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MST8011:
Finding and Managing academic information
Finding and managing academic information
Moira BentFaculty Liaison Librarian
The library in numbers
1,200,000+print books
500,000+Electronic books
511teaching hours delivered
425open access PCs
20,000enquiries answered
24hour opening
£1.6mrefurbishment
1,950study spaces
7major national awards
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Library Service @ Newcastle University
Robinson Library• Science, Engineering, Agriculture• Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences
Walton Library• Medicine, Dentistry, Biomedical
Science
Law Library
Digital Library• http://www.ncl.ac.uk/library
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It’s not too hard to find your way around
• 600-999: including Agriculture, EngineeringLevel 4
• 000-599: including Biology, Computing, Maths & ChemistryLevel 3
• Entrance / Exit• Student Texts Collection, Café, Group Study,
Main Counter, Computing HelpdeskLevel 2
• Group Study area - YourSpace• Government Publications, Special Collections
and Archives, Print ServicesLevel 1
Are there ANY rules?
Library Code of Conduct
• Be sensible• Be considerate
• Don’t disturb others• Tidy up after yourself
Phones and drinks are okBUTBe sensible!
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We’re open 24 / 7 in term-time
Lots of friendly staff, including a Library Liaison team especially for your School
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Come and explore for yourself
Pick up a Library Guide, explore the different study spaces, try the online welcome guidehttp://libguides.ncl.ac.uk/welcome
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Information overload?
Information resources
Books
E-Books
Journal articles
Conf Papers
Theses
Internet
Experimental data
Statistical data
Commercial material Digital images
Chemical and physical data
Government reports
MapsSource code
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Don’t sink under the weight of all the information!
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Having a search strategy keeps you afloat
• Primary data• Secondary
sources• Source code
• How much?• What date?• How quickly?• Which language
• Main terms
• Related terms
• Synonyms
• Logical approach
• Use proper strategies Search
Techniques Keywords
Info typeLimits
1 2
34
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Keywords – an example
“Safe use of computers by children”computer
Internet
Web
www
PC
Mainframe
online
safety
pirates
attack
protection
security
Defence/ defense
children
adolescents
teenagers
young people
….
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Search techniques
Use a phrase “computer security”
Use AND, OR and NOT to make logical connections computer AND (security OR protection OR safety)
Use truncation Terror* finds terror, terrorist, terrorism, terrorists..
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child* OR adolescent*
computer* OR internet OR WWW
OR
security OR protection OR safety
ANDAND
AND
Found too
much?
Search a more
specialised resource
Apply limits
(date, type etc)
Combine terms with
‘AND’
More specific search terms
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Eg internet AND security
Eg LIMIT to Journal articles after 2004
Applying your search strategy
to NARROW DOWN your
search
Can’t find
enough?
Search a less
specialised resource
Truncate your
search terms
Combine terms with
‘OR’
Use different search terms
Eg defence OR security OR protection
Eg Terror* finds terror, terrorism, terrorist, terrorists
Applying your search strategy to WIDEN your
search
Recipe for success!
Keep refining
Narrow down
Start broad
Maybe you’re looking in the wrong place altogether?
Or perhaps it doesn’t exist at
all?
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LibrarySearch is a good place to start
Includes the library catalogue and a range of electronic resources
Full & mobile views
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Use Library Search
To find items from your reading list To find printed books in the Library by topic To find electronic books To get a general overview of a topic To find a few journal references for an essay
Use your Library Guide to identify key databases:
libguides.ncl.ac.uk/computing
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Finding websites
http://www.intute.ac.uk• Portal to quality information on the internet• Resources selected by subject experts• Provided for UK academic community
http://scholar.google.co.uk/• Google’s search engine for academic literature
http://www.scirus.com• Scientific search engine – filters out non-scientific sites
Our electronic resources are available any time, anywhere
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Reserve
• For books on loan• Place a “hold” on books which are on loan• Borrow when book is returned
Request
• For articles and conferences we don’t have• Apply for an Inter Library Loan• 50 requests @ £1.50
Recomme
nd
• New books to buy• Books on Time system to recommend new
titles for purchase
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Now you have all the info you need – relax!
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Makes clear what your own ideas are – this is what you get marks for!
It’s good academic practice
It helps you track down the info again in future
Avoids accusations of plagiarism
Referencing: boring but important
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Recording information
BOOKS : Author, Title, Publisher, Edition, Date.
JOURNALS : Author, Article Title, Journal Title, Volume, Date, Pages.
WWW SITE : Author (if known) Title, URL, date created, date visited.
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Harvard style
JournalStockdale, E. (2003) How to keep first year
students awake. Education today 34: 122-134.
BookBent, M. (2002) The psychology of eating, Facet,
London.
Web sitePark, J, Finn, J, Cooke, R, Lawson, C. (2008)
Agriculture and the environment: the current situation. University of Reading. http://www.ecifm.reading.ac.uk/subject2.htm Accessed 1 Dec 2008
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Citing in an essay
Research has shown that giving students chocolate helps them to concentrate (Stockdale, 2003). Bent (2002 p 45) also claims that “chocolate reduces stress”. It therefore seems appropriate that universities provide chocolate fountains in all halls of residence.
ReferencesBent, M. (2002) The psychology of eating, Facet, London. Stockdale, E. (2003) How to keep first year students awake. Education today 34:122-134.
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Referencing Library Guide
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School of Computing Science/Robinson LibraryQR Code Project
A QR code contains a link, picture or text. To take part, you need a smartphone or other device
with a camera that can scan QR codes. Download a QR code App and start the tour by
scanning the first code. You’ll find it in the Reception area on L2 of the
Robinson Library. [You will need an Internet connection too!]
Please note, this is a pilot project. If you have any problems, please let me know
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Contact us....
What next…
Complete the paperchase and QR exercise – bring completed exercise to lectures with Dr Colquhoun next week
Explore the Library Guide at: http://libguides.ncl.ac.uk/computing
