Consalia/Toshiba WBL Library Induction 15/01/2014
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Welcome to the Library
Toshiba & Consalia
Adam John Miller
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Aim of this session
• Things you need to know
• Library resources
• Practice searching
• Evaluating results
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Adam2 : Your librarians
• Subject specific enquiries• Literature searching• Referencing advice
Adam Edwards Adam Miller
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Phone and online help
• UniHelp: +44 20 8411 6060
• Ask a Librarian: http://askalibrarian.mdx.ac.uk/
• WBL Blog http://wbllibrarian.blogspot.co.uk/
• Facebook Middlesex University Library
• Twitter http://twitter.com/MDXLibrary
• Library Subject Guides• Middlesex Uni app
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Library and IT home page
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Accessing resourcesmyUniHub > My Study > My Library
Access to electronic resources, reading lists and Library Catalogue
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Library Subject Guides
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Reading Lists
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Summon
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Thinking about resources
Good for Not so good for
Book(Print/e-book)
Website(Blog/Wikipedia etc)
Newspaper
Academic Journal(Print/e-journal)
• Broad overview• Background
knowledge• Edited for quality
• Specifics• Detail• Date quickly
• Up-to-date• All subjects covered• Mobile
• Unreliable sources• Accuracy• Created by anyone
• Daily information• Current affairs• Readily available
• Specialist focus• Latest research• Peer reviewed
• Can be biased• Sensationalist• Hard to find back issues
• Can be too specific• Expensive• Hard to locate
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Thinking about search terms
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Let’s give it a go!
• Log onto PC• Use Mozzilla Firefox (NOT Internet Explorer)• Start > Middlesex software > Firefox• Click link to Library and IT Support• Find Library Subject Guides and look for
– WBL subject guide– Referencing and Plagiarism guide
• Find Summon– Try a search– Use the refining tools
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But is it any good?
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• Authority
• Relevance
• Intent
• Objectivity
• Currency
Evaluating results