Library Orientation EMLS 129R Winter 2017 Tony Tin, Librarian Renison University College Library

Where can I Start? From Renison https://uwaterloo.ca/renison/lusi-wong-library

Where can I start? To U Waterloo http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca

What I need to know?

Undergraduate Student https://uwaterloo.ca/library/undergraduate-students

Printing in the Library (Cash Only) 8 Desktop computers Printing $0.10

uPrint Service http://uwaterloo.ca/uprint Web-based Anytime, anywhere printing at Renison Library using your WatIAM credentials Print Job http://uwaterloo.ca/uprint

How to access Library Resources from Home

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

Library Account: Feature Search: finds records using keywords Query: save your search queries E-shelf: save bibliographic records from various search results

Subject Guide

A federated search tool one stop searching for every thing (BASIC) 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 (BASIC)

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

Narrow or Broaden your search results: Boolean can help Boolean: Operator which links concepts within a search. OR (to include at least one term / concept) – Broaden (trout OR salmon) AND (to include all terms / concepts) – Narrow (fish AND food) NOT (to exclude terms / concepts) – Narrow (trout NOT salmon) Make sure you are using “UPPER CASE” OR : A OR B: more result A AND B A NOT B: fewer result

Examples: Advertisement More Results using “OR” advertisement OR marketing 4,805,010 results Fewer Results using “AND” advertisement AND online 20,679 results Fewer Results using “NOT” advertisement NOT marketing 1,557,627 results Advertisement and marketing For further Info: http://primo.tug-libraries.on.ca/primo_library/libweb/action/helpHandler.do

More Tips: Phrase Searching: look for two or more words together using “ “. Instead of: social media 1,882,099 Try: “social media” 757,235 results Truncation/Wildcards: eexpands a term to include all forms of the root word using * Cultur* finds culture and cultural 3,596,083 results Asterisk

Beyond Boolean: Faceted Searching Search information organized according to a classification system such as peered reviewed, material Type, library location, date and Subject. Attributes

Borrowing books: 3 steps

Returning books: Loan term: books=Term Loan; 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: (Proquest) Browse Research Databases by Subject: (Science) Find E-Journal Title (Entrepreneurship Research Journal )

What is a Peer reviewed article? Articles evaluated by several researchers or subject specialist in the academic community prior to accepting it for publication. Also known as scholarly or refereed.

How to Write http://writeonline.ca/

How to cite your Resources? 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 contact tony.tin@uwaterloo.ca amcgowan@uwaterloo.ca Online tutorial: http://alturl.com/i8ckx Website: http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca

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