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ECTE955 Using Library Resources Annette Meldrum Faculty Librarian - Informatics ameldrum@uow.edu.au
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Learning Outcomes Familiarity with library resources Find needed information quickly and efficiently
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StartSmart Are you a new student at UOW this year? Lecturers have an expectation that you are familiar with; Academic Culture Finding books Finding journal articles Academic Integrity If unsure, I recommend completing StartSmart – Essential Academic Information Skills
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Do you know how to…. find the fulltext of a journal article from a citation? Identify a journal title explain the difference between an edited book and a journal paraphrase and reference carefully to avoid plagiarism Pick up a StartSmart pocket guide at the desk on your way out today!
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Use the catalogue to find books
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Use Search Guru when you don’t know the details of the book you need Find an ebook on software development HINT refine by format: ebook
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Limit search to ebooks = 57
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When you know what you are looking for use the Classic Catalogue
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Classic Catalogue Blicq, R & Moretto, L. Technically-write! Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004. Call no. 808.0666/7 Email the record to yourself ( i.e. From the list: Mark and Export the details by email ) Find this book
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Mark and export details of the book
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Ebooks Software development for small teams: A RUP-centric approach. Gary Pollice [et.al.] Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2004 Ebooks are SO CONVENIENT! Read online No overdue fines!
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Use the Classic Catalogue search when you know what your looking for
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PRINT copy Ebook
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ECTE Resources for Assignments
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Select Informatics / SECTE
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Relevant resources for SECTE available from one easy access point
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A-Z journal list under: Article Finder Check whether we have subscription access to the full text of a particular journal?
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A-Z journal list They don’t make them like they used to. Colin Fisher, Robert Wagstaff. Nuclear Engineering International. Dartford : Oct 2004, Vol. 49, Issue 603; pg. 22 – 26 Remember to search for Journal Title NOT ARTICLE TITLE
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A-Z journal list
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Use Ulrichs to check for peer review In your research, ONLY USE ACADEMIC OR SCHOLARLY JOURNALS THAT ARE REFEREED OR PEER REVIEWED
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Your turn again? R.K. Pearson, “Nonlinear input/output modelling,” Journal of Process Control, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1995, pp. 197-211. Can you find full text for this journal article? If so, which database provides full text?
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Databases are peer reviewed They are full of academic content You can get current information And the results are more relevant! To be successful, use databases NOT Google!
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See the list of recommended databases in ECTE Resources for Assignments:
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Databases: IEEE Xplore Search IEEE Xplore database for the following citation: Takatsu, H & Itoh, T. Future needs for control theory in industry. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. V.7, no. 3 1999, pp. 298-305 HINT: don’t use the term IEEE when searching the IEEE Xplore database!
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Publication Quick Search when you have a citation
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In IEEE Xplore, search for: “power engineering” (or your own topic) Limit the search to 2003+ and standards. How many results?
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Try a search on your own topic? Are your results relevant? Too many results OR too few? Too many - Try to refine your search Too few – try a more general search term? Too old – limit your search to the last few years
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Today we have … Learnt some valuable search techniques Discovered new resources Any questions?
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Need more help? ECTE Resources for assignment Copy of this presentation under: your library classes – ECTE955 Faculty Librarian: Annette Meldrum ameldrum@uow.edu.au
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Expert assistance available online Email a Librarian Library or research questions More HELP
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