Introduction to UCT Libraries. ALEPH, Ejournals, Database searching, Web of Science, Scopus, RefWorks

1. INTRODUCTION TO UCT LIBRARIES
Presented by Jen Eidelman
E-mail: jen.eidelman@uct.ac.za
Telephone: 021 650 2773
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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/biological-science-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://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/refworks
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science-referencing
 How to Write up
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science-writing

3. WHERE TO START? - Subject Guide
On the Library Web Page: http://www.lib.uct.ac.za

4. LINK TO SUBJECT GUIDE: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science

5. http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science

6. ALEPH – Library catalogue
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za

7. OFF CAMPUS LOGIN http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
It is
possible to
access
library
resources
off-
campus.
Use the
OFF
CAMPUS
LOGIN
BUTTON
on the
library
webpage
to login.

8. Biological Sciences Library guide:
Finding Books

9. How to find a book:
See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science-findbooks
ALEPH – Library catalogue
Using the SEARCH function

10. ALEPH – Library catalogue
Using the SEARCH function

11. ALEPH – Library catalogue
Using the SEARCH function

12. Insert your student
or staff number here
Your password is your year of birth in the following format:
YYYYMMDD
e.g. 19801205

13. Use the BROWSE function in ALEPH to find
this book:
African penguin : a natural history
by Phil Hockey
What is the shelf number?

14. ALEPH – Library catalogue
Using the BROWSE function

16. ALEPH – Library catalogue
Using the BROWSE function
Exercise: Find this book in Aleph
What is the shelf number?

18. ALEPH – Library catalogue
Using the BROWSE function
to find Journal Titles

19. ALEPH –
Library
catalogue
Using the
BROWSE
function
to find
Journal
Titles

20. Exercise:
Find the Journal Title
‘Conservation Genetics’ in ALEPH
Use the BROWSE function.
What are the dates of the print holdings?
Do we have electronic access?
From what date?

22. Biological Sciences Library guide:
Finding Journals

23. Print Journals - Aleph
e-Journal Portal
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za

24. Muijres, F.T. (2014) Author and date of publication
Bird flight: Fly with a little flap from your
friends.
Title of article
Nature. 505(7483):295-296
Journal name. volume no (issue no.): page numbers

25. Griffiths, C.L. 2009.
A brief history of marine bio-invasions in
South Africa.
African zoology 44(2):241-247.
Is it available in print at UCT Libraries?
Is it available online?

28. INTERLIBRARY LOANS
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/interlibrary-loans
You can request items that are not available at UCT via UCT
Libraries Interlibrary Loans Department.

29. Time
for a
break!
Photo by Jen Eidelman

30. 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.

31. 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

32. 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

33. Use AND to combine different concepts :
pollution AND ocean

34. Use OR to enter keywords for the same
(single) concept :
ocean OR marine OR sea

35. Use NOT to get rid of unwanted results :
cetacea NOT dolphins

36. 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

37. 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

38. Biological Sciences Library Guide:
Databases

39. Biological Sciences Library Guide: Useful Databases

40. 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.
Alerts are not enabled when you search in ‘All Databases’.

41. Change drop down
menu to topic
Change timespan to limit your search
to specific years

42. Refine
results
of
search
here
Choose how to sort the
results of your search

43. The SFX button
tells you if the
article is available
in full text or not.

44. The full text is available from
ScienceDirect
There is also a link here to the
library catalogue (ALEPH) if you
want to see if the print version
is available.

45. Click on Download PDF
to get the full text.

46. Hover your mouse
at the bottom of
the page to see
the icons. Click on
the save icon to
save the article to
your computer

47. Tick the box.
Export the information (bibliographic details) to RefWorks

48. Login to RefWorks
Organise your work and create a reference list in RefWorks

50. Get organised - Import article information to RefWorks

52. • Click on the ‘Search History’ tab
• And then click on ‘Save History/
Create Alert’
Keep up to date
Save Searches / Create Alerts

53. • Give your search a
name
• Click ‘Save’
Keep up to date
Save Searches / Create Alerts

54. Keep up to date
Save Searches / Create Alerts

55. Click on ‘My Tools’ and then
‘Saved Searches and Alerts’ to
see all your saved searches

57. Exercise:
Do a search in the database SCOPUS
Using the following search terms
Abalone farming (Title, Abstract, Keyword)
AND
South Africa (Title, Abstract, Keyword)
AND
Bolton (author)
How many articles did you find?
Which article is the most cited?

59. RESULTS OF SEARCH - SCOPUS

60. Summary: Finding material in UCT Libraries :
ALEPH (library catalogue), E-Journal portal, Subject Guides
Doing your literature search : DATABASES (Boolean searching)
Retrieving materials: SFX; ALEPH, SABINET; Interlibrary Loans
Organising your results : RefWorks.
See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/refworks
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 thelibrary page

61. Thank you!