Walsall Learning Centre

Welcome tips Key Facts card for useful information Information also online link available via then click on About Learning CentresAbout Learning Centres Enrol on E-vision – very important Get your Boarding Pass from the Student Gateway office If you have not already done so make sure you upload your photograph via the web cams in WLb05 in Basement of Learning Centre Get your library card from the Lending Services Helpdesk (Ground Floor) Register for an IT Account – really important Phone numbers, opening hours, web addresses, fines, renewing, facilities.

Or Registering for your IT Account via IT Services Registering for your IT AccountIT Services (University Home Page) current students IT services Register for your IT account

IT Self Help

People in the library Not always like this! We’re happy to Help!

Tour of The Basement IT Helpdesk & Labs The IT Helpdesk in WLB05 is the place to go for help with Printing, scanning, office applications and general wireless network questions Teaching Practice Collection Great resource for BEd students and those engaged in school/ nursery placements Large collection of story books/ teaching materials, artifacts and story sacks

Ground Floor Lending Services Helpdesk (Borrowing/Purchasing/Enquiries) Stationery sales/fine payment Early childhood books & journals Self service issue machines Photocopying Binding equipment Toilets

First Floor Information Helpdesk (Any Enquiries) Education books & journals Book a group study room Book study skills sessions

Second Floor Group Study Rooms Audio Visual Area QTS Testing Centre

Going Online via the University Home Pages – select Current Studentswww.wlv.ac.ukCurrent Students

Searching for information Start by brainstorming your topic What information do I need? What are my keywords/search headings?

What do I want to find? Reading Material: Books, Journal articles, Newspaper articles, information from search engines e.g. Google. Keywords within topic: e.g. multicultural, gifted, talented, underachievement in primary or secondary schools.

Searching for information Record carefully where you have looked and which keywords you have used. E.g. British Education Index & ERIC 20/09/08 ‘gifted’ and ‘primary’.

Learning Centres Learning Centres pages (4 icons best for Research e.g. OPAC)

OPACOPAC for finding Books – Select Students & Staff for full online access

OPAC Online Reading Lists Author/Title & Keyword Searching

Keyword Searching for books try Advanced Search – enter ‘emotional’, ‘social’ & ‘children

E-book search By Entering E-Book in Collection you get just Ebooks To view E-Book click on the link

Results – Books & Ebooks

Authenticate from Electronic ResourcesElectronic Resources Logging on to Electronic Resources

E-BooksE-Books via Electronic Resources pagesElectronic Resources Search E-Book Library for Instance

E-Book Library Select Education, and Go to browse Ebooks

EducationEducation web pages to search for articles Post Compulsory Education Post Compulsory Education then Finding Articles to search journals databases Finding Articles

British Education Index Consider combinations of keywords to find journal articles e.g. ‘special’, ‘early’, ‘child’ Click Search to see results

Results Click database banner to see article

Getting to Full Text Now click on Full Text

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This time select Educational Research Abstracts Educational Research Abstracts

ERA Search Click on Advanced Search

Advanced search – consider your keyword options –examples here ‘children’, ‘social’ & ‘emotional’

Results – click on title to view article

To see article click the follow links

SupersearchSupersearch – from Electronic Resources pages allows you to search a number of databases togetherElectronic Resources Click Advanced Search and Education

Supersearch Enter your keywords, elect an area of Education, and click Search

Supersearch Results Sometimes – Full Text Options

Full Text from OPAC Click on Article

Full Text Click Full Text

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GoogleGoogle search, very useful, but use with caution – Is the source reliable?

WikipediaWikipedia- content can be limited and the academic authority is not always certain

Apart from Information Help Desk (1 st Floor Try ASSIST – Online ChatASSIST

FacebookFacebook For News and making Comments about Learning Resources

To Summarise Give yourself time Record all the info you need for your referencing Check the catalogue to see what we have in stock Use the specialised databases Check out the gateways and links on the subject pages Check for full text journals Use the Internet carefully