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MSc Environmental Pollution Control

Essential Library Skills and Literature Searching

24th October 2013

Today we are going to look at …

1) Essential Library Skills

Using the Library pages on MyUniHub:

• The Library Catalogue

• Summon

• Your Library Subject Guide

Today we are going to look at …

2) Literature Searching

• Introduction to journal databases• Searching Web of Science• Accessing the journal articles you have found• What are peer-reviewed articles?• Searching Science Direct and ProQuest

Newsstand• Using Google Scholar• Referencing

Using the Library pages on MyUniHub

Log in to MyUniHub

My Study

My Library

Library Catalogue

Library Catalogue

How to search:

• Keyword search

• A-Z search

Find these items on the Library Catalogue:1. Purkis, S., Klemas, V. (2011) Remote sensing and global

environmental change. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell

2. Harrison, R.M. (ed.). (2007) Principles of environmental chemistry. London: Royal Society of Chemistry

3. Journal: Water research

Library Catalogue – e-books and e-journals

• E-books and e-journals are also found on the Library Catalogue.

• You will see ‘[electronic resource]’ after the title.

• Click on the blue link to download or read the book or journal online (You must be logged into myUniHub!)

Summon

Library Subject Guide

Introduction to journal databases

Example of a record from the Web of Science database:

Introduction to journal databases

Key databases for Environmental Health literature:

Web of Science Leading science and(Science Citation Index) technical journals

Science Direct Full-text science journals

Searching Web of Science

Library Subject Guide – Public Health, Risk, Safety & Environment

Resources

Finding journal articles / Using databases

Web of Science

Searching Web of Science

Accessing the articles you have found

• A link to the full-text article may appear.• If it does not, go to the Library Catalogue and do an

A-Z Search for the journal title.• Try this one:

• If we do not have access, use our Inter-Library-Loan service.

Peer review

• A formal procedure for checking the quality of research before it is published.  

• If a publication is peer reviewed it means it has been read, checked and authenticated by independent, third party academics (peers).

• The quality-control system of academic publishing for hundreds of years.

Searching other databases

Science Direct

ProQuest Newsstand

• Search for the same topic on these two databases, and be prepared to tell the class what you like / dislike about each database.

Google Scholar

Referencing

Referencing

Need help?

• Librarians in the Specialist Zone (1st floor) 11-3 Monday – Friday (on call 9-11, 3-5)

• Ask a Librarian http://askalibrarian.mdx.ac.uk/ • BMS Library Subject Guide

http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/biomedicalsciences