Library resources and how to get the most out of them

1. Edinburgh University Library M Ed TESOL Literature Searching Denny Colledge Information Skills Librarian (Humanities and Social Science)

3. Library Online Guide for new users http:// www.lib.ed.ac.uk/howto/begin.html How to… http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/howto/ Researching your assignment http:// www.lib.ed.ac.uk/howto/infoskills.shtml Resources by Subject http:// www.lib.ed.ac.uk/resbysub /

4. Want to ask a question? General Help http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/services/requests.shtml Ask a Librarian http:// www.lib.ed.ac.uk/qp /

5. What will a database give me? Citation - i.e. publication details Abstract - i.e. summary of the article Full text Pay-per-view (beware!) Inter-Library Loan Service - http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/services/ill1.shtml Your Library/Find it at Edinburgh Links to Bibliographic Management Software

11. Boolean Searching Record contains both A and B Record contains A but not B Record contains either A or B

12. English Language Proficiency for Academic Purposes - Mind Map EAP English Language United Kingdom Language Proficiency

15. Help with using databases Help with your search strategy http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/howto/searchstrat.html Database help http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/howto/#db Getting to know a database http:// www.lib.ed.ac.uk/howto/Database.pdf

18. New Service

21. Scholarly Alerts SARA http:// www.tandf.co.uk/sara / ZETOC http:// etoc.mimas.ac.uk /

23. Pre-prints Edinburgh Research Archive http:www.lib.ed.ac.uk/news/era.shtml Educati on-line http:// www.leeds.ac.uk/educol /

24. Good Googling! Google Help http:// www.google.com /support Google Guide http://www.googleguide.com/index.html Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/ Google Print http:// books.google.com /

29. Internet Help Internet Detective http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/ Intute Virtual Training Suite http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/ TONIC http:// www.netskills.ac.uk /

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