Library Resources for Physics Postgraduates October 2010 Barbara Dorward

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

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

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

Library Website  services  Resources

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

Reception desk for: Basic library queries Group Study room bookings

Loans Desk – queries about borrowing and Inter Library Loan

Resources  Catalogues  Electronic resources  Tutorials  Quick reference

Level 3: Subject Enquiry desk

Break 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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:

Break 2

Subject support

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Additional features  Limits  Analyse results  Refine results  Search history  Marking records  Exporting records  alerts

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

 Upcoming courses – Book through Graduate School  e-theses website – skills.soton.ac.uk/ethesis/

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!

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

If you need more help  Barbara Dorward Tel ext x22791 int   Subject Enquiry Desk