian and New Zealand standards, including draft standards and amendments to Australian standards. Australian Standards are continually changing and are expensive. For students it's important to have access to up to date standards as there could be WHS consequences. Useful for trade students. Gale: Another company offering access to a many databases on a variety of topics. Ideal for research. The Gale interface is undergoing a change. General OneFile: Part of Gale, updated daily, general interest articles and periodicals on a wide a range of topics. Approximately 80 million records. 2. Explain the difference between databases and internet websites as sources of information.

Databases are repositories of large amounts of data which have been indexed. As a result they can be searched in many ways to retrieve information. Databases can contain specific types of information, about a specific subject and can be from newspapers, journals, ebooks, and abstracts. Many databases can only be accessed through subscription. Information is often peer reviewed. Most are accessed on-line. On-line library catalogues are an example of a database. Databases are updated frequently and include the date of publication. Citation information is included in databases. As opposed to databases, Internet websites are generally disorganised and do not target any special topic or audience. Much of the information on the Internet is free. Anyone can add information to the Internet. The Internet is often used for people to connect with each other and the share ideas. The information on the Internet changes frequently. Content on the Internet is searched by Web programs such as spybots and worms. Searching the Internet is carried out by searching for key words and information contained in meta tags. Boolean operators can be used, as with databases.

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Select 5 databases that would be appropriate for a nursing facility. CINAHL Ejournals A-Z The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health (Gale Databases)

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List the procedures for a TAFE nursing student to access one of these databases for a research paper he/she is preparing. You will need to go to the TAFE catalogue site to give the procedure not from the Information Services LibGuide. NB Nursing does have a LibGuide that is accessed from the Library Portal > Health and Community Services > Nursing.

Procedure: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 5. Go to http://tafecat.tafensw.edu.au/tafecat.html (the TAFE NSW On-line catalogue) Choose your library from the drop down menu and press return. Click on the tab which says Statewide eResources Choose the database you wish to access Type your DEC username and password into the log in boxes and press continue. A message saying eResources Logon Successful will appear. Press link Click here to continue. Choose the database you wish to use. Start searching the database. What are the copyright and licensing conditions relevant to the use of databases.

Online databases and journals are subject to the same copyright laws as printed material but also have their own licencing conditions, which may vary from database to database. Most databases require login and passwords to access information. It is important to have strong passwords and this information is not passed on to anyone else. Much of the information can be downloaded or sent by email or printed. To distribute the information to anyone else who does not legally have access to the information is a breach of the licensing conditions. Any information used in assessments must be correctly referenced and attributed to the author. Librarians must make sure patrons abide by licensing arrangements.

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