Information Services and Systems Welcome! Croeso! buslib@swansea.ac.uk Your Librarians are: Sean...

Information Services and Systems

Welcome! Croeso!

buslib@swansea.ac.ukwww.swansea.ac.uk/iss

Your Librarians are:Sean BarrKatherine JonesSue Jarvis

Sam OakleyMichele DaviesRebecca KelleherMarie Bevan

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Today’s Plan

1. Introduction to the library and what it has to offer (hint – more than books!)

2. How to find books, journals, articles and more

3. Where to find help4. Library online assessment exercise in

Blackboard (for UG ASD101 only)

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To login...•Username is your student number e.g. 123456

•Password – Your student number followed by your date of birth eg. 123456/07/01/1989

•Connecting to the Swansea Wireless Internet System (SWIS) can be done though swis.swan.ac.uk

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At the Library you will find:• 800,000 books and journals

• Long opening hours

Opening hours term time Sun – Thurs 8 am–2 am Fri – Sat 8 am–10 pm

• 24 hour opening during exam time

• Helpful staff!

The Library deals with IT, referencing, literature searching, ID cards and a lot more...

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Printing/Photcopying/Scanning

• Register your card at one of the machines (you will be asked to set a 4 digit PIN)

• Put money on your card using a revaluer• Use the machines with your card and PIN

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• Consider how you use your own social media?• What are you saying about yourself online?

• Think ahead, very important considering your possible future career!

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Blackboard (my studies)

• Blackboard is Swansea University’s Virtual Learning Environment on the web.

• Go to http://myuni.swan.ac.uk/ to access it.

• Login using your normal username and password

• Course modules & Library support modules

• Library Support for Human Sciences• Library Support for Criminology

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iFind Discover – Library catalogue• Available online at

https://ifind.swan.ac.uk/discover

• Available through myuni.swan.ac.uk/

• Find books and journals

• Renew what you have borrowed

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iFind Discover – Library catalogueLets look for:

Book

Blakemore, K. (2007). Social policy: an introduction (3rd

edition). Maidenhead: Open University Press.Journal

Howard Journal of Criminal Justice

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TK

5105

5

Hal4

one week loan

TK5105.5>HAL4

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That’s great but....

• ...can I access any resources online?

• Yes – some books and most journals are available online

• Use your Swansea University Login username and Password to access most online resources

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Let’s look at...

• Ebooks:Burney, E. (2009). Making people behave: anti-social behaviour, politics and policy. Cullompton: Willan.

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What is a Journal?

• Published on a regular basis (weekly, monthly, quarterly etc.)

• Each issue contains a collection of articles reporting the latest research and developments within a specific subject discipline

• Peer-reviewed/Scholarly – reliable information on recent research which has been assessed by a board of experts

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Where to look for articles

JournalsIf you just know the name of the journal use iFind Discover

eg: Critical Social Policy

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Where to look for articles. (Cont)

When you know the details of the article,(from a reading list or reference list)-

use iFind ResearchMoss, P., Dillon, J., & Statham, J. (2000). The

“child in need” and the "rich child”: discourses, constructions and practice. Critical Social Policy, 20(2), 233-254.

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Where to look for articles. (Cont)

When you are searching on a topic to get an overview-

Topic Search (overcrowding in prisons)

A-Z List – Category Tab - Databases iFind Research

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What is a database?

• Used for a focussed search on a topic• ASSIA (Proquest) – good for social sciences

• Search (drugs and links with violence)– iGetIt button– Descriptors– Thesaurus

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Need help? Just ask!

buslib@swansea.ac.uk/swanuni.iss @swanuni_iss