1 UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA Presentation to Foreign Affairs Institute by Marieta Buys 13 February 2008

2 Expectations Day 1 (2 hour session) Service agreement Registration process An introduction to e-resources and other library products General Orientation on Library Web How to list. Defining search strategies Services available only in the Library: –Journals –Databases

3 Expectations Day 2 (2 hour session) Recap of Day 1 The use of the Internet as an information and a research tool The evaluation of information sources Referencing techniques Copyright and plagiarism Library catalogue (UPExplore)

4 Search: What, Where ? Analyse your search Books / Journals/ databases /web-sites Subject web-page AND, OR NOT, *, “ “ Limit your search (Language, Year, Descriptor / keyword)

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8 Journals: Paper and electronic

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12 The References to a topic and full text Databases CSA – Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Political Science Abstracts, Econolit (International) SABINET (South African) Journal Platforms JStor ProQuest, Emerald OCLC First Search, GLOBAL NEWSBANK, Heinonline EBSCOhost Electronic Books

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16 CSA BHI: British Humanities Index EconLit PAIS Scopus Business and Economics Sociological Abstracts Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

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22 EBSCOHOST Multidisciplinary database  Academic Search Premier  Masterfile premier  EJS E-Journals  SocINDEX Click on continue

23 EBSCOHOST (2) Type your keywords - limit your search by using the : Title Peer reviewed journals Date Book reviews

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30 JSTOR Use Download Open with PDF File or Print

31 Internet as research Tool Communication Tool Types of Web: Portals News sites Informational pages Webblogs Academics personal pages Newsgroups, message boards Listservs Chat rooms Web browsers

32 Internet Links SA Government Online - Government Information - SA Constitutional Assembly - Political PartiesSA Organisations, eg.Africa Institute – Institute for Security Studies – ACCORD – for Global Dialogue– International Organisations United Nations (UN) – Bank – Union –

33 News Global NewsBank (e-resources) CNN – BBC – Washington Post – Africa News Online - All Africa -

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38 The evaluation of information sources

39 Evaluation CARS Checklist for Research Source Evaluation Credibility  Trustworthy source  Accuracy  Reasonableness  Support

40 Referencing techniques

41 Copyright and plagiarism

42 Thank You !