Information Services and Systems Welcome! Croeso! Your Librarians are: Sean Barr Katherine Jones Sue Jarvis Sam Oakley Michele Davies Rebecca Kelleher Marie Bevan

Information Services and Systems Today’s Plan 1.Introduction to the library and what it has to offer (hint – more than books!) 2.How to find books, journals, articles and more 3.Where to find help 4.Library online assessment exercise in Blackboard (for UG ASD101 only)

Information Services and Systems To login... Username is your student number e.g Password – Your student number followed by your date of birth eg /07/01/1989 Connecting to the Swansea Wireless Internet System (SWIS) can be done though swis.swan.ac.ukswis.swan.ac.uk

Information Services and Systems At the Library you will find: 800,000 books and journals Long opening hours Opening hours term time Sun – Thurs 8 am–2 am Fri – Sat 8 am–10 pm 24 hour opening during exam time Helpful staff! The Library deals with IT, referencing, literature searching, ID cards and a lot more...

Information Services and Systems Printing/Photcopying/Scanning Register your card at one of the machines (you will be asked to set a 4 digit PIN) Put money on your card using a revaluer Use the machines with your card and PIN

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Consider how you use your own social media? What are you saying about yourself online? Think ahead, very important considering your possible future career!

Information Services and Systems Blackboard (my studies) Blackboard is Swansea University’s Virtual Learning Environment on the web. Go to to access it. Login using your normal username and password Course modules & Library support modules Library Support for Human Sciences Library Support for Criminology

Information Services and Systems iFind Discover – Library catalogue Available online at Available through myuni.swan.ac.uk/ myuni.swan.ac.uk/ Find books and journals Renew what you have borrowed

Information Services and Systems iFind Discover – Library catalogue Lets look for: Book Blakemore, K. (2007). Social policy: an introduction (3 rd edition). Maidenhead: Open University Press. Journal Howard Journal of Criminal Justice

Information Services and Systems TK Hal4 one week loan TK5105.5>HAL4

Information Services and Systems That’s great but can I access any resources online? Yes – some books and most journals are available online Use your Swansea University Login username and Password to access most online resources

Information Services and Systems Let’s look at... Ebooks: Burney, E. (2009). Making people behave: anti-social behaviour, politics and policy. Cullompton: Willan.

Information Services and Systems What is a Journal? Published on a regular basis (weekly, monthly, quarterly etc.) Each issue contains a collection of articles reporting the latest research and developments within a specific subject discipline Peer-reviewed/Scholarly – reliable information on recent research which has been assessed by a board of experts

Information Services and Systems Where to look for articles Journals If you just know the name of the journal use iFind Discover eg: Critical Social Policy

Information Services and Systems Where to look for articles. (Cont) When you know the details of the article, (from a reading list or reference list)- use iFind ResearchiFind Research Moss, P., Dillon, J., & Statham, J. (2000). The “child in need” and the "rich child”: discourses, constructions and practice. Critical Social Policy, 20(2),

Information Services and Systems Where to look for articles. (Cont) When you are searching on a topic to get an overview- Topic Search (overcrowding in prisons) A-Z List – Category Tab - Databases iFind Research

Information Services and Systems What is a database? Used for a focussed search on a topic ASSIA (Proquest) – good for social sciences ASSIA Search (drugs and links with violence) – iGetIt button – Descriptors – Thesaurus

Information Services and Systems Need help? Just ask!