This document provides an introduction to using UCT Libraries resources. It summarizes how to search the library catalog and databases, retrieve full-text articles, organize references, and stay up to date. The presentation teaches students to efficiently find materials, work effectively through Boolean searching, and be organized using RefWorks. Exercises are included to practice searching skills and save results.
Slides provide information on how to conduct search and find resources from UCT Libraries as well as using smart tools in Scopus and Web of Science databases.
Getting to know what UCT Libraries have to offer and how to use the resources @ your library. ALEPH, Databases, Subject Guides, Searching tips and techniques
Slides provide information on how to conduct search and find resources from UCT Libraries as well as using smart tools in Scopus and Web of Science databases.
Getting to know what UCT Libraries have to offer and how to use the resources @ your library. ALEPH, Databases, Subject Guides, Searching tips and techniques
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UCT libraries resources and orientation. Use ALEPH, search effectively in databases: Scopus and Web of Science, Introduction to RefWorks, How to keep up to date in your field,
Web of Science - a brief overview Search
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ACDI – African Climate and Development Initiative 2017UCT
UCT libraries resources and orientation. Use ALEPH, search effectively in databases: Scopus and Web of Science, Introduction to RefWorks, How to keep up to date in your field,
Web of Science - a brief overview Search
Refine
Sort
Export to bibliographic manager
Analyse results
Save
Create your personal account
Sign in
Save Searches – Re-run searches
Create Alerts / Citation alerts
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1. 1
INTRODUCTION TO UCT LIBRARIES
Presented by Jen Eidelman
E-mail: jen.eidelman@uct.ac.za
Telephone: 021 650 2773
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-
NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Unported License.
Globalisation, Environment & Society
2017
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. OFF CAMPUS LOGIN http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
It is possible
to access
library
resources if
you are not on
campus.
Use the OFF
CAMPUS
LOGIN
BUTTON on
the library
webpage.
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13. Insert your student
or staff number here
Your password is your year of birth in the following format:
YYYYMMDD
e.g. 19801205
13
14. Use the BROWSE function in ALEPH to find
this book:
Landscapes and landforms of South Africa
edited by Stefan Grab and Jasper Knight
What is the shelf number?
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17. Use the BROWSE function in
ALEPH to find
Climate variability, climate change and water resource
strategies for small municipalities
What is the shelf number?
Is the item available for loan?
Exercise: Find a book title in ALEPH
(Online Library catalogue)
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18. Exercise: Find a book title in ALEPH
(Online Library catalogue)
18
19. Exercise: Find a book title in ALEPH
(Online Library catalogue) – ALL ITEMS
19
20. Exercise: Find a book title in ALEPH
(Online Library catalogue) – ITEM STATUS
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21. ALEPH – Library catalogue
Using the BROWSE function
to find Journal Titles
21
23. Exercise:
Find the Journal Title
‘Climate dynamics’ in ALEPH
Use the BROWSE function.
What are the dates of the print holdings?
Do we have electronic access?
From what date?
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26. ALEPH – Library catalogue – Finding Maps
More info see: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/environment/maps
• Click on the Search
function
• Choose Multi-field
from the tool bar.
• In the subject field
type South Africa
• In the ‘limit search
to’ section from the
drop down menu in
the ‘format’ section
choose ‘Maps’.
South Africa
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30. Liddle, E.S. (2016) Author and date of publication
The importance of community-based informal water
supply systems in the developing world and the need
for formal sector support. Title of article
The geographical journal. 182(1):85-96
Journal name. volume no (issue no.): page numbers
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34. Grenfell, S.E. 2014.
Fluvial connectivity and climate: a comparison of
channel pattern and process in two climatically
contrasting fluvial sedimentary systems in South
Africa.
Geomorphology 205:142-154.
Is it available in print at UCT Libraries?
Is it available online? 34
38. Photo by Jen Eidelman
Learn how to
search
effectively
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39. o Web of Science
o Scopus
o ScienceDirect
o EIS: Digests of environmental impact
statements
o GeoRef
o Springerlink
oWiley Online Library
Search Databases
Huge organised collections
of article references …
indexed so that you can find
articles by topic, author, etc.
Some store the full text of
the articles.
40. 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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41. 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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42. 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
42
43. Use AND to combine different concepts :
pollution AND ocean
43
44. Use OR to enter keywords for the same
(single) concept :
ocean OR marine OR sea
44
45. Use NOT to get rid of unwanted results :
cetacea NOT dolphins
45
47. 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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50. 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’. 50
51. Change drop down
menu to topic
Change timespan to limit your search
to specific years
51
72. Exercise:
Do a search in the database SCOPUS
Using the following search terms
Mitigation (Title, Abstract, Keyword)
AND
Adaptation (Title, Abstract, Keyword)
AND
Moss (Author)
How many articles did you find?
Find the most highly cited article (Sort the
results by ‘Times Cited’)
How many times was the article cited?
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75. Exercise:
1. Create an account in RefWorks
2. Do a keyword search of your choice in
ANY ONE of the database SCOPUS, WEB
of SCIENCE or GOOGLE SCHOLAR
3. Export one of the articles to RefWorks
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76. Summary: Finding material in UCT Libraries :
ALEPH (library catalogue), E-Journal portal, Subject Guides
Doing your literature search : DATABASES (Boolean searching)
Retrieving materials: OFF CAMPUS LOGIN; SFX; Interlibrary Loans
Organising your results : RefWorks.
See: http://proquest.libguides.com/newrefworks
Writing help :
See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/environment/writing
Referencing help.
See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/environment/referencing
Keeping up to date : Current Awareness; Alerting services.
See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/sci-tech-uptodate
Off-campus access: Use the OFF CAMPUS LOGIN button on the library
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