This document provides an overview of library resources for a first year biology course at UCT. It discusses how to access the library website and subject guides, find help and tutorials, search the online catalog to find books, access e-resources off campus, use e-references like encyclopedias, understand databases and journal articles, get referencing help, and take required library quizzes on the course website.

1. BIO 1000F – LIBRARY RESOURCES
2016
Presented by Jen Eidelman and Awot Gebregziabher
Jen.Eidelman@uct.ac.za / Awot.Gebregziabher@uct.ac.za
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-
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2. • Where to find the library web page
• Where to find your library subject guide
• Where to find help on the library page
• How to find a book in the library
• How to get access to UCT Libraries’ e-resources when you are off
campus.
• Where to find e-References (encyclopedias, dictionaries)
• What are journals, databases and database platforms?
• Where you can search for journal articles
• Where to find referencing help
• Take the library quiz in Vula 2
Today we will talk about:

3. Link from
UCT web page http://www.uct.ac.za
to
Library web page http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
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4. SUBJECT GUIDE on the Library Web Page –
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
Link to your subject guide
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LINK TO YOUR SUBJECT GUIDE

5. Subject Guides / SCIENCE GUIDES –
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/subject-guides
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LINK TO YOUR BIOLOGICAL
SCIENCE GUIDE
LINK TO YOUR FIRST YEAR
BIOLOGY GUIDE

6. Subject Guide – http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science
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7. Library resources – 1st Year Biology –
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/first-year-biology
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SUBJECT GUIDE

8. Find HELP on the Library Web Page –
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
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9. Guides & Tutorials –
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/guides-tutorials
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Find HELP

10. Video Guides –
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/how-to-videos
• How to navigate UCT Libraries’ webpage
• How to interpret your reading list
• How to search UCT Libraries’ catalogue
(ALEPH)
• How to use UCT Libraries’ OFF CAMPUS
login
• How to use UCT Libraries’ Journal portal
• How to search effectively
• How to search EbscoHost
• How to reference your sources
Link to your Biological Science guide
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Find Help

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How do I find a book at UCT
libraries?
You will need to search the
Online library catalogue
called ALEPH
How to search the UCT Libraries Online Catalogue (ALEPH)
https://youtu.be/DB5JtHtADjY

12. OFF CAMPUS LOGIN
Library Web Page – http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
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Not on Campus?
Use the off-campus login
USE YOUR STUDENT NUMBER AND
NETWORK PASSWORD TO LOGIN TO
THE OFF CAMPUS LOGIN

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Click on: UCT Libraries

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•A DATABASE is an organised collection of data that makes it easy to
search & retrieve information online.
•DATABASES store and organise thousands of journal articles from
different journals, reports and other sources.
•To find JOURNAL articles, you will need to conduct a search in a
DATABASE
From article to database
•Article – authors write articles
•Journal – collection of articles make a journal. (Journal issues are
published periodically and are numbered)
•Database – collection of journals makes a database
•Database platform – collection of databases make a database
platform
What is a
Database?
What is a
Database
Platform?
What is a Journal
article?

15. Scientific
Research
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16. Journal of South African Cell
Biology
Volume 31
Number 6ISSN : 123456
December 2015
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17. Journal of South African Cell
Biology
Volume 31
Number 6ISSN : 123456
December 2015
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18. Journal of South African
Cell Biology
Volume 31
Number 6ISSN : 123456
December 2015
Database
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19. Database X
Database 1
Database B
Database H
Database Y
Database P
Database platform
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20. Database platform
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SEARCH ‘DATABASES A-Z’ OR ‘DATABASES BY PLATFORM’
Library Web Page – http://www.lib.uct.ac.za

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SEARCH for Journal articles in Databases.
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
Try conducting a search in some of these Scientific
Databases to find scholarly journal articles for
information on your topic.
•Google Scholar
•ScienceDirect
•Scopus
•Web of Science
•Wiley Online Library

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You may need to consult different types of
resources for understanding your topic.
For an OVERVIEW of a subject search the library’s
online ENCYCLOPEDIA
AccessScience
SEARCH ‘E-RESOURCES’
Library Web Page – http://www.lib.uct.ac.za

25. AccessScience gives full access to 7100+
articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and
hundreds of Research Updates in all
areas of science and technology. It is
updated daily. It also includes
biographies of leading scientists, weekly
updates of breakthroughs and
discoveries in science, a science
dictionary, and links to related websites.
Access is limited to 2 simultaneous
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26. http://www.lib.uct.ac.za - eReference
Databases by platform
E-Reference
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27. http://www.lib.uct.ac.za - eReference
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29. Biography
Animation
Definition
Article
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REFERENCING HELP
REFERENCING HELP
What is referencing?
• Standardised way of citing
authors you have used in your
paper
• Standardised way of recording
your works cited, in your List
of References

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http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/referencing-helpREFERENCING HELP
REFERENCING
STYLES
Referencing consists of two parts:
• Acknowledge another person’s
work at exact point in your essay,
called in-text citing
• Give full details of the work you
used at end of essay, i.e. List of
references. This enables your
reader to find it should they want
to read it.

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Take the library quiz in Vula
Two compulsory short quizzes need to be taken in the
following sequence:
1. Getting to know your library
2. Finding books

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How to take the quiz in Vula
1. Log in to Vula with your
student number and
password
www.vula.uct.ac.za
2. Select the BIO1000F
course site

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How to take the quiz in Vula
3. From the left side menu,
select ‘Tests & Quizzes’

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How to take the quiz in Vula
4. Active quizzes will
be listed, click one
of them and start
answering the
questions.

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Notice the options on each
question page.
Reset Selection: If you have
made a mistake you can reset.
Mark for review:
Go back at a later stage.
Exit: Exit anytime and resume
where you have left off.
Table of Contents:
List of all the questions and
which ones have been answered
and which are marked for
review.

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How to take the quiz in Vula
6. You can only
submit the quiz
once.
7. After submission
click Continue

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How to take quiz in Vula
8. Click on Feedback
9. This will give you your
score and feedback
for each question

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Library quiz
The quizzes
• help you to practice and explore library services and resources
• are not for marks but they are compulsory
• Due at 01:00 pm on Friday 11 March 2016

41. QUESTIONS?
Need more help?
Contact:
Jen.Eidelman@uct.ac.za
(Main Library)
And
Awot.Gebregziabher@uct.ac.za
(Bolus Herbarium Library) 41