English for Academic Purposes EAP 3 University of the Sunshine Coast Library WELCOME anytime! Research, use computers, borrow, print … Bring your student ID card and get started After hours also available ASK at the library desk for help

USC acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which its campuses stand. We recognise and pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.  Know your assignment – what you are asked to do Have topics been chosen?

So, you have a new assignment. Where to start? Start with a worksheet to organise your ideas! Organise and keep information together – you’ll have many assignments! WORKSHEET – Ready to research!

Choose a topic and discuss your task words Identify three major issues/challenges associated with nursing the intellectually disabled in Australia and evaluate the provision of mental health care and services for this sector of the community. 2. Identify three major issues/challenges associated with the aged care system in Australia and evaluate the effectiveness of current support services for home care and residential aged care facilities in meeting the nursing care needs of this sector. Identify three major issues/challenges associated with animal assisted therapy and evaluate the effectiveness of using animals in healthcare. 4. Identify three major issues for nurses associated with the development of  telehealth and evaluate the current state and future trends of this approach to healthcare in Australia. To evaluate….? Definition of evaluate is “to judge or to determine the significance, worth or quality of” assess or appraise Causes and effects Advantages and disadvantages Strengths and weaknesses Importance WORKSHEET – fill in your topic

Discuss your task words To identify “establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is” recognise To evaluate “to judge or to determine the significance, worth or quality of” assess or appraise

Key words and key phrases Identify three major issues/challenges associated with nursing the intellectually disabled in Australia and evaluate the provision of mental health care and services for this sector of the community. 2. Identify three major issues/challenges associated with the aged care system in Australia and evaluate the effectiveness of current support services for home care and residential aged care facilities in meeting the nursing care needs of this sector. Identify three major issues/challenges associated with animal assisted therapy and evaluate the effectiveness of using animals in healthcare. 4. Identify three major issues for nurses associated with the development of  telehealth and evaluate the current state and future trends of this approach to healthcare in Australia. To evaluate….? Definition of evaluate is “to judge or to determine the significance, worth or quality of” assess or appraise Causes and effects Advantages and disadvantages Strengths and weaknesses Importance WORKSHEET – fill in your topic

Think about alternative keywords Truncation Intellectually disabled ID, Mental health condition “General learning disability” Impaired functioning Intellect* Mental health care Mental health services Community health services National Disability Insurance Scheme NDIS Aged care system Care for the elderly Elder* Home care Independent living Residential aged care facilities “residential aged care” Animal assisted therapy AAT, psychotherapy Therap* Telehealth “Telecommunication techniques” Telemedicine Nurses Health practitioners Nurs* Australia Australasia Austra* Different language can be used to describe the same thing Different spelling “ “ What is this doing? Finding and EXACT phrase, or string of letters * What is this doing? Truncation of a word to search for ANY alternative finishes. Why wouldn’t you use com* ? WORKSHEET – YOUR alternative words/ truncations/ phrases

Putting it all together … The hard bit … making sense of your topic search! AND find all of your keywords (main topics) “residential aged care” AND “effective support” AND Austra* OR find any of your keywords (alternative words) Animal assisted therapy OR AAT OR psychotherapy methods AND will give you LESS results (everything has to be included). Use AND to make sure you have a relevant search for your topic. OR is MORE (you are happy to find this OR that OR something else). Use OR to make sure you have included synonyms or alternative search terms. There are other things (like NOT) which can be used, but let’s keep it simple and good today  WORKSHEET – Fill in “Putting it all together” section. Different concepts on different lines (e.g. in the OR example on this slide)

So, now that you have a good search plan, where will you look for good academic information for your assignment? For a further brief look at how to search well, this Library Guide can help you gain confidence: https://libguides.usc.edu.au/c.php?g=595776&p=4121841

Start with the Library Homepage http://www.usc.edu.au/library Log in here (when off-campus) and get started Now click on Advanced Search

Discover in Advanced search ……search for journal articles, books, e-books, newspapers…. Use DISCOVER to search almost all library resources To add another search field (to add another concept)

Discover in Advanced search ……search for journal articles, books, e-books, newspapers…. For example …

Limit your results … Look to Refine my Results Peer-reviewed Publication date Resource Type LIMIT your results list to see more RELEVANT resources Left hand side is where you can narrow refine or alternatively expand your search You need books for your assignment – choose that resource type You need journals for you assignment – choose that resources type

Catalogue – a simple search http://www.usc.edu.au/library

Catalogue – an advanced search http://www.usc.edu.au/library

Newspapers for background knowledge Choose from a number of newspapers, current affairs databases or our newly subscribed News Corp

Websites Using Google is ok isn’t it? … well… nearly! No control at all over what is published via Google.

Websites Try Google Scholar instead! https://scholar.google.com/ Better quality websites, and lots of journal articles. Check out this Library Guide on how to use Google Scholar, including how to add USC library so that you won’t be charged for journal articles that we have access to in the library: https://libguides.usc.edu.au/c.php?g=530152&p=3626427 https://scholar.google.com/

Google Scholar Click on the link What type of websites have we found here? (understand the information in a URL)

Library Guides http://www.usc.edu.au/library Where to get a copy of this PPT – and other research tips useful for your EAP studies

Library Help find more information for your subject, or how to search.

Need Help? Visit the Library Help Desk See the “How to” Library Guides Chat to us Online Check the Library home page for times Call us on +61 7 5430 2804 Email us at LibraryHelp@usc.edu.au Follow @LibraryUSC