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Information Services and Systems To login... Username is your student number e.g Password – Your student number followed by your date of birth e.g /07/01/1989

Information Services and Systems Your Library 890,000 books and journals 24 hour opening (except Christmas day, Boxing day and New Year’s Day) Staffed hours Mon – Fri 8am–8pm Sat – Sun 10am–6pm Helpful staff! The Library also provides you with IT help and a dedicated careers team. Your Library

Information Services and Systems Your Library Located on the St David’s Park campus in Carmarthen, with a dedicated Librarian. St. David’s Park Library 4,000 nursing books and journals Opening hours term time Mon – Fri 9am–4.30pm Photocopying and printing Helpful staff!

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Your Librarians Giles, Susan, Elen, Stephen, Clare, Katrina, Izzy We can help you with literature searching, referencing and plagiarism advice, online searching, managing your online presence, finding data and statistics..... Your Librarians bitly.com/chhslibrary

Information Services and Systems Home.swan.ac.uk myuni.swan.ac.uk is the University portal myuni.swan.ac.uk Home provides access to key resources: – Blackboard – – Intranet – iFind, the library catalogue – iFind Research, our search tool – Library web pages MyUni pages

Information Services and Systems Library Support via Blackboard Blackboard is Swansea University’s Virtual Learning Environment on the web. Blackboard provides access to: – Turnitin and submitting assignments – Class notes for your modules – Reading lists – Library support for CHHS – Mobile app Blackboard

Information Services and Systems I need to find a book for my course, where are they?

Information Services and Systems Using iFind Discover You can use iFind to: Renew your books on loan Request books that are out on loan Lets look for: A Book Baillie, L. (2014). Developing practical nursing skills (4 th ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. Using iFind

Information Services and Systems My tutor has told me to read a journal for my course, where are they?

Information Services and Systems Using iFind Discover You can use iFind to find journals. Journals are good for: Finding the most up-to-date research Finding out hot topics in your subject area Lets look for: A journal British Journal of Nursing Using iFind

Information Services and Systems What if I don’t bring my books back on time? Overdue Charges ITEMAMOUNT NORMAL LOAN20p per day ONE WEEK LOAN50p per day OVERNIGHT/SHORT LOAN £1.50 per day 6 HOUR20p per hour What if I don’t bring a book back on time?

Information Services and Systems Why can’t I just use Google? Quality matters! You will be expected to only use reputable, trustworthy information in your assignments from sources such as: academic library books scholarly journal articles

Information Services and Systems Online Resources You will need your Swansea University Username and Password to access our online resources. Username – Your student number eg: Password – normal login Free online access to thousands of ebooks and ejournals through the Library...

Information Services and Systems Using iFind Discover Lets look for: A Book Scullion, P. A., & Guest, D. A. (2007). Study skills for nursing and midwifery students. Buckingham: Open UniversityScullion, P. A., & Guest, D. A. (2007). Study skills for nursing and midwifery students. Buckingham: Open University. Ebook collections – Dawsonera, ebrary EBSCO ebook collection. ebooks

Information Services and Systems Using iFind Discover Lets look for: A journal article Chan, Z. (2013). A qualitative study on non-verbal sensitivity in nursing students. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 22(13/14), doi: /j x ejournals

Information Services and Systems No Full Text Access – What can I do? Document Supply Services LibraryPlus Scheme Visiting other libraries Disclaimer! – We don’t have full-text access to everything...

Information Services and Systems Your Librarians Giles, Susan, Elen, Stephen, Clare, Katrina, Izzy Need help? Just ask Find us on