Library Orientation BSW Program Tony Tin, Director, Library and Information services Lusi Wong library Renison University College 2017

Where can I find the information? https://uwaterloo.ca/renison/lusi-wong-library

Where can I find the information? http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca

What I need to know?

How to access Library Resources from Anywhere

How to access Library Resources

Library Account My account: View a listing of your outstanding fines and fees due to the library. See the materials that are checked out and renew these items. See requests pending at the library and their status. My list: save bibliographic records from various search results for later viewing, editing and printing in different formats aMy searches:llows you to save up to 25 search queries Search: Basic search finds records using keywords located anywhere in a record,

Library Account: Features My account: fines and fees. See checked out and renew these items Search: finds records using keywords Query: save your search queries E-shelf: save bibliographic records from your search results

Course Reserve

Subject Guide

A federated search tool one stop searching for every thing How to find books, journal articles, library website and many others .. A federated search tool – one stop searching for every thing, including book, journal article, video, e-book and etc Books and media Articles Library web pages Research Databases Journal titles More search options for "technology" Research guides Frequent library questions and answers Google Scholar UWSpace (Institutional Repository) University of Waterloo search A federated search tool one stop searching for every thing

More Search Options

Advanced Search options Search: Searches everything, including books, articles, audios, videos and many others. Books +: Searches physical resources (books) and E-books. Articles+: Searches articles available through many of the Library’s electronic subscription

Search Tips: Phrase & Truncation Phrasing searching: look for two or more words together using “ “. Instead of child poverty (35,77 results), try “child poverty” (1,827 results) Truncation/wildcards: using * to include all forms of the root word using*. child* finds child and children.

Search tips: arrow or Broaden your search results: Boolean can help Boolean: Operator which links concepts within a search. OR (to include at least one term / concept): “child poverty” OR “poor children” (47,913 results) AND (to include all terms / concepts): “child poverty” AND Alberta (56 results) NOT (to exclude terms / concepts): “child poverty” NOT “poor children” (8,328 results). OR : A OR B: more result A AND B A NOT B: fewer result

Borrowing books: 3 steps

Returning books: Loan term: books=2 weeks; journals=3 days; Reserves= 3 hrs. Return at any designated library book return (N.B. Renison’s in hallway), except Reserves.

Research Databases (Journal articles) 3 different access points: Primo Article+ Research Journal Database Browse Research Databases by Title: (PsycINFO) Browse Research Databases by Subject: (Social work) Find E-Journal Title (Social work research)

Useful Social Work Research Databases Social Service Abstracts (Proquest) MEDLINE (Proquest) Family & Society Studies Worldwide(Ebsco) Social Science Full Text (Ebsco) Canadian Research Index (Gale) PsyINFO (APA PsycNET site) Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge) Sociological Abstracts (Proquest)

How to cite your Resouces? Citation / Style Guides: provide access to different citation styles including APA, Chicago, MLA, and others. Primo Citation: allow you to copy-and-paste formatted citations from search results. Google Scholar Cites: allow you to copy-and-paste formatted citations from search results. Refwork: Online bibliographic management program that allows users to create a personal database of references and generate bibliographies in a variety of formats (Group Code* = RWUWaterloo)  Poverty Wagner, Viqi, 1953- Detroit : Greenhaven Press 2008

Ask US FAQ Online chat (various IM interfaces)—12 p.m. to 4 p.m., except weekends and holidays E-mail Text In person Phone

Thank You! E-mail:tony.tin@uwaterloo.ca Online tutorial: http://alturl.com/i8ckx Website: http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca