M5y1 presentation

by Aurelie Gandour

ABOUT THE LIBRARY AND THE LIBRARY’S RESOURCES

Your Personal Librarian

Lise Szwannlszwann@tavi-port.ac.uk020 8938 2306

The Library Online

• The Moodle course for Information Skills• A Help Blog with lots of info

• The Twitter account for Information Skills: @iSkillsTavi

• The library’s main Twitter account: @tapchat

• The library’s Facebook: Tavilibrary

Your Reading List

• Physical documents in the library• Online versions to access from home

The Catalogue

• Find physical documents• And eBooks!• Renew your documents• Put holds• Make suggestions• Ask for InterLibrary Loans

The One-Stop-Shop for Journals

• JOURNALS, not articles• Find them, access them

Library vs Shibboleth accounts

Library vs Shibboleth accounts

Library vs Shibboleth accounts

Library vs Shibboleth accounts

Library Login:Allows you to log into the library's catalogue to:• See what documents are

on your card;• Renew them;• Put documents on hold;• Ask for interlibrary loans;

Library vs Shibboleth accounts

Library Login:Allows you to log into the library's catalogue to:• See what documents are

on your card;• Renew them;• Put documents on hold;• Ask for interlibrary loans;

Shibboleth Account:• Log into Moodle• Access your reading-list• Access online resources

such as:– E-books;– Online journals;– Bibliographic

databases...

Staff Publications• A repository that

collects together the work of clinical and academic staff

• Simple records• But often full-text• Follow us online!

Subject Guides• A current snapshot • Specific subject areas • Videos, podcasts,

newsreels, scholarly articles, current articles from journals…

• New information is being fed onto the pages hourly, daily or weekly.

Time for a quizz!

Time for a quizz!• How would you

search for an eBook?

• Where would you look for a thesis written by a staff member?

• How can you access a bunch of articles on a particular subject?

GOOD HABITS FOR A GOOD SEARCH

From wide to narrow• Avoiding the silence• Taming the noise

Use Good Keywords!

• As few as possible• Relevant!• Check for typos!• Beware of US spelling

Using fields• Advanced search

of the catalogue• Or bibliographic

databases• Being more

precise• Using several

fields at a time with Boolean operators…

Boolean Operators

Link!

Truncation

• *• Variations for a word• Widens your search• But use it carefully!

Mind where you put the *!

PsychiatryPsychiatricPsychiatrist

Psychia*

Mind where you put the *!

PsychosisPsychoticPsychedelicPsychologyPsychologistPsychologicalPsychopathyPsychosomatic

PsychotherapyPsychopathologyPsychoanalysisPsychiatryPsychiatricPsychiatristPsyche, etc.

Psych*

Quotation marks

• “…”• Precise expression or phrase• Narrows your search

Too many results? Limit!

• Once on the results page

• Item type• Topic or subject• Full-text or availability• Exact names• Population studies or

other specific characteristics (for specialised databases)

Exercise: Good Habits for a Good Search

See you soon!

And if need be, send me your questions!

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