1. AN OVERVIEW OF RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY By Paul Biggs Librarian for Psychology, Sport & Exercise and Social Work

2. CONTACT ME eMail p.biggs@staffs.ac.ukp.biggs@staffs.ac.uk Phone 01782 294594 Skype p.r.e.biggs Generic eMail ask@staffs.ac.ukask@staffs.ac.uk Currently located in room D140 in the library but please eMail or call me if you need an appointment

3. HOW I CAN HELP YOU If you are having trouble locating resources I can assist you in finding library resources for your study! You can book appointments with me, and I can show you how our eResources work and how you can access information such as books, eBooks, journals and eJournals You can also eMail, phone or book an appointment via Skype with me, especially if you live off campus If you use our resources – it will help you get a better grade as you will be accessing primary and secondary information.

4. Thompson Library has the majority of Sport and Exercise materials Thousands of books, eBooks, journals, statistics, reports, newspapers and online resources Student card is also your library card Access your Library Account using your student username and password THE LIBRARY SERVICE

5. USERNAMES & PASSWORDS Your username is your student number which consists of 2 letters and 6 numbers. b123456f Your password is your date of birth in 6 digits ddmmyy Use it logon to, computers, email, Blackboard, library account and eResources

6. WHERE TO START To access the Library Resources page please navigate to www.staffs.ac.uk/librarywww.staffs.ac.uk/library

7. SEARCH FOR BOOKS You can search for books using the widget on the front page

8. ACCESSING A BOOK You can see if we have the book as a physical copy in the library or as an electronic book You can also search for books using the Library Catalogue

9. RENEWING/PLACING A HOLD ON YOUR BOOKS You can renew your books via your account on the library catalogue via http://libcat.staffs.ac.uk/cgi- bin/koha/opac-user.plhttp://libcat.staffs.ac.uk/cgi- bin/koha/opac-user.pl To place a hold on the book you can select the book Select place hold, log into your account and follow the instructions

10. PLACING A HOLD ON YOUR BOOKS A POSTAL LOAN If you are a Distance Learning Student living in the UK we provide a postal loan service. When placing a hold on a book log into your account. Make sure when you place a hold you open up the options and in the box type “Off Campus User”. Select Place Hold

11. EBOOK COLLECTIONS The Library has 4 eBook collections that are useful for the subject area of Sport and Exercise: Ebrary: a collection of over 100,000 titles Ebrary Dawsonera: 1000’s of books specifically chosen by your lecturers Dawsonera EBSCO eBook collection: A collection of eBooks EBSCO eBook collection PsycBOOKS: A comprehensive collection of academic psychology eBooks PsycBOOKS

12. JOURNALS Journals like magazines, newspapers and annual reports are in a group of publications known as serials or periodicals. This is a term used to describe publications that are issued at regular intervals, either daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually. You will need to carry out further reading as your studies progress. Why Use Journals? – Timely – journals are published more often than books, as a result you will find up-to-date information in recent journals – Authoritative – articles are written by experts and in peer reviewed journals the articles are screened by a ‘jury’ of other experts before they are published

13. JOURNALS Journals can be divided into 3 types: Scholarly: written reports on research, articles are written by researchers or subject experts, articles are peer reviewed and include references and bibliographies Trade and professional : Articles relate to an industry or profession, contain information about products or services, cover current issues affecting an industry or profession Popular magazines: Written to entertain, have a glossy appearance & photographs, information is reported second or third hand by freelance reporters

14. TIPS WHEN SEARCHING E-RESOURCES Think about your assignment question. Always try and identify keywords. Keywords can be taken from class literature and background reading as well! You can also use a Thesaurus to identify synonyms for keywords this will widen your search It can be a good idea to have some keywords noted on a pad before you start to search the resources. You can also speak to us if you need further help familiarising yourself with all of our eResources

15. IDENTIFY KEYWORDS Tip 1: try to identify the main keywords that describe your assignment or academic work: “Should performance enhancing drugs (such as steroids) be accepted in sports?” Performance, enhancing, drugs Steroids Accepted, allowed Sport, Sports

16. SEARCH TIPS TECHNIQUES Use the * symbol to find words starting with a common stem. The * is a TRUNCATION symbol. For example, Sport* will find Sport, Sports, Sporting etc.. Or Dru* Drug, Drugs, etc.. You can also use a ? Wildcard for English & American spellings of words e.g. colo?r would bring back color and colour AND, OR & NOT are used to combine search terms… and will find all search terms (probably the best to use as it narrows your searches) or will find one or another or both not will exclude terms

17. SEARCH TIPS TECHNIQUES CONTINUED If you are looking for a particular phrase just typing it into a search box on a database may not give you the exact results you are looking for. However, if you use quotation marks “” you will get more exact hits as this searches for a phrase side by side For example, “Drugs in Sport” “Performance Enhancing Drugs”

18. ACCESSING ONLINE DATABASES From the Library Resources page at www.staffs.ac.uk/library you can access our online databases by selecting the link titled eResources: Complete A-Z list www.staffs.ac.uk/library

19. ACCESSING ONLINE DATABASES Access the database using the A-Z list.

20. ACCESSING AN EBSCO DATABASE Run a search Access an article Download the PDF

21. DATABASES FOR YOUR SUBJECT AREA There are a number of databases for your specific subject area SPORTDiscus MEDLINE PsycInfo CINAHL ScienceDirect ProQuest Nursing Internurse Web of Science (Abstracts & Indexes only) Web of Science You can find a complete list via your subject resource page or you can find a list of databases via the A-Z eResources list http://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/az.phphttp://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/az.php

22. SEARCH FOR A JOURNAL TITLE If you need to know which specific journal titles we subscribe to you can search for them using the eJournals by title link via the Library Resources page at www.staffs.ac.uk/library www.staffs.ac.uk/library

23. SEARCH FOR A JOURNAL TITLE Search for your title Full-text journals including: Journal of Applied Sport Psychology Journal of Sports science and medicine Research quarterly for Exercise and Sport

24. SEARCHING FOR A JOURNAL ARTICLE USING SUMMON AROUND A TOPIC A good starting place to look for a Journal Article is Summon and you can search for a Full Text article using Summon Via the Library Resources page at: www.staffs.ac.uk/library www.staffs.ac.uk/library Select the Full Text Online link to access the article. You may need to login. Most databases have an option to download the article as a PDF

25. OFF CAMPUS ACCESS You can also access information regarding our Off Campus Services via www.staffs.ac.uk/librarywww.staffs.ac.uk/library

26. OTHER PLACES TO LOOK FOR LITERATURE - SCONUL SCONUL Access is a scheme which allows members to use each other’s libraries. It is free to join for staff and students and it allows members to borrow items (except for Full-Time Undergraduates, who are allowed reference purposes only.) An on line application form, a list of participating libraries and information about the scheme are available at www.access.sconul.ac.uk www.access.sconul.ac.uk If you have any queries please ask at the Customer Service desk or telephone 01782 295770 for details.

27. DOCUMENT DELIVERY SERVICE If you really cannot find the book or journal article you need we have a Document Delivery Service This sources the item from the British Library at a cost of £5 It can be posted to you if the item is a book. If your item is an article it will be scanned and eMailed to you For more information please visit http://www.staffs.ac.uk/support_depts/infoservices/library/docdel/index.jsp http://www.staffs.ac.uk/support_depts/infoservices/library/docdel/index.jsp You can also visit our Off Campus support page at http://www.staffs.ac.uk/support_depts/infoservices/off_campus/ http://www.staffs.ac.uk/support_depts/infoservices/off_campus/

28. REFERENCING The library can offer advice and guidance on referencing We have a custom built resource called RefZoneRefZone RefZone contains numerous examples including how to reference books, eBooks, journals and a wide variety of online material We also have a reference management system called RefWorksRefWorks

29. YOUR SUBJECT RESOURCE PAGE You have a Subject Resource page where you can find subject specific resources. This page will also be updated throughout the year with guides and help videos. You can access it via http://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/sportexercise http://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/sportexercise

30. Any questions?