Slides from Library Workshop for the 2014 EGS MPhil Students. Covered searching techniques, databases, catalogue, finding print & journal articles and more.

1. Library Workshop
EGS MPhil 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 Libraries

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

7. 2. How to search…(a)
How is info organised?

8. 2. How to search...(b)
Where to find books & articles?
• Aleph – Online Catalogue : books, printed journals, etc.
• ALEPH &
WorldCat Local
• Databases
• Platforms

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10. 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. 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,
Mendeley, etc.

14. RefWorks
- an online citation manager
- see the online RefWorks Library Guide

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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.

18. Recap

19. Recap 1 (a)

20. Recap 1(b)

21. Recap 1(c)
Plagiarism
Copyright
Referencing

22. 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