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- 2. ABOUT THE LIBRARY AND THE LIBRARY’S RESOURCES
- 6. Your Personal Librarian Lise Szwann lszwann@tavi-port.ac.uk 020 8938 2306
- 7. The Library Online • The Moodle course for Information Skills • A Help Blog with lots of info • The Twitter account for Information Skills: @iSkillsTavi • The library’s main Twitter account: @tapchat • The library’s Facebook: Tavilibrary
- 8. Your Reading List • Physical documents in the library • Online versions to access from home
- 9. The Catalogue • Find physical documents • And eBooks! • Renew your documents • Put holds • Make suggestions • Ask for InterLibrary Loans
- 10. The One-Stop-Shop for Journals • JOURNALS, not articles • Find them, access them
- 11. Library vs Shibboleth accounts
- 12. Library vs Shibboleth accounts
- 13. Library vs Shibboleth accounts
- 14. Library vs Shibboleth accounts Library Login: Allows you to log into the library's catalogue to: • See what documents are on your card; • Renew them; • Put documents on hold; • Ask for interlibrary loans;
- 15. Library vs Shibboleth accounts Library Login: Allows you to log into the library's catalogue to: • See what documents are on your card; • Renew them; • Put documents on hold; • Ask for interlibrary loans; Shibboleth Account: • Log into Moodle • Access your reading-list • Access online resources such as: – E-books; – Online journals; – Bibliographic databases...
- 16. Staff Publications • A repository that collects together the work of clinical and academic staff • Simple records • But often full-text • Follow us online!
- 17. Subject Guides • A current snapshot • Specific subject areas • Videos, podcasts, newsreels, scholarly articles, current articles from journals… • New information is being fed onto the pages hourly, daily or weekly.
- 18. Time for a quizz!
- 19. Time for a quizz! • How would you search for an eBook? • Where would you look for a thesis written by a staff member? • How can you access a bunch of articles on a particular subject?
- 20. GOOD HABITS FOR A GOOD SEARCH
- 21. From wide to narrow • Avoiding the silence • Taming the noise
- 22. Use Good Keywords! • As few as possible • Relevant! • Check for typos! • Beware of US spelling
- 23. Using fields • Advanced search of the catalogue • Or bibliographic databases • Being more precise • Using several fields at a time with Boolean operators…
- 25. • * • Variations for a word • Widens your search • But use it carefully! Truncation
- 26. Mind where you put the *! Psychia* Psychiatry Psychiatric Psychiatrist
- 27. Mind where you put the *! Psych* Psychosis Psychotic Psychedelic Psychology Psychologist Psychological Psychopathy Psychosomatic Psychotherapy Psychopathology Psychoanalysis Psychiatry Psychiatric Psychiatrist Psyche, etc.
- 28. Quotation marks • “…” • Precise expression or phrase • Narrows your search
- 29. Too many results? Limit! • Once on the results page • Item type • Topic or subject • Full-text or availability • Exact names • Population studies or other specific characteristics (for specialised databases)
- 30. Exercise: Good Habits for a Good Search
- 31. See you soon! And if need be, send me your questions!
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