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1 Library Resources for Physics Postgraduates October 2010 Barbara Dorward

2 University of Southampton Libraries  Hartley library  Library website  Physics library

3 Registering for the Library University ID card is also your library card – entry to Library – borrowing books

4 To use catalogue (WebCat)  subject search using keywords  author/title search  online library  logging in to access all WebCat features

5 Library Website  services  Resources

6 Services  Opening hours  Information for new users  Loans and borrowing  Working areas

7 Reception desk for: Basic library queries Group Study room bookings

8 Loans Desk – queries about borrowing and Inter Library Loan

9 Resources  Catalogues  Electronic resources  Tutorials  Quick reference

10 Level 3: Subject Enquiry desk

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12 Catalogues  WebCat – on-line catalogue of books, journals etc  TDNet – the library’s electronic journals management system  COPAC – combined catalogue of major UK university libraries  Southampton City Library catalogue

13 Location of material  Books – Located on Level 3. Most are at call numbers QB and QC (Quartos and pamphlets are shelved separately)  Print journals – On Level 1. Arranged alphabetically within the sequence Per Q

14 Where are my resources kept? Level 3:  Engineering  Health  Law  Management  Mathematics  Medicine  Science  Sports Science  Social Sciences  Official Publications  EDC

15 Where are my resources kept? Level 1:  journals/periodicals  newspapers  microfilms  maps  some book stock

16 Full text sources  Patents  Standards  IEEEXplore  E-journals and e-books  ArXiv and other e-print servers

17 Accessing electronic resources  Institutional login (your iSolutions username and password) – Used to access many resources from off- campus locations and some from on campus  VPN – Connects you to the University network when off campus giving the same access when on campus

18 VPN  Virtual Private Network  Link to University network  When connected your computer appears to be ‘on campus’  Managed by iSolutions. Instructions on iSolutions web pages at: www.southampton.ac.uk/isolutions/computing/net/vpn/

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20 Subject support www.soton.ac.uk/library/subjects/physics

21 Gateways and Search engines  Intute  Virtual Library – Physics  Google Scholar  Scirus  Scitopia  OAIster

22 Key databases ISI Web of Science General science database Citation searching INSPEC Compendex Specialist Physics and Engineering databases

23 Searching databases Search statements retrieve exact matches Search by – keywords/phrases – controlled indexing terms – key authors or a combination of these

24 Searching Boolean logic AND, OR, NOT Symbols vary e.g. optic* Enclose in quotes “black body radiation” Truncation and wildcards Phrase searching

25 Web of Knowledge  Wide coverage of scientific sources  Databases can be searched individually or together  Main databases of relevance to Physics – Inspec (controlled vocabulary) – Web of Science (citation searching) – ISI Proceedings

26 Compendex  Mainly engineering and physical sciences  Searchable using a controlled vocabulary (Thesaurus)

27 Finding documents  Full text links  TDNet link  WebCat  ILL (Inter Library Loan)

28 Additional features  Limits  Analyse results  Refine results  Search history  Marking records  Exporting records  E-mail alerts

29 E-theses Issues relevant from the start of your PhD – Inclusion of third-party copyrighted material (diagrams, tables, code etc) – Structuring your files to convert to elegant pdf

30  Upcoming courses – Book through Graduate School  e-theses website – http://www.academic- skills.soton.ac.uk/ethesis/

31 Copyright regulations ……. We have a legal requirement NOT to photocopy, print or download more than:  1 chapter or 10% of a book whichever is LESS  1 article per issue of a journal throughout your academic career at Southampton!

32 Further session  Tuesday 19th October 2-4 p.m – Library training room 4077

33 If you need more help  Barbara Dorward B.J.M.Dorward@soton.ac.uk Tel 02380 592791 ext x22791 int  esmenqs@soton.ac.uk esmenqs@soton.ac.uk  Subject Enquiry Desk


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