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Library Workshop
EGS Honours 2014

By Linda Kelly @ UCT Libraries
Academic Librarian: EGS, Archaeology & Oceanography
Linda.Kelly@uct.ac.za

By Linda Kelly l Academic Librarian @ UCT Libraries
ways
libraries
can make your
academic life

easier
By Linda Kelly l Academic Librarian @ UCT
#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
2. How to search…(a)
How is info organised?
2. How to search...(b)
Where to find books & articles?
• Aleph – Online Catalogue : books, printed journals, etc.
• ALEPH &
WorldCat Local

• Databases

• Platforms
1
2
3
4
EXAMPLE OF A DATABASE
SAGE DATABASE ON RESEARCH METHODS

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

Plagiarism
Copyright
• Creative Commons
license
• Create your own
licence
• Includes images

• Cannot present another
person’s work as your
own
• Can get expelled
• Bad reputation
amongst peers

Referencing
• Online guides
• Many software
programmes
• RefWorks, EndNote, Men
deley, etc.
RefWorks
- an online citation manager
- see the online RefWorks Library Guide
2. How to search…(c)
c) What is Boolean Searching?
AND, OR, NOT

See “Boolean Operators” Guide
&
“The WHERE & WHAT of searching” 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
3. Find stuff: books & articles...(b)
Examples

• 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.
Book example
Article example
Recap
Recap 1 (a)
Recap 1(b)
Recap 1(c)
Plagiarism

Copyright

Referencing
Thank you

Linda Kelly @ UCT Libraries
Academic Librarian: EGS, Archaeology & Oceanography
Linda.Kelly@uct.ac.za

Email to arrange a 1-on-1 research consultation

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2014 egs honours_library workshop

  • 1. Library Workshop EGS Honours 2014 By Linda Kelly @ UCT Libraries Academic Librarian: EGS, Archaeology & Oceanography Linda.Kelly@uct.ac.za By Linda Kelly l Academic Librarian @ UCT Libraries
  • 2. ways libraries can make your academic life easier By Linda Kelly l Academic Librarian @ UCT
  • 3. #1. save time #2. get better grades #3. find things that Google cant
  • 4. The 3 Basics 1) 1-stop-shops & contact 2) How to search 3) Find stuff: books & articles
  • 5. stop shops & contacts • Library website - http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/ – Off campus login – Ask-A-Librarian – Subject Guides
  • 6.
  • 7.
  • 8. 2. How to search…(a) How is info organised?
  • 9. 2. How to search...(b) Where to find books & articles? • Aleph – Online Catalogue : books, printed journals, etc. • ALEPH & WorldCat Local • Databases • Platforms
  • 11. EXAMPLE OF A DATABASE SAGE DATABASE ON RESEARCH METHODS … 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 
  • 12.
  • 13. 2. How to search…(c) Avoid “speeding” fines! Plagiarism Copyright • Creative Commons license • Create your own licence • Includes images • Cannot present another person’s work as your own • Can get expelled • Bad reputation amongst peers Referencing • Online guides • Many software programmes • RefWorks, EndNote, Men deley, etc.
  • 14.
  • 15. RefWorks - an online citation manager - see the online RefWorks Library Guide
  • 16. 2. How to search…(c) c) What is Boolean Searching? AND, OR, NOT See “Boolean Operators” Guide & “The WHERE & WHAT of searching” Guide in EGS LibGuide
  • 17. 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
  • 18. 3. Find stuff: books & articles...(b) Examples • 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.
  • 20.
  • 21.
  • 23.
  • 24.
  • 25.
  • 26.
  • 27.
  • 28.
  • 29.
  • 30.
  • 31.
  • 32. Recap
  • 36. Thank you Linda Kelly @ UCT Libraries Academic Librarian: EGS, Archaeology & Oceanography Linda.Kelly@uct.ac.za Email to arrange a 1-on-1 research consultation

Notas do Editor

  1. Online ref guides: http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/research-help/referencing-help/RefWorks guide: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/refworksCC about: http://creativecommons.org/CClicence: http://creativecommons.org/choose/CC images & Flicker:
  2. Boolean Operators Guide: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/content.php?pid=63609&sid=4372608