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INTRODUCTION TO UCT LIBRARIES
PRESENTED BY JEN EIDELMAN
2014E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: 021 650 2773
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What you can expect to learn todayWhat you can expect to learn today Save Time – Learn what the libraries have to offer & how to use the library resources. http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
Work efficiently - Learn how to search effectivelyhttp://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science-databases
Keep up to date - Learn how to get Alerts to your email account and to Save Searches.http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/sci-tech-uptodate
Be organized. Organise the results of your searches. - Introducing RefWorks to organise your work and create a reference list / reference
help.http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/refworks http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science-referencing
How to Write uphttp://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science-writing
LIBRARY WEB PAGE: http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
This is where you will find a link to your
Subject Guide
LINK TO SUBJECT GUIDE
This is your subject guide:http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-
science
New Library web site coming soon PREVIEW
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
ALEPH – Library catalogueALEPH – Library catalogue
Biological Sciences Library guide:
Finding Books
How to find a book: See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science-findbooks
ALEPH – Library catalogueALEPH – Library catalogueUsing the SEARCH functionUsing the SEARCH function
ALEPH – Library catalogueALEPH – Library catalogueUsing the SEARCH functionUsing the SEARCH function
ALEPH – Library catalogueALEPH – Library catalogueUsing the SEARCH functionUsing the SEARCH function
Insert your student or staff number here
Your password is your year of birth in the following format:
YYYYMMDDe.g. 19801205
Use the BROWSE function in ALEPH to find this book:
African penguin : a natural history by Phil Hockey
What is the shelf number?
ALEPH – Library catalogueALEPH – Library catalogueUsing the BROWSE functionUsing the BROWSE function
ALEPH – Library catalogueALEPH – Library catalogueUsing the BROWSE functionUsing the BROWSE function
Exercise: Find this book in AlephExercise: Find this book in AlephWhat is the shelf number?
ALEPH – Library catalogueALEPH – Library catalogueUsing the BROWSE function Using the BROWSE function
to find Journal Titlesto find Journal Titles
ALEPH – ALEPH – Library Library
cataloguecatalogueUsing the Using the BROWSE BROWSE function function
to find to find Journal Journal TitlesTitles
Exercise: Exercise:
Find the Journal Title Find the Journal Title ‘‘Conservation Genetics’ in ALEPHConservation Genetics’ in ALEPH
Use the BROWSE function.Use the BROWSE function.
What are the dates of the print holdings?What are the dates of the print holdings?
Do we have electronic access?Do we have electronic access?From what date?From what date?
Biological Sciences Library guide:
Finding Journals
Muijres, F.T. (2014) Author and date of publication
Bird flight: Fly with a little flap from your friends.Title of article
Nature. 505(7483):295-296Journal name. volume no (issue no.): page numbers
Griffiths, C.L. 2009. A brief history of marine bio-invasions in South Africa. African zoology 44(2):241-247.
Is it available in print at UCT Libraries? Is it available online?
INTERLIBRARY LOANSINTERLIBRARY LOANShttp://www.lib.uct.ac.za/services/interlibrary-loans/
You can request items that are not available at UCT via UCT Libraries Interlibrary Loans Department.
OFF CAMPUS LOGIN OFF CAMPUS LOGIN
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
It is possible to access library resources off-campus. Use the OFF CAMPUS LOGIN BUTTON on the library webpage.
Time for a break!
Photo by Jen Eidelman
SEARCHING DATABASES
The effect of pollution on marine biodiversity
CONCEPT 2 CONCEPT 3CONCEPT 1
1. Write down your topic in its simplest form
Then break it up into CONCEPTS.
The effect of pollution on marine biodiversity
CONCEPT 2 CONCEPT 3CONCEPT 1
2. Think of KEY WORDS that describe each of your concepts :
CONCEPT 1
POLLUTION
CONTAMINATION
SEWAGE
OIL
CONCEPT 2
MARINE
OCEAN
SEA
CONCEPT 3
BIODIVERSITY
3. Construct your search strategy Boolean logic provides the language you use to structure your keyword search … the search engine needs to know how your search terms relate to each other
In Boolean searching, you make use of the three Boolean operators:
AND OR NOT
Use AND to combine different concepts :
pollution AND ocean
Use OR to enter keywords for the same (single) concept :
ocean OR marine OR sea
Use NOT to get rid of unwanted results :
cetacea NOT dolphins
POLLUTIONOR
CONTAMINATION OR
SEWAGEOROIL
MARINE
OR
OCEAN
OR
SEA
BIODIVERSITYAND
CONCEPT 1
POLLUTIONCONTAMINATION
SEWAGEOIL
CONCEPT 2
MARINEOCEAN
SEA
CONCEPT 3
BIODIVERSITY
The effect of pollution on marine biodiversity
AND
ONE SEARCH BOX: Use brackets to separate your conceptsONE SEARCH BOX: Use brackets to separate your concepts
STRUCTURED SCREEN:STRUCTURED SCREEN:
POLLUTION OR CONTAMINATION OR OIL OR SEWAGE
MARINE OR OCEAN OR SEA
BIODIVERSITY
(POLLUTION OR CONTAMINATION OR OIL OR SEWAGE) AND (OCEAN OR SEA OR MARINE) AND BIODIVERSITY
4. Type your search strategy into the database search screen
Useful databases:ScienceDirectScopusWeb of ScienceWaters and Oceans WorldwideBiological Abstracts Zoological RecordBiological & Agricultural IndexAfrica-Wide InformationEnvironment AbstractsJSTOR (Journal archive)
Biological Sciences Library Guide: Databases
Change drop down menu to topic
Change timespan to limit your search to specific years
Refine results of search here
Choose how to sort the results of your search
Click on FULL TEXT and then SFX
The full text is available from ScienceDirect
Click on the GO button.
There is also a link here to the library catalogue (ALEPH) if you want to see if the print version is available.
SFX will tell you if the article is available in full text or not.
Click on Download PDF to get the full text.
Save the article to your computer
Tick the box.Export the information (bibliographic details) to RefWorks
Click on the ‘Search History’ tabAnd then click on ‘Save History’Give your search a nameClick ‘Save’
Click on ‘My Tools’ and then ‘Saved Searches and Alerts’ to see all your saved searches
If you’re
off campus
you can still
access UCT
Libraries Catalogue, Databases, RefWorks and other resourcesfrom the library page
http://ezproxy.uct.ac.za
Photo by Jen Eidelman
Finding material in UCT Libraries : ALEPH (library catalogue), E-Journal portal, Subject Guides
Doing your literature search : DATABASES (Boolean searching)
Retrieving materials: SFX; ALEPH, SABINET; Interlibrary Loans
Organising your results : RefWorks. See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/refworks
Writing help : See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science-writing Referencing help. See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science-referencing
Keeping up to date : Current Awareness; Alerting services. See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/sci-tech-uptodate
Off-campus access: Use the button on the library page
Thank you!This presentation is available from
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science-workshops2014