1 Library welcome for Mathematics undergraduates Elizabeth Simpson – Information Specialist (Natural & Mathematical Sciences and Geography) Sept 2012

2 How can we help you? Answer your queries on library resources & services Order books that you need for your studies Offer training sessions Advise you on how to reference material in your essays

3 Where are your libraries? Maughan Library Strand Campus Franklin-Wilkins Library Waterloo Campus New Hunt’s House The Wills Library Guy’s Campus St Thomas’ House Library St Thomas’ Campus Weston Education Centre Institute of Psychiatry Library Denmark Hill Campus Each campus at King’s has a Library You’ll mainly use the Maughan

4 The libraries in numbers  280,000+  1.25 million+  250+ Rooms in the Maughan Library ebooks Books in the libraries

5 Finding and using resources

6 Finding a book Neville, C. (2010). The Complete Guide to Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism. 2 nd edition. Maidenhead: Open University Press. 1.Search the Library Catalogue using: - the author’s last name - a keyword from the title 2.Click on ‘location’ for any item that interests you 3.Write down the classmark 4.Use a floor plan to find where the classmark is

7 Your turn In pairs, work out which rooms contain the following: Bayesian reasoning and machine learning / David Barber. Structure and geometry of lie groups / Joachim Hilgert, Karl-Hermann Neeb. Go to or click on ‘Library’ from the intranet, then ‘Library catalogue’.

8 Borrowing Self-service Need College ID card and PIN Can reserve and renew How many books can I take out?How many books can I take out? Is it free?

9 How would you find this reading? Pirvu, T.A. & Schulze, K. (2012). Multi-stock portfolio optimization under prospect theory. Mathematics and Financial Economics. 6 (4), ) Is it a reference to: a) a book b) a book chapterc) a journal article 2) Where would you look for it: a) library catalogueb) e-journals c) Google 3) Which part/s of the reference would you use to start your search? a) Pirvu, T.A. & Schulze, K. b) Multi-stock portfolio optimization under prospect theory. c) Mathematics and Financial Economics

10 What is a journal? A type of scholarly magazine on a particular topic –E.g. Construction Law Journal Published on a regular basis Made up of individual articles Contain up-to-date research Produced by academic publishers Peer-reviewed 10

11 Finding journal articles Example reference Grimaldi, R. & Pansu, P. (2007) Calibrations and Isoperimetric Profiles. American Journal of Mathematics. 129 (2), Find journals in the Library Catalogue and Ejournals link Search for the journal title rather than the article title Select ‘journal title words’ on the Catalogue

12 Plagiarism and Citing References “Plagiarism is the taking of another person’s thoughts, words, results, judgements, ideas, images etc., and presenting them as your own.” College Academic Honesty and Integrity Policy Do you know what you should be referencing? KEATS module: ‘Plagiarism advice, citing references and using TurnitinUK’

13 What You Should Cite? Direct quotes – Part of a sentence, built into your sentences – Block quotes (quotes of over 40 words) Paraphrases – Somebody else’s idea in your words

14 Ways to avoid plagiarism Voice –When writing your work can others tell clearly what are your ideas? –Have I represented other people’s ideas fairly? Note taking –The source you are using – page number, volume etc –Direct quote/paraphrasing/your own ideas? Read the Library’s Citing reference guideCiting reference guide Check with your lecturer what style you should use

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16 IT basics…  Student computer rooms  Desktops  Campus  Global (available on and off campus)  Laptop loans & mobile app  King’s username and password  login (takes format of

17 Printing and Photocopying How it works…  Photocopying card from dispensers in libraries (can be topped up)  Printing – no card required (online print account with initial credit allocation) FormatPrinter costPhotocopying cost A4 Black & white5p A4 Colour20p70p

18 Further training opportunities Build up your skills IT courses on Microsoft Office & other software EndNote Basics Book via Skills Forge at training.kcl.ac.uk. It’s free!Skills Forgetraining.kcl.ac.uk Image ‘365/173: Building Blocks’ taken by riekhavoc. Available from Flickr under a Creative Commons licence. Downloaded 10/08/12.

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20 Other help and support from Student Services The Compass Disability Advisory Service English Language Centre KCLSU Careers Service

21 Any questions? Feel free to contact me: Elizabeth Simpson Check out the Subject Support pages at We wish you all the best for your time at King’s Thank you for your attention.