MATHEMATICS Honours & Academics 27 JULY 2009 LIBRARY TRAINING MATHEMATICS Honours & Academics 27 JULY 2009

PRESENTATION OUTLINE Library orientation - Library Webpage/Sciences Librarian Portal - Applied Maths & Maths Subject Portal - Finding Books in the Library - Finding Journals in the Library - Top Databases (Topic search/ articles) 2. Steps in online searching 3. Searching techniques Reference Techniques

LIBRARY WEBPAGE: http://www. uj. ac LIBRARY WEBPAGE: http://www.uj.ac.za/library SCIENCES LIBRARIAN PORTAL: http://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/

Additional access to the Sciences Portal

SCIENCES LIBRARIAN PORTAL: http://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/

Applied Mathematics & Mathematics Subject Portal http://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/Applied-Mathematics-and-Mathematics

Embedded Widgets on the Sciences Subject Portals

FINDING BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY http://ujlink.uj.ac.za

HOW CREATE LIBRARY PIN

FINDING JOURNALS IN THE LIBRARY (1) UJLink (PRINT & ONLINE)

FINDING JOURNALS IN THE LIBRARY (2) CASE: A-TO-Z JOURNALS (ONLINE) Type the Journal Title You search for Journals within these Databases

TOP DATABASES FOR MATHEMATICS Bibliographic Databases Africa-Wide: Nipad (through EbscoHost)(Covers Africa and South Africa) Current Content Connect (ISI Web of Knowledge, 1998+) Engineering Village 2 (EV2) (Compendex, Inspec, Referex (e-books) MathSciNet (Based on Mathematical Reviews, Books, Journals, Proceedings, 1940+) Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI Web of Science, 1981+) Full-text Databases (incl. abstracts only) Academic OneFile (Infotrac; Multidisciplinary) Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost; Multidisciplinary) ArXiv.org (Open Access; Cornell University Repository)(Mathematics, Nonlinear Sciences, Quantitative Finance & Statistics) Emerald (full-text & abstracts; Engineering & Technology; Management)  IEEE Xplore (Journals full-text from 1997+) JSTOR (3-5 years moving wall) PhysMath Central (Open Access Physics & Mathematics Research) SA E-Publications (South African journals) ScienceDirect (full-text from 1995+)(Mathematics: 94 journals) SpringerLink (full-text: Archive + Current as per License agreement Wiley Interscience (full-text, Blackwell journals from 1997+; Wiley Journals - abstracts only

MathSciNet Database

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STEPS IN ONLINE SEARCHING: START WITH YOUR PROJECT Step 1 Define your research topic Step 2 Read about your topic Step 3 Identify the main keywords or concepts Step 4 Locate and access the Library Resources Step 5 Searching techniques Step 6 Evaluate & Refine your search Step 7 Referencing & Plagiarism Step 8 Write you project/assignment

START WITH YOUR PROJECT In order to begun your project / assignment you need to be able to find useful and relevant information. Developing an effective search is an important part of this process. You need to select relevant databases or books.

Step 1: DEFINE YOUR TOPIC State your topic Ask in form of questions This is a good way to start your search. It helps you clarify your thoughts and define the topic

Step 2: Read about your topic When you search for information, you will use keywords and concepts. To get them correctly, you will have to do some reading about the topic. The best place to start reading is in the Reference resources (encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesaurus, books, etc.), all of which will give you more than enough information to begin your search

Step 3: Defining the main keywords or concepts Once you gather sufficient information, you should have a better idea how to identify the main keywords in your topic. Select the main keywords from the topic Draw a list of synonyms or related terms This will provide you with extra terms to use when searching for information Draw a mind map

STEP 4: LOCATE AND ACCESS THE LIBRARY RESOURCES Go to: UJ Library webpage (http://www.uj.ac.za/library) Click on: Subject Collections Then select: Science Librarian Portal or go directly to: http://ujsciencelibrarian.pbwiki.com/ Most databases can be accessed remotely (from home). Only Surname, student number & PIN will be requested for access. Click on: UJLink (http://ujlink.uj.ac.za) To search for the print collections in the library, and also to search simultaneously multiple resources (print AND electronic)

Step 5: Searching Techniques Boolean Operators helps you broaden or narrow your search and its results. - AND narrows your search, - OR broadens your search, and - NOT excludes certain terms

Step 6: Evaluate & Refine your strategy After searching various databases, probably you found quite a lot of information on your topic. You need to decide whatever the information you have is suitable to answer your question. The following tips & techniques can apply: fact vs opinion; authority; currency; publishing body; intended audience; primary vs secondary source

Step 7: Referencing Avoid Plagiarism You need to acknowledge all resources you use in your project (books, articles etc.) Using other people works as your own is a plagiarism. Read more on Plagiarism from the Sciences Librarian Portal. Use in-text referencing (Author, Year) Compile reference list at the end of the assignment (follow Harvard Method)

Step 8: Write you project/assignment Follow these simple steps: Gather the information from the databases and books Read and make notes Acknowledge “in-text” referencing (you will forget later from where you get that section) Compile Reference list (select the Harvard method, which is requested by the Department) Write the paper, check, make adjustments.

SEARCHING TECHNIQUES SEARCH STRATEGY Understand what is required Identify the concepts Translate the concepts into keywords BOOLEAN OPERATORS ( AND, OR , NOT) PHRASE SEARCH ( “ “ )

BOOLEAN OPERATORS: AND, OR , NOT DEFINITIONS OF BOOLEAN OPERATORS Boolean operators are the words used to group, combine, or intersect terms when searching databases. Boolean operators provide a way to tell a computer how to combine your keywords/ terms. In other words, they refer to the logical relationship among search terms. The operators used more frequently are AND & OR and not so frequently NOT. They are used to combine search terms to broaden or narrow the results of a search. OR is more, AND is less.

AND means "I want only documents that contain both words." BOOLEAN OPERATOR: AND Using AND tells the database to look for all the words on either side of the AND. Thus, a search for "success AND adult learners AND distance education" would retrieve only records in which every one of the terms appears. The more words you connect with AND, the fewer records the database will retrieve. AND means "I want only documents that contain both words."

BOOLEAN OPERATOR: OR OR The more terms or concepts we combine in a search with OR logic, the more records we will retrieve. Using OR tells the database to look for any one of the words on either side of the OR. Thus, a search for "success OR achievement OR progress OR goals" would retrieve records in which any one of the terms appears. OR means "I want documents that contain either word; I don't care which word."

BOOLEAN OPERATOR: NOT Although NOT is considered a connector, it probably should be called "The Eliminator." Use it very carefully, as it excludes any terms that follow it. You may end up losing valuable information when you use NOT. NOT logic is used to exclude a particular concept/term. We retrieve only records in which ONLY ONE of the terms is present.

PHRASE SEARCHING (“ ”) Phrase searching, use the quotation marks to search for results that contained those words together, rather than search for all instances of each separate word:

UJ Harvard Reference Techniques Harvard Reference Techniques are available on the main Library website http://www.uj.ac.za/library Sciences Librarian Portal http://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/ Applied Maths & Maths Portal also provide access to>

REFERENCE TECHNIQUES: TERMINOLOGY Citation: recognizing resources in-text (to support an “argument”/conclusion) Reference list: List of resources used – bibliographic details Bibliography: list of relevant documents – used and additional reading material

Linking own ideas with that obtained from sources REFERENCE TECHNIQUES Avoid Plagiarism by: Keeping a record of all the sources - books, e-mails, lectures (when, who, what?) Linking own ideas with that obtained from sources Collecting/using a wide range of sources Acknowledge, acknowledge, acknowledge!

Basic in-text referencing (citing) In-text reference where the author of the source is known Simply use whatever you used as author in the reference, as well as the year of publication. Always insert the page number where possible. Examples: …the result of this is a “technical super identity” (Erikson, 1967:20). Azar and Martin (1999) found that… (As part of the sentence) …thus Cox (1966:52) refers to the modern urbanite as… In-text reference to more than one source: In-text reference to more than one author should be ordered alphabetically. More recent studies (Bartlett, 1992; James, 1998) show that… The researchers (Bartlett, 1992:54; Brown, 1876:56; James, 1998:45) refer to…

GENERAL FORMS FOR REFERENCE LISTS Non-periodical Author, A.A. (1994). Title of work. Location: Publisher. Non-periodicals include items published separately: books, reports, brochures, certain monographs, manuals, and audiovisual media. Part of a Non-periodical Author, A.A. & Author, B.B. (1994). Title of chapter. In Title of book. Edited by Editor, A., Editor, B. & Editor, C. Location: Publisher. Journals Author, A.A., Author, B.B. & Author, C.C. (1994). Title of article. Title of periodical, xx:xxx-xxxx. (Volume/Issue number/Pages) Periodicals include items published on a regular basis: journals, magazines, scholarly newsletters, etc. Online periodical Author, A.A., Author, B.B. & Author, C.C. (2000). Title of article. Title of periodical, xx:xxx-xxxx. (Volume/Issue number/Pages) Available from: web address (Accessed day Month year). Online document Author, A.A. (2000). Title of work. Available from: web address (Accessed day Month year).

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