Student Guide to Books & Databases

Student Guide to Books

& Databases

The Catalogue

Call No, Class No and Dewey No are all different names for the same thing

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The Catalogue

Why use the catalogue?

To find useful books

To find the location of books

Request books

Renew books

How to access the catalogue

Nearest LRC

http://hip.blackpool.ac.uk

Moodle.blackpool.ac.uk/ Support Services/Learning

Resources

Or follow the link at the bottom of the college homepage

Resources Login You no longer need a separate password to access our online databases but you will need

to provide certain information when you login

Step1 Type in Blackpool

Step 2 Select Blackpool & the Fylde

College from the drop down.

Step 3 Use your normal college

network login

Intro to e-books

A selection of full text e books on your

reading list

Direct links are available through the

library catalogue

Search for an author, title, subject or

within the text

Access to the full text of the book

Links to relevant websites

Add notes and store on your own

bookshelf account

Intro to e-books

Ebrary 3000 full text e-books

Direct links are available

through the library catalogue

Search for an author, title,

subject or within the text

Access to the full text of the

book

Links to relevant websites

Add notes and store on your

own bookshelf account

Creating Accounts

Journals

We take over a hundred journals, in a mixture of general interest and peer reviewed.

The current copies are library use only, but back copies can be taken out on 7 day loan.

Back copies can be found in the subject area on the shelves. Check the catalogue for exact

locations.

Peer Reviewed General Interest

Search Strategies

A good search strategy can not only improve your results but reduce the amount

of time you spend searching for information.

Combinations of words and phrases

Synonyms: teacher, tutor, lecturer

Differences in spellings: colour, color

Use wildcards (The stem of a word followed by an asterisk): photo* for results on

photograph, photographer, photographic

Always use the Advanced Search facility

Use Boolean Logic (It sounds scary but it just means to combine words and phrases

with AND/OR/NOT)

Mind Mapping

The college has mind mapping software called

Mindview 4. It’s available on all computers at college

and can help you organise your thoughts to help with

your assignments.

You don’t have to be technologically minded to

use mind mapping. You can always just

brainstorm your ideas on a piece of paper.

Great for exam revision and assignment

planning

EbscoHost Full Text

Journals Tick an individual database or to chose all click here

To combine search terms, enter one in each

box with exact phrases within “ ” e.g “Public

Health”. Then click on the Boolean Phrase

Search

Now refine your search by

choosing Full Text & Peer

Reviewed for better quality

journals.

You can also slide the date

button to restrict your search

http://moodle.blackpool.ac.uk

Click on Sign in on the right hand side of the page. Click on the Create new

Account link

Once logged in you can save articles, just click beneath article.

To save your searches or receive an alert to new content click on

Your information is stored in Folder (Top Right)

To customise, open folder and go to ‘My Contents’ on the right hand side.

Organise your searches and articles by creating new folders.

Creating Accounts

Databases

Hairdressing Training

Gale TRILT

Periodicals Archive Online

ZETOC

Archival Sound Recordings

Brill Journal Archives

BFI Inview

Digimap

British Cartoon Archives

British Periodicals

Census Dissemination Unit

Jorum Open

John Johnston Collection

JISC Media Hub

JISC Journal Archives

Intered

IHS Technical Indexes

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers

Economic & Social Data Services

Check out some of our

other

databases

available through

Moodle

http://moodle.blackpool.ac.uk

RSS & Email Alerts

To support your research RSS feeds can be created for your search

queries in many of the databases e.g. EBSCOhost.

These RSS feeds once saved and embedded will check for updates

daily and if new resources appear for your specific search they will

update.

Many institutions/organisations also produce RSS feeds which you

can collect to keep up to date with the very latest information from

the industry.

Sign up for email alerts, just look for Alert/Save/Share

Website Evaluation

myHUB

Access all of your College online

services from one website,

‘myHUB’.

You can access ‘myHUB’ from any

computer with an internet connection.

Login with your College network

username and password.

Click 'My Files' to access your online

file storage area and use Office 365

web applications to create, edit and

save Microsoft Office documents in

your browser.

http://myhub.blackpool.ac.uk

myHUB is a cloud based storage facility

Referencing

You need to be organized with your referencing, every time

you use a resource make a note of it

You’ll be dealing with information from many different sources

– make a careful note of where all your information comes

from as you use it

Remember that the library system doesn’t keep a permanent

record of what you’ve taken out

Always make a note of the date electronic resources are

accessed

The library team can help you with your referencing, but please remember any advice given

should be run by your tutor first before submitting work.

Copies of Cite

Them Right can be

purchased or

borrowed from

The Central Loop

Plagiarism Software

You may have some of your work submitted through Turnitin. If you do not reference properly

you could be accused of plagiarism.

If you need help in uploading your work to Turnitin, ask a member of staff.

Drop in Sessions

We offer different drop in sessions at strategic times in the year. Check the

centre and screens around college for dates and times.

You can also book a drop in session to speak to your LRC Adviser for help with

researching, referencing and how to navigate the college computer network.

Software Available in

The Central Loop

Adobe CS5

Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign,

etc...

Read and Write Gold

Text to Speech

Dictionary

Pronunciation Tutor

Translator

Word Predictor

Sounds Like and Confusable

Words

Scan Documents and Convert to

Word Doc, PDF, HTML

Mind View

Mind mapping software

available on all college

computers

SuperNova

Screen enlargement software

Sage

Accounting Software available

on computers: 9, 10, 11, 32, 34

& 1 in the Silent Study

Other Services

If your course is affiliated

with Lancaster you can join

their library and use their

resources

You will need:

A signed yellow membership form. Ask a member

of staff

£5.00 fee

What you get:

You can borrow up to 6 books at any one time.

(which must be returned directly to Lancaster)

Walk in access to the stock and online resources.

(Only on one terminal and there are no printing

facilities.)

You can order up to 12 books or journal articles

from the British Library per academic year

Forms available from any Learning Resource

Centre or online through Moodle

We will ask you to check all

available full text databases first

Interlibrary Loan

Online Safety

Thinkuknow

Guide to internet safety &

safe searching

Advice and tips for children,

adults and professionals of

all ages

Please be safe online, be careful about what personal information you put out on the internet

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2012/13 Central Loop Calendar

Normal Opening Hours

Mon-Thurs 8.30am–9.00 pm

Friday 8.30 am-5.00 pm

Normal Saturday Opening

10.00 am—4.00 pm

Saturdays - Closed

Half Term & Holidays

Mon—Fri 9.00 am - 5.00 pm

Summer Break

Mon - Fri 9.00 am - 4.00 pm

Lunch closing 12.30 -13.00

Staff Dev/ Admin Week

Mon -Fri 9.00 am– 4.00 pm

Bank Holidays -Closed

Phone: 01253 504414

Email: [email protected]

Contact a member of

the team