Transcript Getting the most from the library

by:
Dr Sahm Nikoi
([email protected]; +44(0)1970622080)
 What Information Services offers
 IS Libraries
 Searching Primo
 Citation and Referencing
 Other sources of information available
 Where to find help
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Library services
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Books
Databases/Journals
Information skills training
Document supply
Computing Services
 Email
 eLearning e.g. Blackboard
 Printing, scanning and photocopying etc.
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Media services
 Lamination
 Binding
 Sale of computer accessories
Hugh Owen Library
Physical Sciences Library
Thomas Parry Library
Hugh Owen- Term-time
Monday – Thursday 08:30 - Midnight
Friday
08:30 – 21:30
Saturday and Sunday
10:00 – 18:00
Physical Science Library
Term time
Monday – Friday: 09:00 - 19:00
Vacation
Monday – Thursday: 09:00 - 13:00 / 14:00 - 17:30
Friday: 09:00 - 13:00 / 14:00 - 16:00
A reading list is set list of academic text, usually
drawn from a variety of scholarly sources prepared
by a lecturer, tutor or course team in an academic
department and required for reading by students for
a set programme of study.
Search
ARMS
for
http://arms.mis.aber.ac.uk
your
reading
list::
Resources available
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Books and eBooks
Journals (print and electronic)
Databases
Newspapers
DVDs
Rare books
Dictionaries
Dissertations etc.
Managing your resources
• Reserve
• Renew
• Request items
Monitor new resources
• RSS feed
Sign-in so that you can…
• Save any records or searches
• Take actions relating to your loans e.g. renewals,
requests
• See and use resources that Aberystwyth University
subscribes to
• Aberystwyth University: find books, journals and
other items in Aberystwyth University libraries
• Primo Central: find a large number of journal articles,
many with full-text access
• Aber+: Search both Aberystwyth University and Primo
Central
• Cadair: search the Aberystwyth University online
research repository
Combining terms
Not on loan
Class mark
Book
Location
Journal
E-Journal
Resource type
Library
Collection
Topic
Creator
Last year
Last 2 years
Last 5 years
Last 10 years
Last 20 years
In the title
As author creator
In subject
In user tags
Class mark
Is exact
Starts with
Books
Journals
Articles
Images
Audio visual
Databases
Websites
Maps
Save your search query for use later
• Click on the star next to each record so it goes orange
• Click on e-Shelf next to your name in the page banner to save
records
Remember books are
classified using the
Library of congress
classification scheme
Use the floor map to check class mark
against the stack guides to find the book
Class Mark
Q
Q 335-336
QA 75
QA 76.6
QA 76.73
QA76.76.O63
QA76.9.D3
QA9.58
QA76.9.H85
T
T385
TJ211.4
TK
TK 5105
TK 7885
Subject
Science (General)
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science
Programming
Individual languages
Operating systems
Database management
Data structures and algorithms
Human computer interaction
Technology
Computer graphics
Robotics
Electrical engineering
Communications & networks
Computer hardware
Think about…
• Available from
date
• Year
• Volume
• Page numbers
• Discover subject
databases
• Cross-search a custom
set of databases
• IEEE Computer Society
http://www.computer.org/portal/web/csdl
• Computing Research Repository
http://arxiv.org/corr/home)
• The DBLP Computer Science Bibliography
(http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/
• Mendeley- Computer Science
(http://www.mendeley.com/computer-andinformation-science/
Who
When
FLOREANO, D. & MATTIUSSI, C. 2008. Bio-inspired artificial
intelligence : theories, methods, and technologies,
Cambridge, Mass. ; London, MIT Press.
Where
Who
What
Who
When
HULIHAN, M. M., SAYERS, C. A., GROSSE, S. D., GARRISON, C.
& GRANT, A. M. 2011. Iron Overload What Is the Role of Public
Health? American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 41, S422S427.
What
Where
Who
When
HERTZMANN, A., KAPLAN, C. & SPENCER, S. N. 2004.
Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on NonPhotorealistic Animation and Rendering : 2004, Annecy,
What
France, June 07 - 09, 2004, New York, ACM Press. [online].
Available at: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=987657&picked=prox&CFID=74193358&CFTOKEN=37167248 (Accessed:
27 March 2012)
Where
Where
Who
• Single front end for library and information resources
• Fast and easy introduction to scholarship through Primo
Central
• Store library books and journal article records in one place
• Shibboleth authentication when signing on
• Primo Central as a bibliographic database in its own right
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Subject information page http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/subject/
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Google Books and e-book sellers – for limited previews
or snippet views
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Out of copyright books – Project Gutenberg
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Buying second-hand books from shops or the Internet –
try and get the right edition
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Inter-library loans
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University bookshop
Customer Services, Level D, Hugh Owen Library
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