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The document provides an overview of library resources and search tips offered by the Newcastle University Library. It highlights various options for conducting literature searches, accessing diverse resources, and utilizing library guides effectively. Additionally, it includes contact information for library support and encourages users to explore specialized resources for research needs.
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- 1. Combined Honours project: libraryresources and search tips Lucy Keating, HASS liaison librarian @nclroblib University Library Explore the possibilities
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- 3. @nclroblib University Library Explore the possibilities Literaturesearch in numbers
- 4. @nclroblib University Library Explore the possibilities Books,articles and much, much more Full & mobile views libguides.ncl.ac.uk/disshelp
- 5. Use these optionsto narrow down your search Log in to use advanced features Library Search Keyword search with topics or authors, or “phrase” for specific titles
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- 7. Library Guides libguides.ncl.ac.uk/ Quality resourcesselected for your subject area
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- 9. Box of Broadcasts TV/radiofrom 65 channels Make clips, view transcripts Create and search playlists New programmes added continuously
- 10. individual archives and aggregated collections nationaland regional newspapers online from 17th century to today Newspaper archives online
- 11. @nclroblib University Library Explore thepossibilities
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- 13. Found too much? Searcha more specialised resource Use “speech marks” around phrases Apply limits (date, format etc) Combine terms with ‘AND’ More specific search terms
- 14. Can’t find enough? Searcha less specialised resource Truncate your search terms Combine terms with ‘OR’ Use different search terms
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- 16. @nclroblib University Library Explore thepossibilities libguides.ncl.ac.uk/referencing
- 17. @nclroblib University Library Explore thepossibilities Books, articles and much, much more Full & mobile views
- 18. libhelp.ncl.ac.uk Phone 0191 208 7662 Text/ SMS 0191 328 0570 Email libraryhelp@ncl.ac.u k Live 24/7 chat libhelp.ncl.ac.uk@ncllibarts @NULibraries newcastleunilibrary
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- #4 90% of all digital information was created in the last two years (Big Data talk) 5% of world’s archives have been digitised More online content is created every two days than in the whole of human history prior to 2003 8,195 tweets per second 90% of articles are never cited, allegedly http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/04/23/academic-papers-citation-rates-remler/ http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2015/08/40-social-media-statistics.html 1.8 million academic articles published every year Estimated 50 million journal articles in existence in 2010 http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/alpsp/lp/2010/00000023/00000003/art00008?token=004b13046556e586546243142425b206621766b67702c5e4e2663433b393f6a333f2566b8bf 20 books published every hour in the UK in 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/22/uk-publishes-more-books-per-capita-million-report We have over 300 specialist databases We bought over 1,000 BoT last year There are around 6,900 active languages in the world Search 90 library catalogues via COPAC ? Fake news
- #10 RLO demo or video in here – how to access from Blackboard?