1. Walsall Learning Centre

2. Welcome tips Key Facts card for useful information Information also online link available via www.wlv.ac.uk/lib then click on About Learning CentresAbout Learning Centres Enrol on E-vision – very important Get your Boarding Pass from the Student Gateway office If you have not already done so make sure you upload your photograph via the web cams in WLb05 in Basement of Learning Centre Get your library card from the Lending Services Helpdesk (Ground Floor) Register for an IT Account – really important Phone numbers, opening hours, web addresses, fines, renewing, facilities.

3. Or Registering for your IT Account via IT Services Registering for your IT AccountIT Services www.wlv.ac.uk www.wlv.ac.uk (University Home Page) current students IT services Register for your IT account

4. IT Self Help www.wlv.ac.uk/its/selfhelp www.wlv.ac.uk/its/selfhelp

5. People in the library Not always like this! We’re happy to Help!

6. Tour of The Basement IT Helpdesk & Labs The IT Helpdesk in WLB05 is the place to go for help with Printing, scanning, office applications and general wireless network questions Teaching Practice Collection Great resource for BEd students and those engaged in school/ nursery placements Large collection of story books/ teaching materials, artifacts and story sacks

7. Ground Floor Lending Services Helpdesk (Borrowing/Purchasing/Enquiries) Stationery sales/fine payment Early childhood books & journals Self service issue machines Photocopying Binding equipment Toilets

8. First Floor Information Helpdesk (Any Enquiries) Education books & journals Book a group study room Book study skills sessions

9. Second Floor Group Study Rooms Audio Visual Area QTS Testing Centre

10. Going Online via the University Home Pages www.wlv.ac.uk – select Current Studentswww.wlv.ac.ukCurrent Students

11. Searching for information Start by brainstorming your topic What information do I need? What are my keywords/search headings?

12. What do I want to find? Reading Material: Books, Journal articles, Newspaper articles, information from search engines e.g. Google. Keywords within topic: e.g. multicultural, gifted, talented, underachievement in primary or secondary schools.

13. Searching for information Record carefully where you have looked and which keywords you have used. E.g. British Education Index & ERIC 20/09/08 ‘gifted’ and ‘primary’.

14. Learning Centres Learning Centres pages (4 icons best for Research e.g. OPAC) www.wlv.ac.uk/lib

15. OPACOPAC for finding Books – Select Students & Staff for full online access

16. OPAC Online Reading Lists Author/Title & Keyword Searching

17. Keyword Searching for books try Advanced Search – enter ‘emotional’, ‘social’ & ‘children

18. E-book search By Entering E-Book in Collection you get just Ebooks To view E-Book click on the link

19. Results – Books & Ebooks

20. Authenticate from Electronic ResourcesElectronic Resources Logging on to Electronic Resources

21. E-BooksE-Books via Electronic Resources pagesElectronic Resources Search E-Book Library for Instance

22. E-Book Library Select Education, and Go to browse Ebooks

23. EducationEducation web pages www.wlv.ac.uk/lib/ed to search for articles www.wlv.ac.uk/lib/ed Post Compulsory Education Post Compulsory Education then Finding Articles to search journals databases Finding Articles

24. British Education Index Consider combinations of keywords to find journal articles e.g. ‘special’, ‘early’, ‘child’ Click Search to see results

25. Results Click database banner to see article

26. Getting to Full Text Now click on Full Text

27. Whala!

28. This time select Educational Research Abstracts Educational Research Abstracts

29. ERA Search Click on Advanced Search

30. Advanced search – consider your keyword options –examples here ‘children’, ‘social’ & ‘emotional’

31. Results – click on title to view article

32. To see article click the follow links

33. SupersearchSupersearch – from Electronic Resources pages allows you to search a number of databases togetherElectronic Resources Click Advanced Search and Education

34. Supersearch Enter your keywords, elect an area of Education, and click Search

35. Supersearch Results Sometimes – Full Text Options

36. Full Text from OPAC Click on Article

37. Full Text Click Full Text

38. Whala!

39. GoogleGoogle search, very useful, but use with caution – Is the source reliable?

40. WikipediaWikipedia- content can be limited and the academic authority is not always certain

41. Apart from Information Help Desk (1 st Floor Try ASSIST – Online ChatASSIST

42. FacebookFacebook For News and making Comments about Learning Resources

43. To Summarise Give yourself time Record all the info you need for your referencing Check the catalogue to see what we have in stock Use the specialised databases Check out the gateways and links on the subject pages Check for full text journals Use the Internet carefully