Presentation to familiarise 'Finance' students with the navigation of the University of Cape Town (UCT) Libraries' home page, secondary and primary resources, reference managing tool RefWorks, and the evaluation of the internet resources.

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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 Project Management in Information Systems
• Boolean Operators:
•And – to narrow a search
•Or – to expand a search
•Not
• Wild cards:
•?
•*
•“ “
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Select:
Academic Search Premier
Business Source Premier
Africa Wide Information
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-RESS (formerly I-Net)
Soon to be replaced with
EIKON

36. RefWorks
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Research Help
RefWorks and
EndNote

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Sign up for
a new
account

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Import
references from
databases,
Google Scholar,
or add
manually

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Choose your
output style

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Write-n-
Cite
Download

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RefWorks tab
Insert citation

43. 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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44. The Check list:
Traditional criteria to be applied
– Accuracy
– Authority
– Objectivity
– Currency
– Coverage
Additional challenges
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45. 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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46. 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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47. Objectivity
• Are biases clearly stated?
• Is it easy to distinguish between informational and advertising
content?
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48. 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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49. 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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50. 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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Finance and Tax Guide

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

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Ask a
Librarian!

56. 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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61. Thank you!
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