Accessing Sources of Evidence For Practice 3a Using the Library Karen Smith Department of Health Sciences University of York

Using the Library Objectives: Find information about and have an overview of library services Have practical experience of the J.B. Morrell Library resources Search the Library Catalogue effectively Locate items (books and journals) in the Library Be able to use the library with confidence Use the Department’s referencing guidelines

The Library Catalogue Contains information about all the books, journals and audiovisual materials in, or ordered for, the J.B.Morrell Library and a number of other libraries

Use The Catalogue The only way to locate books and journals in the library Find out if items are available or on loan Links to electronic resources My Library Account Catalogue can be accessed from anywhere via the WWW

Catalogue Tips To find a book use Word(s) anywhere with something from the author name and title To find journals use Journal title begins with Relevant books & journals are not just in Y Use Request to obtain books out on loan

My Library Account Check books you have on loan, renew books, and be able to check the progress of any requests you have made See when books are due back and the amount of any fines owed You can specify which address you would like messages from the library sent to Tip: Check your Library Account on a regular basis

User Name and Password Use your Computing Service user name for My Library Account and making requests

Library Services Enquiries Telephone: Enquiry Desk Contact Janette or Karen

Lending Services Loan limits Up to 20 books at JBM

Inter-library Loans Interlending and document supply service If not in stock can be obtained from somewhere else The first 10 per year are £2.00 per request. You can request these online Forms can be found at the end of Lending Services Desk

Key Texts Short loan collection on the ground floor Houses books selected by lecturers Can be photocopied on site Books can borrow for 4 hours Photocopies can be borrowed for 2 hours

Photocopy Collection Journal articles from journals we don’t take Can be borrowed and photocopied Kept in the Key Text area

Other Library Services Computers in the library Photocopying and photographic services DVDs and Videos can be borrowed overnight

Referencing Guidelines developed by the Department to assist in using references within essays and projects: ntr.yku/Prereg/refstud.doc ntr.yku/Prereg/refstud.doc Recommendations for good practice, based on commonly adopted principles and conventions

The Use Of References Used in essays, dissertations, projects, other forms of assessment, and articles for publication The writer will need to present information, make statements, provide analysis, and put forward new ideas. To substantiate your arguments and prevent plagiarism Do this by either quoting directly from a published source, or by providing a reference to the authors whose work supports what you are saying

Plagiarism This is defined by the University as the incorporation within your work, without proper acknowledgement, of material derived from the work (published or unpublished) of another. The Student Handbook explains more about plagiarism, which is a form of academic misconduct Plagiarism exercise

Three Principles Underpin Referencing: C onsistency Completeness of information Accuracy of information

System Recommended By The Department Of Health Studies The Harvard system is strongly recommended by the Department for consistency of teaching and learning. A Referencing System Has Two Elements:  how a reference is cited within the body of written work  how a reference list is presented at the end of the written work

Citing within the text Examples of ways to incorporate sources into the body of the assignment: There are basically two approaches to cultural analysis, namely the classificatory and the interpretative (Lawton 1983) Lawton (1983) differentiates between cultural invariants and cultural

Internet Referencing The same principles used in other forms of referencing apply also to internet referencing. Warning! Be careful when using information found through a general internet search. Not everything on the internet is of good academic quality Where you use electronic journals, the referencing within the text is the same as for any journal (ie author’s name and date of publication)

Secondary Referencing ALWAYS attempt to check the primary (ie original) source, particularly if it is recent and readily available. If it is not possible to check the original source, however, use the following format: Thomas (1978 cited by Gould 2003) suggests that hand washing is a fundamental and important infection control technique Details of the publication by Gould will appear in the reference list

Direct Quotations If a writer’s work is quoted directly, the quotation must be 100% accurate and be enclosed in inverted commas; it should be followed by the writer’s name, date of publication of the work and the page number(s) of the quotation: ‘Communication is one of the most important skills of a nurse.’ (Marner 1998, p. 43)

A Reference List Consists of all citations in your work; this is all that is normally required Must be presented in alphabetical order, primarily by author Where there is no named author (for example an organisation such as the NMC, or an Act of Parliament), then the the first letter of the corporate author or the name of the Act is used

How A Reference List Is Presented At The End Of Written Work Books: Author (Year) Title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher. e.g. Hazinski, M.F. (1992) Nursing care of the critically ill child. 2 nd ed. St Louis: Mosby.

How A Reference List Is Presented At The End Of Written Work Ctd. Journal articles: Author (Date) Article title. Journal Title. volume(part) pages. (underlining instead of italics is acceptable) e.g. Corner, J. (1991) In search of more complex answers to research questions. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 16(6)

Electronic journal articles Author (year) Article title [format]. Journal Title. Available at: [Accessed date]. e.g. Walters, R. (1998) Promoting the health of older people: making it happen. Internet Journal of Health Promotion [online]. Available at: [Accessed 8 December 2000]. For journals that are also available in print, use the journal articles format as described above. How a Reference List Is Presented At The End Of Written Work Ctd.

discussion list Author (year) Title of message. Discussion list [online]. Day and month. Available at: address or [Accessed date]. e.g. Burns, B. (1997) Re: Japanese Legislation. Lis-law [online]. 13 June. Available at: [Accessed 30 June 1997].

Departmental Guidelines There are many more examples on the website. It is very important you find this site and use it when you write: nces/stud/studintr.yku/Prereg/ref stud.doc

If in doubt – ask: Health Sciences Teaching Staff Karen Smith Janette Colclough