This document provides an introduction to the resources available through UCT Libraries. It outlines how students can use the libraries to save time and work efficiently by learning effective search techniques in databases, subject guides, and the library catalog. It also explains how to organize search results using RefWorks, write papers using referencing guides, and keep updated through alerting services. Students are shown how to access these resources both on and off campus through the libraries website.

1. INTRODUCTION TO UCT LIBRARIES
Presented by Jen Eidelman
2017
jen.eidelman@uct.ac.za
Assisted by: Awot Gebregziabher
Awot.Gebregziabher@uct.ac.za
Telephone: 021 650 2773 OR 021 650 3774
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-
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2. What 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 effectively
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/environment/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://proquest.libguides.com/newrefworks
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/environment/referencing
 How to Write up
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/environment/writing 2

3. http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
This is where you
will find a link to
your Subject
Guide
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4. These are your subject guides:
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/oceanography
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5. http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science
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6. http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/oceanography
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7. ALEPH – Library catalogue
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8. How to find a book:
See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science-findbooks
ALEPH – Library catalogue
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9. Insert your student
or staff number
here
Your password is your year of birth in the following format:
YYYYMMDD
e.g. 19801205
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10. Use the BROWSE function in ALEPH to find this
book:
Encyclopedia of ocean sciences.
What is the shelf number?
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13. Pezza, A.B. (2012) Author and date of publication
Severe heat waves in southern Australia: synoptic
climatology and large scale connections. Title of
article
Climate Dynamics 38:209-224
Journal name volume no:pages
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14. Drinkwater, K.F., Hunt, G.L., Astthorsson, O.S., Head, E.J.H. 2012.
Comparative studies of climate effects on polar and
subpolar ocean ecosystems, progress in observation and prediction: an
introduction.
ICES Journal of marine science. 69(7):1120-1122.
Is it available in print at UCT Libraries?
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17. 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.
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18. 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
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19. 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
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20. Use AND to combine different concepts :
pollution AND ocean
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21. Use OR to enter keywords for the same
(single) concept :
ocean OR marine OR sea
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22. Use NOT to get rid of unwanted results :
cetacea NOT dolphins
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23. POLLUTION
OR
CONTAMINATION
OR
SEWAGE
OR
OIL
MARINE
OR
OCEAN
OR
SEA
BIODIVERSITYAND
CONCEPT 1
POLLUTION
CONTAMINATION
SEWAGE
OIL
CONCEPT 2
MARINE
OCEAN
SEA
CONCEPT 3
BIODIVERSITY
The effect of pollution on marine biodiversity
AND
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24. ONE SEARCH BOX: Use brackets to separate your concepts
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
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25. From the dropdown menu you can choose ‘All Databases’ to search
across all the databases.
If you search in the ‘Web of Science Core Collection’ you will be able to
create search alerts & RSS feeds.
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26. Change drop down
menu to topic
Change timespan to limit your search
to specific years
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27. Refine results here
Choose how to sort your
results
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28. The SFX button will tell you if the article is
available in full text or not.
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29. There is also a link here to the library catalogue (ALEPH) if
you want to see if the print version is available.
Also link to related articles.
The full text is available from
ScienceDirect
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30. Click on Download
PDF to get the full
text.
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31. Save the article to
your computer
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Manage your references:
Find RefWorks at UCT Libraries.
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/

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http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/refworks
• Create a RefWorks account
or login to RefWorks
• RefWorks Help

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Sign in to RefWorks

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Get the ‘Save to RefWorks’ tab for your browser
Install ‘Save to RefWorks’ for your Browser
Click on your name and choose ‘Tools’

36. Click on the title of
the article you want
to save to RefWorks
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37. Web of Science - Save to RefWorks
Click the ‘Save to RefWorks’ tab in the
browser
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38. Save to RefWorks
This action will export the information (bibliographic details) to
RefWorks
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40. The information (bibliographic detail) is saved to
RefWorks
For further RefWorks instructions go to:
http://proquest.libguides.com/newrefworks
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42. Save Searches / Create Alerts
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43. Keep up to date
Save Searches / Create Alerts
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Click the ‘saved searches’ tab to see saved searches. Here you can
check your alert status, turn alerts on and off and re-run a saved
search

46. Useful databases / Platforms:
 ScienceDirect
 Scopus
 Web of Science
 Google Scholar
 Zoological Record
 Biological & Agricultural Index Plus – via EbscoHost
 Africa-Wide: NiPad
 Environment Abstracts – via Proquest
 JSTOR (Journal archive)
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47. If you are OFF CAMPUS you can still
access
• UCT Libraries Catalogue
• Databases
• RefWorks
• And other resources from the
library page
OFF CAMPUS LOGIN
http://www.theipinionsjournal.com/2006/06/gone-fishing/
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48. Finding material in UCT Libraries – Summary :
ALEPH (library catalogue), E-Journal portal, Subject Guides
Doing your literature search : DATABASES (Boolean searching)
Retrieving materials: SFX; ALEPH, Interlibrary Loans
Organising your results : RefWorks.
See: http://proquest.libguides.com/newrefworks
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
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49. Thank you!
This slideshow is available at:
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/oceanography/workshops2017
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