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- 1. Introduction to Library Resourcesand Services Jennifer Thiessen Liaison Librarian, Education James A. Gibson Library July 2012
- 2. The James A.Gibson library Schmon Tower floors 2, 5-10
- 3. IRC • The IRC(Instructional Resource Centre) – K-12 curriculum material – Emphasis on teaching • The James A. Gibson Library – Material on the theory, philosophy, history and practice of education (mostly on 8th floor) – For your papers and projects for your Education classes – Emphasis on research
- 4. Goals for today’ssession Part I: Library Services My Library Account Laptop loans Photocopying services RACER Study space RefWorks Part II: Library Resources Catalogue Databases Your Research Guide
- 8. My Library Account MyLibrary Account allows library users to see a list of items they have signed out renew and place holds on items view details of outstanding library fines log in to library databases from off campus
- 9. Setting up MyLibrary Account • Library website > • Log in with your Brock • My Library Account username and password
- 10. Laptops The Librarycurrently has 40 laptops available for 4 hour loans from the Circulation Desk. All laptops have Office software on them. Laptops can be taken out of the Library.
- 11. Photocopying Services • Photocopycards • Colour and transparency copying • Posters, photos, banners and other large format prints (5th Floor)
- 12. RACER RACER is theOntario interlibrary loan system. Borrow books through RACER (pick them up and return them at our Circulation Desk) Get photocopies of journal articles (yours to keep)
- 17. Study spaces onlibrary floors • The upper floors of the Library (8-10) are designated quiet zones. • The mid-level floors (5-7) are designated low level talking. • Graduate Study room (6th floor): study carrels, meeting room
- 19. RefWorks RefWorks is softwarethat allows you to: Save references to books and articles from our catalogue and our databases. Automatically create bibliographies or works cited pages in APA style format.
- 20. The concept: export database bibliographic reference(s) management software * optional * produce bibliography
- 22. Part II: LibraryResources in Education • Books • Journals • Research Guide Hint: Start with the Research tab.
- 23. 3/365 Research Aspirationsby catspyjamasnz • Use the Catalogue to find books (both print and e-books) • Use the Databases to find journal articles.
- 27. Catalogue Practice • Goto the Library Catalogue. Do a keyword search on international students. Now do a keyword search on “international students.” Why is there a difference in results? • Stay in the Library Catalogue. Do a keyword search on globalization. Now do a subject search on globalization. Why are the results different?
- 28. Click on Research, then Databases. Click on Education to see a list of databases for that subject area.
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- 32. • Looks forfull text in other locations (Does not guarantee full text).
- 33. Database Practice • Findthe Education databases. • Open up Education Research Complete. • Do a search on “international students.” How are the results arranged? How can you limit your results to peer reviewed journal articles?
- 34. Your Research Guide •Where to start if you have forgotten everything I have just said.
- 37. Summary Information aboutlibrary services for graduate students can be found here: http://www.brocku.ca/library/services-lib/grad-students The most important services you should know about are: My Library Account RACER RefWorks Library Resources: Library catalogue – books Library databases – journal articles Research Guide Contact me if you need help: jthiessen@brocku.ca