2. Siân Furmage: Academic Engagement Librarian
MATH6026: Library Skills
Siân Furmage: Academic Engagement Librarian
12/10/18

3. Aims & Learning Outcomes
Aim: to provide an introduction to relevant library resources & services
Learning Outcomes:
Identify key library services (e.g. loans & borrowing)
Describe key information on Mathematics library subject page (including key subject databases)
Explain key features of a good search strategy
Describe services offered by the Library’s Student Academic Skills Hub

4. Introduction to Library services & Hartley library (10 mins)

5. The Library
5 Libraries: Hartley Library (Highfield Campus); Library & Learning Commons (Avenue Campus); National Oceanographic Library (Dock Gate 4); Winchester School of Art Library; Health Services Library (General Hospital)
Hartley Library has the most Maths material
You will need your ID card to enter Hartley Library

6. What’s available in Hartley?
Thousands of books
Printed journals, reports, government papers
iSolutions workstations (internet, Office products, etc.)
Printers / photocopiers / scanners
WiFi, network points, power points & laptop loans
Study desks (about 1,500)
Group study rooms (e.g. practice presentations)

7. Library website

8. What’s available on the Library website?
Information:
Opening hours
Loans
Other services
The answers to most of your questions!
Resources:
eBooks
Online journals
Subject specific databases and other resources

9. Loans & Borrowing ID card Self-issue & self-returns machines
Level 2 Desk
20 items
Long Loan, 1 Week Loan, Short Loan

10. How is the Library organized? (Call numbers)

11. What is Library Search?
Library Search is the University Library’s new search system.
It is a one-search interface across all of our library online and print content.
Provides a single search box to find books, articles, databases and more.
It removes the need to separately search WebCat and DelphiS.
Library Search is the University Library’s new search system.
It provides a one-search interface across all of our library online and print content and removes the need to separately search WebCat and DelphiS (although these two systems will remain available).

12. When to use Library Search?
Library Search provides broad searches across a large number of resources
Useful particularly at first year level and for initial research purposes.
Does not replace the importance of using subject-specific and relevant multi- disciplinary databases.
These databases are particularly useful for students in their second year and above.
Library Search provides broad searches across a large number of resources. It useful particularly at first year level and for initial research purposes.
However, it does not replace the importance of using subject-specific and relevant multi-disciplinary databases, which are particularly useful for students in their second year and above.

13. Accessing Library Search
Multiple access points:
login to sussed.soton.ac.uk, select the Library tab and then the Library Search icon
Quick Links on the Library webpages and Subject Guides
Library Search URL is
You can access Library Search via multiple access points. Accessing via SUSSED is an easy way to access Library Search. You will need to login into SUSSED using your university username and password.
There are other access points on the university webpages. There might also be access points on faculty homepages.

14. Library Search
Click the Library Search image to access it. Explore searching across the wide range of resources available. Select Help at the top of the screen to access the Library Search help page.

15. Training resources
The Library Search Help page provides an introductory video, a quick guide, an advanced guide, FAQs and contact options.
Click the image to access it.

16. Getting help with Library Search
Library chat service:
10am - 5pm Monday to Friday
(except University closed days) 
questions or feedback:
To get help using Library Search or to provide feedback, you can use the library chat service or .
This Photo is licensed under CC BY-SA

17. The flat screens in Hartley library will provide you with floor plans and Hartley book locations

18. Inter Library Loan (ILL)
Request books, journal articles and other publications that are not held in one of the University of Southampton Libraries
5 free per year

19. Academic Skills Hub
Referencing; writing skills; study skills; research skills
Training and workshops
Hub is open – 12.00, – 16.00, Monday – Friday (Hartley)

21. Off-campus access SVE (Southampton Virtual Environment)
Working at home or away
For eBooks, online readings, electronic journals

22. How to get help… libenqs@soton.ac.uk 023 8059 2180 Level 2 Desk
Library Chat (staffed – 17.00, Monday – Friday

23. Subject page & key subject databases (15 mins)
SUSSED > Library > Subject guides

24. Mathematical Sciences

25.
Note top blue bar for navigation & also note section ‘Key Databases for Literature Searching’

26. General principles
The green ‘?’ symbol will link you to further training resources / tutorials about this specific database
The text underneath the link gives you an overview of the scope of the database / what type of content it provides
Many databases have help sections, once you are inside the database itself

27. MathSciNet Provided by AMS
Journal articles, books and conference papers in the mathematical sciences
1940 – present
Some links to full text

28. (MathSciNet continued)
Note options on the left of the screen – use these to refine your results

29. Web of Science Citations (i.e. not necessarily links to full text)
Covers engineering, science, social sciences
Options for quick search or advanced search
Note options to refine results on the left of the page
Also has options for citation searching and creating a citation report – this will be covered in more detail later in the session

30. Scopus
Largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings
Fields include: science, technology, social sciences, medicine
Smart tools to track, analyse and visualise research

31. Subject page & key subject databases (continued) (15 mins)
Supplementary activity: spend time exploring these resources for yourself, for a relevant topic
You may also wish to complete the ‘Subject guide tutorial’ > advanced > section: Subject guides and subject databases

32. Search strategy (15 mins)
Complete the tutorial ‘Search strategies’:
Supplementary activities: you may also wish to complete the tutorials on ‘Citation Searching’ and ‘Keeping up to date’: > in the section ‘Advanced searching strategies – getting the best out of databases’

33. Student Academic Skills Hub (SASH) (5 mins)
The Student Academic Skills Hub offers support with: Academic Integrity, Study Skills, Writing Skills, Research Skills
The Hub (Level 2, Hartley library) is open Monday-Friday, – 12.00, –  please drop in and speak to an advisor, no need to book an appointment
We also offer a range of workshops – you will need to book a place on these
(supplementary activity: spend time exploring the SASH pages for yourself)

34. For further help: libenqs@soton.ac.uk 023 8059 2180