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Prep 2014 - STEM library & eresources
This document provides information about library resources available at Cambridge University for STEM subjects. It discusses the various libraries located across the university's colleges and departments, and the digitized resources and catalogs that provide access to over 7 million books and other materials. It also summarizes tools for keeping track of readings, references, and research as well as resources for accessing materials while working remotely or on campus.
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- 1. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY STEM libraries & e-resources: make sure you’re fully PREP’ed Isla Kuhn - Deputy Medical Librarian Dr. Matt Cole - Director of Studies in Engineering, Admissions Tutor
- 2. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY One of only five copyright libraries in the UK… Distributed across the city, 31 Colleges, 100 Departments and 6 Schools… More than 7 million books… Books are quite literally everywhere! on-going digitisation & development of associated e-learning infrastructure
- 3. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Newton Catalogue - encompasses the distributed texts across the University - consists of College libraries, the Central Science Library, the Medical Library, the Moore Library, and the University Library. - Includes theses as well as standard texts. Janus Archive - easy remote access to locate information about archival collections held within Cambridge - Largely historic texts (history of science / medicine)
- 4. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY
- 5. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY
- 6. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY http://www.raymondjames.com/vandenboschcapitalmanagement/images/your_plan-reality.jpg
- 7. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Reading lists Reading off list Keeping track References / Plagiarism Working in Cambridge Working from home
- 8. Reading Lists MEDICALLIBRARY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
- 9. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Reading Lists – chapter, article, book? Grubb, N., Spratt, J., Bradbury, A.. 2013 The Cardiovascular system. In Douglas G., Nicol, F., Robertston, C., eds 2013 Macleod's clinical examination. Edinburgh Churchill Livingston Which bit would you search for in Library Search to see if we had it?
- 10. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Reading Lists – chapter, article, book? Wicker, S.B. 1995 Error Control Systems for Digital Communication and Storage, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Prentice Hall Which bit would you search for in Library Search to see if we had it?
- 11. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Reading Lists – chapter, article, book? Gourville, J.T. (2006). Eager sellers and stony buyers, Harvard Business Review, 84(6): 98-106 Which bit would you search for in Library Search to see if we had it?
- 12. Reading beyond thelist MEDICAL LIBRARY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Work out what you want? Heart disease? Or benefits of eating chocolate to help prevent heart disease? --- Rapid heating? Or Impact of rapid heating on particle structure in plastics
- 13. Reading beyond thelist MEDICAL LIBRARY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Where to find more reading? •Web of Science – http://wok.mimas.ac.uk •Scopus – http://www.scopus.com •PubMed (Cambridge version) – http://tinyurl.com/campubmed •If you’re going to use Google Scholar….. • More subject specific databases •More subject specific help
- 14. Reading beyond thelist MEDICAL LIBRARY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Cambridge has subscriptions to many leading journals Accessed directly when on the University network or via VPN portal to the University Network
- 15. Keeping track MEDICALLIBRARY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY What have you read? Was it any good? -Evernote www.evernote.com/ -Google drive drive.google.com/ -Delicious delicious.com -Endnoteweb www.myednoteweb.com -Mendeley www.mendeley.com -Zotero www.zotero.org
- 16. Working from home?MEDICAL LIBRARY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY RAVEN help.lib.cam.ac.uk
- 17. Working in CambridgeMEDICAL LIBRARY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY • uni of cam – use RAVEN to login • College & Departmental WANs • eduroam - set up your device: • http://www.ucs.cam.ac.uk/wireless/eduroam/localusers • Allows access to most University WANs in the UK and abroad
- 18. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Working in Cambridge http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/google_maps/cam_libs_map_key.htm
- 19. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY e-infrastructure – Dept. Websites • Syllabus, Reading Lists, Lecture Schedules, Past Tripos Paper & (occasionally) Solutions • Depends on the Department • Many have digitised lecture schedules • Take a look at your specific Department’s website
- 20. CamSIS MEDICAL LIBRARY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY • CamSIS – http://www.camsis.cam.ac.uk/ • Secure management system to monitor and disseminate (to your College, Tutors and DoSs) your personal and academic information
- 21. CamTools MEDICAL LIBRARY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY • CamTools – https://camtools.cam.ac.uk/ • Cambridge Universities authorised sharing platform
- 22. eBooks@Cambridge MEDICAL LIBRARY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY • ebooks@cambridge - http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/ebooks/ • A collaborative venture to purchase and promote electronic books to all University Members.
- 23. Dspace@Cambridge MEDICAL LIBRARY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY • ebooks@cambridge - https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/ • The University’s institutional repository, preserving and providing access to content created by members of the University.
- 24. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Why reference? • Showing how widely you’ve read around the subject; • Demonstrating your understanding of the context and research up to this point; • Highlighting points of view that differ to yours; • Backing up your own points of view; • Avoid plagiarism. http://theuniversityblog.co.uk/2012/07/24/need-references/
- 25. What to reference?MEDICAL LIBRARY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Anything/everything/anyone that you refer to or quote from directly: Can include: •Books and chapters of books •Articles from journals •Papers presented at conference •Legal documents •Internet sources (including webpages, email correspondence) •Illustrations •Works of art and design •Legal documents •Notes supplied by a lecturer •Illustrations •DVD/CD databases •Radio/television/ video/audio •etc.
- 26. What is plagiarismMEDICAL LIBRARY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY “Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one’s own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part of in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. It is both poor scholarship and a breach of academic integrity.” (Cambridge University, 2011) http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/plagiarism/students/statement.html (and it can come back to bite you) It is a serious offence & it’s better to be safe than sorry
- 27. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/24/raj-persaud-psychiatry-http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/06/17/university-of-alberta-medical-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Theodor_zu_Guttenberg
- 28. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY What is plagiarism Examples of plagiarism include copying (using another person's language and/or ideas as if they are a candidate's own), by: •quoting verbatim another person's work without due acknowledgement of the source; •paraphrasing another person's work by changing some of the words, or the order of the words, without due acknowledgement of the source; •using ideas taken from someone else without reference to the originator; •cutting and pasting from the Internet to make a pastiche of online sources; •submitting someone else's work as part of a candidate's own without identifying clearly who did the work. •colluding with another person (Cambridge University, 2011) http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/plagiarism/students/statement.html
- 29. Get a systemMEDICAL LIBRARY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Know our e-infrastructure Reference management software? •Keep track of every bibliographic reference you use (even if you don’t end up using it directly) •Back up this system •Keep organised •Connect with word – “cite while you write” •Ensure you use the right referencing style (check with your dept/ tutor re the correct style for your piece of work) •Save time, minimise stress •Endnoteweb – www.myendoteweb.com •Mendeley – www.mendeley.com • Free •Zotero – www.zotero.org • Easy to use •LaTeX – www.latex-project.org • Essential?
- 30. MEDICAL LIBRARY Help! CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Isla Kuhn - Deputy Medical Librarian Matt Cole - Director of Studies in Engineering, Admissions Tutor email: ilk21@cam.ac.uk twitter: @ilk21 phone: (01223 3) 36750 web: http://library.medschl.cam.ac.uk Or any librarian Or your DoS/Tutor Thank you. Any Questions?