This document provides information about the library and its resources. It discusses the personal librarian available for assistance, online resources like the library catalog and databases, physical and online materials available through the reading list, and how to access journals. It also explains the difference between a library login and Shibboleth account, where staff publications are stored, and how subject guides provide current research materials. Finally, it offers tips for effective searching, including using keywords, Boolean operators, quotation marks, and limiting results.

1. by Aurelie Gandour

2. ABOUT THE LIBRARY AND
THE LIBRARY’S RESOURCES

6. Your Personal Librarian
Lise Szwann
lszwann@tavi-port.ac.uk
020 8938 2306

7. The Library Online
• The Moodle course for Information Skills
• A Help Blog with lots of info
• The Twitter account for Information Skills:
@iSkillsTavi
• The library’s main Twitter account:
@tapchat
• The library’s Facebook: Tavilibrary

8. Your Reading List
• Physical documents in the library
• Online versions to access from home

9. The Catalogue
• Find physical documents
• And eBooks!
• Renew your documents
• Put holds
• Make suggestions
• Ask for InterLibrary Loans

10. The One-Stop-Shop for Journals
• JOURNALS, not articles
• Find them, access them

11. Library vs Shibboleth accounts

12. Library vs Shibboleth accounts

13. Library vs Shibboleth accounts

14. Library vs Shibboleth accounts
Library Login:
Allows you to log into the
library's catalogue to:
• See what documents are
on your card;
• Renew them;
• Put documents on hold;
• Ask for interlibrary loans;

15. Library vs Shibboleth accounts
Library Login:
Allows you to log into the
library's catalogue to:
• See what documents are
on your card;
• Renew them;
• Put documents on hold;
• Ask for interlibrary loans;
Shibboleth Account:
• Log into Moodle
• Access your reading-list
• Access online resources
such as:
– E-books;
– Online journals;
– Bibliographic
databases...

16. Staff Publications
• A repository that
collects together
the work of
clinical and
academic staff
• Simple records
• But often full-text
• Follow us online!

17. Subject Guides
• A current snapshot
• Specific subject areas
• Videos, podcasts,
newsreels, scholarly
articles, current
articles from
journals…
• New information is
being fed onto the
pages hourly, daily
or weekly.

18. Time for a quizz!

19. Time for a quizz!
• How would you
search for an
eBook?
• Where would you
look for a thesis
written by a staff
member?
• How can you access
a bunch of articles
on a particular
subject?

20. GOOD HABITS
FOR A GOOD SEARCH

21. From wide to narrow
• Avoiding the silence
• Taming the noise

22. Use Good Keywords!
• As few as possible
• Relevant!
• Check for typos!
• Beware of US spelling

23. Using fields
• Advanced search
of the catalogue
• Or bibliographic
databases
• Being more
precise
• Using several
fields at a time
with Boolean
operators…

24. Boolean Operators
Link!

25. • *
• Variations for a word
• Widens your search
• But use it carefully!
Truncation

26. Mind where you put the *!
Psychia*
Psychiatry
Psychiatric
Psychiatrist

27. Mind where you put the *!
Psych*
Psychosis
Psychotic
Psychedelic
Psychology
Psychologist
Psychological
Psychopathy
Psychosomatic
Psychotherapy
Psychopathology
Psychoanalysis
Psychiatry
Psychiatric
Psychiatrist
Psyche, etc.

28. Quotation marks
• “…”
• Precise expression or phrase
• Narrows your search

29. Too many results? Limit!
• Once on the results
page
• Item type
• Topic or subject
• Full-text or availability
• Exact names
• Population studies or
other specific
characteristics (for
specialised databases)

30. Exercise:
Good Habits for a Good Search

31. See you soon!
And if need be, send me your questions!

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