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UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA Presentation to Foreign Affairs Institute by Marieta Buys 13 February 2008 1 Expectations Day 1 (2 hour session) • • • • • • • Service agreement Registration process An introduction to e-resources and other library products General Orientation on Library Web How to list. Defining search strategies Services available only in the Library: – Journals – Databases 2 Expectations Day 2 (2 hour session) • • • • • • Recap of Day 1 The use of the Internet as an information and a research tool The evaluation of information sources Referencing techniques Copyright and plagiarism Library catalogue (UPExplore) 3 Search: What, Where ? • • • • • Analyse your search Books / Journals/ databases /web-sites Subject web-page AND, OR NOT, *, “ “ Limit your search (Language, Year, Descriptor / keyword) 4 http://www.library.up.ac.za 5 6 7 Journals: Paper and electronic 8 9 10 11 The References to a topic and full text • • • • • • • • • • • • Databases CSA – Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Political Science Abstracts, Econolit (International) SABINET (South African) Journal Platforms JStor ProQuest, Emerald OCLC First Search, GLOBAL NEWSBANK, Heinonline EBSCOhost Electronic Books 12 13 14 15 CSA • • • • • • BHI: British Humanities Index EconLit PAIS Scopus Business and Economics Sociological Abstracts Worldwide Political Science Abstracts 16 17 18 19 20 21 EBSCOHOST Multidisciplinary database • Academic Search Premier • • • • Masterfile premier EJS E-Journals SocINDEX Click on continue 22 EBSCOHOST (2) • • • • • Type your keywords - limit your search by using the : Title Peer reviewed journals Date Book reviews 23 24 25 JSTOR 26 27 28 29 JSTOR • • • Use Download Open with PDF File or Print 30 Internet as research Tool • • • • • • • • • • Communication Tool Types of Web: Portals News sites Informational pages Webblogs Academics personal pages Newsgroups, message boards Listservs Chat rooms Web browsers 31 Internet Links • • • SA Government Online - http://www.gov.za;SA Government Information http://www.polity.org.za; SA Constitutional Assembly http://www.constitution.gov.zaSA Political PartiesSA Organisations, eg.Africa Institute – http://www.ai.org.za; Institute for Security Studies – http://www/iss/co.za; ACCORD – http://www.accord.org.zaInstitute for Global Dialogue– http://www/igd.org.za/who/html International Organisations United Nations (UN) – http://www.un.org/english/World Bank – http://www.worldbank.org/European Union – http://europa.eu/abc/index_en.htm 32 News • • • • • • • News Global NewsBank (e-resources) CNN – http://cnn.com BBC – http://www.bbc.co.uk/home/today Washington Post – http://www.washintonpost.com Africa News Online - http://www.africanewsonline.com All Africa - http://allafrica.com/ 33 34 35 36 37 The evaluation of information sources 38 Evaluation CARS Checklist for Research Source Evaluation Credibility Trustworthy source Accuracy Reasonableness Support 39 Referencing techniques 40 Copyright and plagiarism 41 Thank You ! 42