library skills for eap students
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How and where to searchHow:Example search: Healthcare funding Breakdown search
Key Concept 1 Key Concept 2Health care Fund or funds or funding
Where:Library catalogues, web gateways and websites, databases
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Library catalogue
• http://library.ucl.ac.uk
Useful for searching for books on topics and for finding books on your reading list
• QUIZ: • In which library would you find the book “Rationing
in the NHS” by Bill New, and what is the shelf location?
• What is the earliest issue of “ Healthcare policy” available electronically?
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Intute
www.intute.ac.uk
A gateway to peer-reviewed academic information on the web
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WHO
http://www.who.int/en/
Useful for information on health policy across the world
Quiz:
Find the factsheet “Paying for health services”
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Current research: Step 1: Define your topic
• Manufacturing potential therapies for AIDS
• Key concepts
• Alternative terms
Health care Funding or fund or funds
Healthcare Economic or economics
Finance or finances or financing
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Boolean logic for combining search terms
All foods with raspberries All flavours of ice creamRaspberry ice cream
raspberries OR ice cream
Ice cream AND raspberries
Ice cream NOT raspberries
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Current research: Step 2: More hints and tips• Phrase search
e.g. “Health care”• Nesting
e.g. “Health care” and
(funding or finance)• Wildcards
e.g. Wom?n• Truncation
e.g. Financ*
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Current research: Step 3: Search the databases
• Database of engineering journals and conference proceedings
• Go to the library website www.ucl.ac.uk/library• Click on Databases• Click on W• Click on Web of Science
• QUIZ: • Using Web of Science find three articles on Health care
funding using the tips shown in the previous slides?• Use SFX to locate the articles?• Email yourself the records for the two articles?
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Material not held at UCL
• can be used in most databases to check journal holdings at UCL and other universities
• Use the drop down menu in SFX to search across library catalogues with COPAC or ULS
• Links to nearby university libraries here http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/otherlib.shtml
• Books and journal articles can be requested via inter-library loan: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/ill.shtml
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How to avoid plagiarism - Citing your references
Citing styles: Harvard and Vancouver Systematic notes Note the content
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/silva/current-students/guidelines/policies/plagiarism
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Access to e-resources
• Most electronic resources can be accessed on or off campus
• The best route to these is via the library website• You will need your UCL userid to log in• For further information go to
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/e-res.shtml#res-home
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WISE
• Library Services’ online induction• Includes training in various resources • Go to http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/wise.shtml• Click the link to WISE for beginners and log in
using your UCL computing username and password
• Enrol yourself on the course
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Help!
WISE: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/moodle Ask at the Enquiry Desk
Ground floor, Science Library
Opposite the Issue Desk at the Main Library
Tel: 020 7679 7700
Email: [email protected]
Find your subject librarian listed at
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/who.shtml
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Thank you
Please fill in the evaluation form at
http://tinyurl.com/ylgdpws
Lynne Meehan (Room 314, Science library)Tel: 020 7679 2634 (ext 32634)Email:[email protected]