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Welcome to 1st Years for Architecture
Daphne Chalk-BirdsallSubject Librarian for ASD
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Welcome to Library Resources for
International Foundation Programme
Art and ArchitectureWith Daphne Chalk-BirdsallSubject Librarian for ASD
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Making the Most of London Met Libraries
1. Getting Started
Library Services2008-2009
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What we’ll be covering
Finding your way round the library web site Managing your library account online Using the online catalogue (OPAC) to find the
resources on your reading lists Using Contents Lists and Indexes in print
books The importance of referencing Plagiarism - what is it and how to avoid it
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Library Services Web Site
Online library catalogue Subject Librarians details Subject guides Online resources listings
e-books, e-journals, online newspapers, conference proceedings, etc.
Information on how to reference in your work Online tutorials
www.londonmet.ac.uk/librarieswww.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries
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General Library Services www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries
ONLINE Resources LISTINGS
Citing Your References and other tutorials
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Online Library Catalogue
http://catalogue.londonmet.ac.uk1.Managing your account – renewals etc
2.What we have and where to find it: Books, journals, DVDs, videos etc
3.The route through to online resources: E-books E-journals Databases
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IT Username and Password
to access your library account to renew your
books
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Renew your books - as many times as you like as long as no one else has reserved them. Note the new due date for each item
Reading history lists all the books you have taken
out
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Finding a book from a reading list
Choose author/title from the range of
search options
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Woods, Peter (2006) Successful writing for qualitative researchers, 2nd ed. London: Routledge
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1. Type in author’s last name
2. Type in first word of title
3. Click on Search
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Select the 2006 edition
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How to Make a Reservation and state Your Need for this book
These copies are available IN the Holloway Road Library. Otherwise they would have a Due date in STATUS BOX
Click here to reserve
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StatusDue 03-10-08
= Book Not Available
Click this Reservation button to Request the book
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Reservations are done by using your Username & Password – you would use these for all online resources at LondonMet.
Drop down menu lets you
pick which library you want to collect your request
from
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Now it is your turn!Do an author/title search on the
catalogue to find the following item
Berger Ways of Seeing
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Finding a newspaper article from a reading
listNexis UKUK national newspapers - Sun,
Telegraph, Mirror, Star, News of the World
International newspapers in different languages
UK Broadsheets ‘quality’ news from The Guardian, The Times,The
Independent, The Telegraph
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The Importance of Referencing
To acknowledge the source of your information, ideas and arguments
To allow readers/markers to access/check your sources.
To give credit to other people’s work. To demonstrate that you have read a range
of sources. Failure to give credit could be
considered to be plagiarism
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Referencing a Book1. Author(s) or Editor(s)2. Date3. Title4. Edition5. Place6. Publisher Numeration within item if referenced in
your text
Curran, James and Seaton, Jean (2003) Power without responsibility: the press,
broadcasting and new media in Britain 6th ed. London: Routledge
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Step 1 : Author/Editor
Step 2: Date
Step 3: Title Step 4 : Edition
Step 5: Place
Step 6: Publisher
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Referencing a journal article
Greenfield, J. (2006) The Sevso Treasure: the legal case, Apollo, 146 (312), 14-16.
Author(s) Date Title of article Journal title (in italics) Volume (issue or part) Pages
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A reminder of what we have covered……..
The library web pagesManaging your account onlineUsing the catalogueThe importance of referencing
and if you get stuck……..
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Further Help
Library Enquiry Desk Subject Librarian drop-in sessions/appointments Online tutorials Other Library sessions within LDU programme
Online resources Google and beyond
LDU Study Skills Sessions
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Introduction to Architecture and Spatial Design
Electronic Resources
Technical resources - design or science?Technical resources - design or science?
DigimapTechnical Indexes info4education
Academic resources - design or science?Academic resources - design or science?
GreenFILE
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Digimapcan help
ASD students
with plansas wellas OSmapsboth
historicaland
current
Holloway Road Library is in an old
mirror factory
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24 hitsGreenFile gives
Citations & abstracts before they’ve been published & full-text
articles
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Full text articles using subscription
databasesJSTORScienceDirectEbsco Academic Search Premier Economic & Social Data ServiceJournals available on the Library Catalo
gue
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Academic Search Premier to access
GreenFILE
24 academic citations
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ScienceDirect35 citations for
Low energy and architectural
design includesFull-text PDF’s
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Oxford Art Online aka Grove Art Online for Architectural and SpatialDesign information and pictures
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Register for the Library
using library self-service tools such as Reservations + Inter-Library loans
Other Resources
RIBA Library and V + A
SCONUL Access, M25 Consortium of Libraries, Index to Theses, Zetoc, BL OPAC
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Daphne Chalk-Birdsall ASD
Subject Librarian
Project Room 3rd floor
Spring House SPE3-05
Every Wednesday
11 – 12.30 pm term time only
Tuesdays 4-6 pm SH Project Room 7th,14th28th October only
Holloway Road Library
2nd floor LC233 Tuesday + Thursday 9-
5pm Wednesday 9-12.30pm
Email [email protected]
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Good Luck withYour studies Feel free to email me if you need help – [email protected]