Library Workshop By Linda Kelly @ UCT Libraries Academic Librarian: EGS, Archaeology & Oceanography [email protected] By Linda Kelly l Academic Librarian @ UCT Libraries
Nov 11, 2014
Library WorkshopBy Linda Kelly @ UCT Libraries
Academic Librarian: EGS, Archaeology & Oceanography
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
• Primo
• Platforms
• Databases
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 -20.
3. Find stuff: books & articles...(b)
Examples
Recap Volunteers?
Recap 1 (a)
Recap 1(b)
Copyright
Plagiarism
Referencing
Recap 1(c)