The document provides an introduction to the resources and services available at UCT Libraries. It explains how to search the library catalog and databases effectively to find books, journals, and other materials. It also demonstrates how to organize search results using RefWorks, set up alerts to stay up to date, and access library resources both on and off campus. Key resources covered include the subject guides, database searching using Boolean logic, retrieving full-text articles, writing and referencing guides, and setting up current awareness alerts.

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-
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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/stats-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://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/refworks
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/stats-referencing
 How to Write up
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/stats-writing-guide

3. WHERE TO START? - Subject Guide
On the Library Web Page: http://www.lib.uct.ac.za

4. LINK TO SUBJECT GUIDE: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/stats

5. Statistical Sciences Library Guide
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/stats

6. ALEPH – Library catalogue
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za

7. OFF CAMPUS LOGIN http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
It is possible to access
library resources off-
campus.
Use the OFF CAMPUS
LOGIN BUTTON on
the library webpage.

8. Statistical Sciences Library guide:
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/stats/stats-finding-books
Finding Books

9. How to find a book:
See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/stats/stats-finding-books
ALEPH – Library catalogue
Using the SEARCH function

10. ALEPH – Library catalogue
Using the SEARCH function

11. ALEPH – Library catalogue
Using the SEARCH function

12. ALEPH LOGIN:
Insert your student
or staff number here
Your password is your year of birth in the following format:
YYYYMMDD
e.g. 19801205

13. Exercise: Find this book in ALEPH
Use the BROWSE function in ALEPH to find this
book:
Title: Encyclopedia of statistical
sciences.
What is the shelf number?

16. Lucky draw questions:
Find this journal title in ALEPH
Use the BROWSE function in ALEPH to find this journal title:
Journal title: Journal of multivariate analysis
1.What are the dates of the print holdings?
2. Do we have electronic access to this journal?
From what date?

18. Statistical Sciences Library guide:
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/stats/stats-finding-journals
Finding Journals

19. Exercise: Find this e-journal
Marra, Giampiero. 2011.
A flexible instrumental variable approach.
Statistical modelling.
11(6):581-603.
NAME of journal
Volume(issue):page numbers
Date of publication

20. Type NAME of journal
Finding e-journals

21. Finding e-journals

22. Finding e-journals

23. Finding e-journals

24. Lucky Draw Question.
Find this article using the e-Journal portal:
Herwartz, H. 2011.
Keep it simple: on specific-to-general predictor selection
for time series forecasting in the short, medium and
long run.
Journal of Statistical Computation & Simulation
81(8):931-943.
Name of journal
Volume(issue):page numbers
Is this journal available in print at UCT Libraries?
Date of publication

25. WorldCat – Search & Discover

26. INTERLIBRARY LOANS
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/interlibrary-loans
You can request items that are not available at UCT via UCT
Libraries Interlibrary Loans Department.

27. Let’s
have a
break!
Photo by Jen Eidelman

28. 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.

29. 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

30. 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

31. Use AND to combine different concepts :
pollution AND ocean

32. Use OR to enter keywords for the same
(single) concept :
ocean OR marine OR sea

33. Use NOT to get rid of unwanted results :
cetacea NOT dolphins

34. POLLUTION
OR
CONTAMINATION
OR
SEWAGE
OR
OIL
MARINE
OR
OCEAN
OR
SEA
BIODIVERSITYAND
CONCEPT 1
POLLUTION
CONTAMINATION
SEWAGE
OIL
CONCEPT 2
MARINE
OCEAN
SEA
CONCEPT 3
BIODIVERSITY
The effect of pollution on marine biodiversity
AND

35. 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

36. Statistical Sciences
Library guide:
Databases

37. 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’.

38. Change drop down
menu to topic
Change timespan to limit your search
to specific years

39. Refine
results of
search
here
Choose how to
sort the results
of your search

40. The SFX button
will tell you if the
full text of the
article is available
or not.

41. The full text is available from
3 databases e.g. Wiley
Online
Click on the Link

42. Click on Get PDF to
get the full text.

43. Hover your mouse
at the bottom of
the page to see all
the icons. Click on
the save icon to
save the article to
your computer

44. Tick the box.
Export the information (bibliographic details) to RefWorks
Web of Science - Export to RefWorks
Organise your work and create a reference list in
RefWorks

45. Web of Science – Export to RefWorks

46. Login to RefWorks
Organise your work and create a reference list in RefWorks

48. The information (bibliographic detail) is imported to
RefWorks

50. • Click on the ‘Search History’ tab
• And then click on ‘Save History / Create Alert’
Keep up to date
Save Searches / Create Alerts

51. • Give your search a
name
• Click ‘Save’
Keep up to date
Save Searches / Create Alerts

52. • Click on ‘My Tools’
• Click on ‘Saved Searches and Alerts’ to
see all your saved searches

54. Exercise: Search in the database
‘Scopus’
1. Find an article in Scopus using the search
terms ‘population genetics’ AND inference by the
author M. Lacerda
What is the date of the article?
Is the full text available?

55. Search in the database
‘Scopus’
• Hover mouse
over icon in
search history
to save your
search query

56. Useful databases:
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/electronic-databases
 Academic Search Premier (EBSCOHost)
 Computers & Applied Sciences Complete
 Current Index to Statistics
 General Science Abstracts
 MathSciNet
 ScienceDirect / Scopus
 Web of Science

57. Keeping up to date Library Guide
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/sci-tech-uptodate

58. Summary:
Finding material in UCT Libraries :
Subject Guide, ALEPH (library catalogue), E-Journal portal
Doing your literature search : DATABASES (Boolean searching)
Retrieving materials: SFX; ALEPH, SABINET; Interlibrary Loans
Organising your results : RefWorks.
See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/refworks
Writing help :
See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/stats-writing-guide
Referencing help.
See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/stats-referencing
Keeping up to date : Current Awareness; Alerting services.
See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/sci-tech-uptodate
Off-campus access: Use the button on thelibrary page

59. THANK YOU!