1. MSW Library Orientation
Tony Tin, Director, Library and Information services
Lusi Wong library
Renison University College
August, 2017

2. Where can I find the information?

3. What I need to know?

4. Services for Distance Learners

5. How to access Library Resources
from Anywhere

6. How to access Library Resources

7. Library Account
My account: View a listing of your outstanding fines and fees due to the library. See the materials that are checked out and renew these items. See requests pending at the library and their status.
My list: save bibliographic records from various search results for later viewing, editing and printing in different formats
aMy searches:llows you to save up to 25 search queries
Search: Basic search finds records using keywords located anywhere in a record,

8. Library Account: Features
Search: finds records using keywords
Query: save your search queries
E-shelf: save bibliographic records from various search results
My account: fines and fees. See checked out and renew these items

9. Course Reserve

10. Subject Guide

11. A federated search tool one stop searching for every thing
How to find books, journal articles, library website and many others ..
A federated search tool – one stop searching for every thing, including book, journal article, video, e-book and etc
Books and media
Articles
Library web pages
Research Databases
Journal titles
More search options for "technology"
Research guides
Frequent library questions and answers
Google Scholar
UWSpace (Institutional Repository)
University of Waterloo search
A federated search tool
one stop searching for every thing

12. More Search Options

13. Advanced Search options
Search: Searches everything, including books, articles, audios, videos and many others.
Books +: Searches physical resources (books) and E-books.
Articles+: Searches articles available through many of the Library’s electronic subscription

14. Search tips: arrow or Broaden your search results: Boolean can help
Boolean: Operator which links concepts within a search.
OR (to include at least one term / concept): “child poverty” OR “poor children” (47,913 results)
AND (to include all terms / concepts): “child poverty” AND Alberta (56 results)
NOT (to exclude terms / concepts): “child poverty” NOT “poor children” (8,328 results).
OR : A OR B: more result
A AND B A NOT B: fewer result

15. Search Tips: Phrase & Truncation
Phrasing searching: look for two or more words together using “ “.
Instead of child poverty (35,77 results), try “child poverty” (1,827 results)
 Truncation/wildcards: using * to include all forms of the root word using*. child* finds child and children.

16. Borrowing books: 3 steps

17. Returning books: Loan term: 4 month privileges Return Options:
Mail/Courier to the UW Library at your expense.
Drop off at any Ontario University Library.

18. Interlibrary Loan (Racer)

19. Research Databases (Journal articles)
3 different access points:
Primo Article+
Research Journal Database
Browse Research Databases by Title: (PsycINFO)
Browse Research Databases by Subject: (Social work)
Find E-Journal Title (Social work research)

20. Useful Social Work Research Databases
Social Service Abstracts (Proquest)
MEDLINE (Proquest)
Family & Society Studies Worldwide(Ebsco)
Social Science Full Text (Ebsco)
Canadian Research Index (Gale)
PsyINFO (APA PsycNET site)
Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)
Sociological Abstracts (Proquest)

21. How to cite your Resouces?
Citation / Style Guides: provide access to different citation styles including APA, Chicago, MLA, and others.
Primo Citation: allow you to copy-and-paste formatted citations from search results.
Google Scholar Cites: allow you to copy-and-paste formatted citations from search results.
Refwork: Online bibliographic management program that allows users to create a personal database of references and generate bibliographies in a variety of formats (Group Code* = RWUWaterloo) 
Poverty
Wagner, Viqi, 1953-
Detroit : Greenhaven Press 2008

22. Ask US
FAQ
Online chat (various IM interfaces)—12 p.m. to 4 p.m., except weekends and holidays
Text
In person
Phone

23. Thank You! E-mail:tony.tin@uwaterloo.ca
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