2014 egs acdi masters_library workshop

Library WorkshopACDI Masters 2014

By Linda Kelly @ UCT Libraries Academic Librarian: EGS, Archaeology

& OceanographyLinda.Kelly@uct.ac.za

By Linda Kelly l Academic Librarian @ UCT Libraries

ways libraries

can make your academic life

easier3By Linda Kelly l Academic Librarian @ UCT

Libraries

#1. save time

#2. get better grades

#3. find things that Google cant

The 3 Basics

1) 1-stop-shops & contact

2) How to search

3) Find stuff: books & articles

stop shops & contacts

• Library website - http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/

– Off campus login

– Ask-A-Librarian

– Subject Guides

1

2. How to search…(a)How is info organised?

2. How to search...(b)Where to find books & articles?

• Aleph – Online Catalogue : books only

• ALEPH & WorldCat Local

• Platforms

• Databases

SAGE DATABASE ON RESEARCH METHODS

SAGE Research Methods Online … a tool designed to help you create research projects

and understand the methods behind them.

Online Resources books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, articles, Green & Blue Books, videos (access

using Off-Campus-Login via UCT Libraries website)

Videos Video 1: SAGE Research Methods Overview Video 2: How to Start Your Research Video 3: Methods Map and Methods Lists

(URL: http://srmo.sagepub.com/page/tips-and-tutorials/tutorials

Copyright• Creative Com

mons license• Create your o

wn licence

• Includes images

Plagiarism• Cannot present

another person’s work as your own

• Can get expelled• Bad reputation

amongst peers

Referencing• Online guides• Many software

programmes• RefWorks,

EndNote, Mendeley, etc.

2. How to search…(c)Avoid “speeding” fines!

RefWorks

2. How to search…(c)c) What is Boolean Searching?

AND, OR, NOT

See Boolean Operators Guide in

EGS LibGuide

3. Find stuff: books & articles...(a)

You either have…

a) the book & article info, i.e. title, author, journal, etc.

OR

b) the essay task & subject area

• Book Title: Environmental Governance and Climate

Change in Africa

• Article Title: Brown, M. 2009. Markets, climate change,

and food security in West Africa. Environmental science & technology,

43(21):8016-8020.

3. Find stuff: books & articles...(b)

Examples

Recap Volunteers?

Recap 1 (a)

Recap 1(b)

Copyright

Plagiarism

Referencing

Recap 1(c)

Thank you

Linda Kelly @ UCT Libraries Academic Librarian: EGS,

Archaeology & OceanographyLinda.Kelly@uct.ac.za