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1 Information Services and Systems Welcome / Croeso

2 Information Services and Systems To login... Username is your student number e.g. 123456 Password – Your student number followed by your date of birth e.g. 123456/07/01/1989

3 Information Services and Systems Your Library 890,000 books and journals 24 hour opening (except Christmas day, Boxing day and New Year’s Day) Staffed hours Mon – Fri 8am–8pm Sat – Sun 10am–6pm Helpful staff! The Library also provides you with IT help and a dedicated careers team. Your Library

4 Information Services and Systems Your Library Located on the St David’s Park campus in Carmarthen, with a dedicated Librarian. St. David’s Park Library 4,000 nursing books and journals Opening hours term time Mon – Fri 9am–4.30pm Photocopying and printing Helpful staff!

5 Information Services and Systems

6 Your Librarians humscilib@swansea.ac.uk Giles, Susan, Elen, Stephen, Clare, Katrina, Izzy We can help you with literature searching, referencing and plagiarism advice, online searching, managing your online presence, finding data and statistics..... Your Librarians chhslibrary@swansea.ac.uk bitly.com/chhslibrary

7 Information Services and Systems Home.swan.ac.uk myuni.swan.ac.uk is the University portal myuni.swan.ac.uk Home provides access to key resources: – Blackboard – Email – Intranet – iFind, the library catalogue – iFind Research, our search tool – Library web pages MyUni pages

8 Information Services and Systems Library Support via Blackboard Blackboard is Swansea University’s Virtual Learning Environment on the web. Blackboard provides access to: – Turnitin and submitting assignments – Class notes for your modules – Reading lists – Library support for CHHS – Mobile app Blackboard

9 Information Services and Systems I need to find a book for my course, where are they? http://ifind.swan.ac.uk

10 Information Services and Systems Using iFind Discover You can use iFind to: Renew your books on loan Request books that are out on loan Lets look for: A Book Baillie, L. (2014). Developing practical nursing skills (4 th ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. Using iFind

11 Information Services and Systems My tutor has told me to read a journal for my course, where are they? http://ifind.swan.ac.uk

12 Information Services and Systems Using iFind Discover You can use iFind to find journals. Journals are good for: Finding the most up-to-date research Finding out hot topics in your subject area Lets look for: A journal British Journal of Nursing Using iFind

13 Information Services and Systems What if I don’t bring my books back on time? Overdue Charges ITEMAMOUNT NORMAL LOAN20p per day ONE WEEK LOAN50p per day OVERNIGHT/SHORT LOAN £1.50 per day 6 HOUR20p per hour What if I don’t bring a book back on time?

14 Information Services and Systems Why can’t I just use Google? Quality matters! You will be expected to only use reputable, trustworthy information in your assignments from sources such as: academic library books scholarly journal articles

15 Information Services and Systems Online Resources You will need your Swansea University Username and Password to access our online resources. Username – Your student number eg: 123456 Password – normal login Free online access to thousands of ebooks and ejournals through the Library...

16 Information Services and Systems Using iFind Discover Lets look for: A Book Scullion, P. A., & Guest, D. A. (2007). Study skills for nursing and midwifery students. Buckingham: Open UniversityScullion, P. A., & Guest, D. A. (2007). Study skills for nursing and midwifery students. Buckingham: Open University. Ebook collections – Dawsonera, ebrary EBSCO ebook collection. ebooks

17 Information Services and Systems Using iFind Discover Lets look for: A journal article Chan, Z. (2013). A qualitative study on non-verbal sensitivity in nursing students. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 22(13/14), 1941-1950. doi:10.1111/j.1365- 2702.2012.04324.x ejournals

18 Information Services and Systems No Full Text Access – What can I do? Document Supply Services http://www.swansea.ac.uk/iss/libraries/documentsupplyservices http://www.swansea.ac.uk/iss/libraries/documentsupplyservices LibraryPlus Scheme http://www.swansea.ac.uk/iss/libraryplus http://www.swansea.ac.uk/iss/libraryplus Visiting other libraries http://www.swansea.ac.uk/iss/libraries/visitorsinformation http://www.swansea.ac.uk/iss/libraries/visitorsinformation Disclaimer! – We don’t have full-text access to everything...

19 Information Services and Systems Your Librarians humscilib@swansea.ac.uk Giles, Susan, Elen, Stephen, Clare, Katrina, Izzy Need help? Just ask chhslibrary@swansea.ac.uk Find us on /swanuni.iss @swanuni_iss


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