This slideshow demonstrates the most important resources for Accounting Honours students in University of Cape Town's (UCT) library.

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Presented by Susanne Noll
susanne.noll@uct.ac.za
021 650 4476
Introduction to Resources in UCT
Libraries

2. Learning outcome
By the end of this session you will be able to understand:
• A literature review
• How to look things up
• Bibliographic databases
• Electronic journals
• RefWorks and EndNote
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Resources in UCT Libraries

3. A literature review consists of
 Print resources
 Electronic Resources
•Electronic journals
•Databases
•Newspapers
•Primary sources
•Financial databases
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4. Literature review:
Focuses on research question
Current knowledge of topic by recognised authors
Secondary sources
Widely read previous research of topic
Theoretical and practical findings about a topic
Belongs to the introductory part
Is characterised by a logical flow
Has typically references to all resources used
Should be impartial and objective
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5. How to find books :
Use the catalogue
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Library's homepage
Go to “Search
and Find” Find the catalogue
(ALEPH)

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Use “Browse” or
“Search” functions
Type in your keywords
When to use
“Browse”:
You know the exact
title of the book or
journal or the exact
name of the author
“Search”:
You want to find
any literature on a
topic

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Click on
Number
A list of books on the topic
Where on the shelf is the
book?
Is the book “in” or “out” ?

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Click on “all items”
Is the book “in” or
“out”?
Request it!

9. How to find journal articles
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Student number
VULA password

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12. Resources in UCT Libraries
Example :
Jin, Y, Leung, C, & Zeng, Z. 2012. Real Estate, the External Finance
Premium and Business Investment: A Quantitative Dynamic General
Equilibrium Analysis. Real Estate Economics, 40 (1) pp. 167-195
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5 steps:
What is the JOURNAL’s name?
Which year is the year of publication?
What is the volume?
What is number?
What is the pagination?

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Switch to
“e-
journals”
Type in the name of t

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Search and
Find
e-Journals
Type in title of
journal

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Find 3 platforms : choose 1 which
includes the date of publication, e.g.
EBSCO

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2012,
40 (1)

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Databases by Platform
Using
databases to
find articles
on topics

18. Which one to use?
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EbscoHost
• Academic Search
• Business Source
• Africa Wide
• Econlit
• Masterfile
Science Direct
Google Scholar
IMF elibrary
Web of Knowledge
SCOPUS
Sabinet for SA theses
ProQuest for
International theses
Science
Direct

19. Find books on “Quantitative Finance”
• Boolean Operators:
•And – to narrow a search
•Or – to expand a search
•Not
• Wild cards:
•?
•*
• Quotation marks: “ “
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And Or

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Econlit
Masterfile

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Science Direct
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28. Google Scholar
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SFX –
availability
in UCT
Libraries
Cited by

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Smart searching with

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32. For Newpapers : Lexis Nexis Academic
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34. More newspapers resources:
• SA Media
• EBSCO : Newspaper source
• PressReader
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Financial data : Primary resource
I-Net Expert

36. RefWorks
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Research Help
RefWorks and
EndNote

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Download Write-n-Cite here…
or here…
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RefWorks tab
Insert citation

41. http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/c.php?g=182303&p=1201832
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If you want to know more about RefWorks, please consult the following
LibGuide

42. How to evaluate websites:
Identify type of page:
Advocacy, org
Business, com
Informational, edu ac gov
News, usu com
Personal, often a ~
Use the checklist: the more often you can answer ‘yes’ the more likely it
is that the site/material is reliable
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43. The Check list:
Traditional criteria to be applied
– Accuracy
– Authority
– Objectivity
– Currency
– Coverage
Additional challenges
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44. Accuracy
• Are sources for any factual information listed so they can be
verified?
• Can you detect some sort of quality control? – look at
grammar, spelling etc.
• Are charts, graphs clearly labelled and easy to read?
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45. Authority
• Can you identify organisation/company/person responsible?
• Is there a link describing goals, purpose, nature of organisation?
• Are there contact details?
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46. Objectivity
• Are biases clearly stated?
• Is it easy to distinguish between informational and advertising
content?
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47. Currency
• Are there dates to indicate
• When the page was written?
• When it was placed on the web?
• When it was last revised?
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48. Coverage
• Is there an indication that the page has been completed?
• Is there a print equivalent?
• Is it clear what topics the page intends to address?
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49. Contemporary sources, but do
remember the evaluation criteria
Blogs
http://www.google.com/blogsearch
http://www.findblogs.com/
Twitter
http://www.twitter.com
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com
Wiki
http://wiki.com
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– Accuracy
– Authority
– Objectivity
– Currency
– Coverage

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Accounting

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Check out our ‘How-to’ series on library resources and services

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Ask a
Librarian!

54. More help and assistance at UCT Libraries
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• Search and
Find
• Services
• Research Help
• Libraries and
Collections
• About UCT
Libraries
• Library
Contacts
• Off Campus Login
• Subject Guides
• Subject Librarians
• Interlibrary Loans
• My Library Card
• Ask a Librarian

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Masters and PhD Theses of UCT Scholars
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Under OpenUCT,
type in a subject or title
OR
Use Open Scholarship

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OpenUCT also is
• Institutional
repository
• UCT staff to
share their
research,
teaching and
learning
content with
the world –

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59. Find 6 relevant articles and transfer them into Refworks
The King report
Corporate governance
Public financial management
Financial reporting
Using Ebsco, Google Scholar and Science Direct
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60. Thank you!
And Good Luck!
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