CS honours library training

1. Computer Science Honours
Library Skills Training
April 2016
Pepler Head
pv.head@uct.ac.za

2. In this session we will be looking at:
• Navigating the UCT Libraries website
• Which database to use when searching for articles
• How to access journal articles that UCT Libraries does not
subscribe to
• Finding and accessing theses
• RefWorks

3. Navigating the UCT Libraries website

4. Databases we will be looking at:
Google Scholar
ACM Digital Library
Computer & Applied Science Complete
ScicenDirect
IEEE Xplore
Web of Science

5. Google Scholar:
Features
• Search all scholarly literature from one convenient place
• Explore related works, citations, authors, and publications
• Locate the complete document through your library or on the web
• Keep up with recent developments in any area of research
• Check article citations

6. Google Scholar:

7. Google Scholar:

14. ACM Digital Library
The ACM Digital Library (DL) is the most comprehensive collection of full-text
articles and bibliographic records in existence today covering the fields of
computing and information technology containing
• 407,367 Full-text articles
• 2.0+ Million Pages of full-text articles
• 18,000+ New full-text articles added each year
• 44+ High Impact Journals with 2-3 new journals being launched each year
• 275+ Conference Proceedings Titles added each year
• 2,000+ Proceedings Volumes
• 8 Magazines (including the flagship Communications of the ACM, the most
heavily cited publication in the field of computing according to Thomson-
Reuters)
• 37 Technical Newsletters from ACM's Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
• 6,500+ Video files
• 594 Audio files

15. ACM Digital Library

21. Ebsco Host:
Computers & Applied Sciences Complete
An Important Resource Focused on the Research and Development Spectrum
of Computing and Applied Sciences
Content Includes:
• Nearly 1,000 full-text journals
• Indexing and abstracts for more than 2,200 academic journals, professional
publications and other sources
Subjects Include:
• Computer theory
• Computer systems
• Engineering disciplines
• New technology
• Social and professional context

22. Ebsco Host:
Computers & Applied Sciences Complete

23. Ebsco Host:
Computers & Applied Sciences Complete

31. Science Direct
• Use a single solution to access nearly 2,500 journals and more than
33,000 books, covering 24 major disciplines across science,
technology and health
• Access over 13 million full-text publications
• Register for multiple alerts, including journal and book series, topic
and search alerts

38. IEEE Xplore
• Highly cited journals in technology
• Nearly 2 million full-text documents
• Full-text, searchable PDFs
• Full-text HTML for select issues of IEEE
Spectrum and Proceedings of the IEEE

46. Web of Science
Authoritative, multidisciplinary content covers over
12,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide—
including open access journals—and over 160,000
conference proceedings. You'll find current and
retrospective coverage in the sciences, social sciences,
arts, and humanities, with coverage dating back to
1900. Focus on the essential data from across more
than 250 disciplines.

54. How to access material that UCT Libraries does not have access to?
Interlibrary Loans

55. How to access material that UCT Libraries does not have access to?
Interlibrary Loans

56. Accessing Theses

57. Accessing Theses

58. Accessing Theses

59. Accessing Theses

60. RefWorks:
• RefWorks is a reference management
tool that enables you to store and
organise your references in your own
personal database.

61. • Build up your OWN PERSONAL DATABASE of references
• FREE at UCT
• Store references SAFELY on the RefWorks server
• BACK UP your references on your PC
• ORGANISE your references in folders
• IMPORT REFERENCES from databases and the Web
• SEARCH your references with the RefWorks search engine
• SAVE the abstracts of articles
• Link to FULL TEXT
• CREATE BIBLIOGRAPHIES automatically
RefWorks:

62. RefWorks:
To access RefWorks, go to the
library home page:
www.lib.uct.ac.za
Under Research Help, you
will see the RefWorks tab.

63. RefWorks:

64. RefWorks:

65. Referencing help:
See the Computer Science Library guide and
check out the referencing tab for help:
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/c.php?g=182272&p
=1200739
Or see the library home page under Research
Help – Referencing Help.
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/referencing-help

66. Further Assistance:
Please feel free to email me:
Pepler Head - pv.head@uct.ac.za
Remember the Computer Science Library Guide:
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/chemistry
Also have a look at UCT Libraries’ YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/UCTLibraries

70. Thank you,
any questions?