1. Finding resources for your dissertation: Classics & Ancient History Richard Holmes & Amy Russell March 2014

2. Aims of the session To help you: Find relevant resources for your dissertation Make the most of the Library’s tools and resources Know who to contact for further help

3. Format of the session The session will involve: A brief overview of finding quality academic material on your subject A demonstration of some key resources A chance for you to begin searching for information for your dissertation An opportunity to ask for help and advice when researching

4. The Library Catalogue – What is it? Collection of records describing the Library’s holdings Each record contains bibliographic/descriptive information about a specific item Bibliographic = e.g. title, author, publisher, publication year Description = e.g. number of pages, physical dimensions, additional notes Many feature an abstract/summary Does not search or contain full text

5. The Library Catalogue – Limitations Consequently: Good for finding articles? Good for finding relevant book chapters? Good for finding theses/conference papers? Good for finding other libraries’ holdings?

6. The Library Catalogue – Benefits Getting started with your research Performing a ‘scoping’ search Checking local holdings & availability

7. Useful Features Basic & Advanced search screens ‘Modify Search’ button Keyword search – broad/speculative Field searching – narrow/focused – Author – Classmark – Subject Save/export records View borrowing history (requires activation)

8. Remember… You can recall books not due back for ages (even if your teacher has them!!!) Use limits and filters to narrow/focus your results (exclude those pesky College Library books)

9. Subject Page

10. Obtaining items outside Durham Use UK-wide COPAC catalogue – http://www.copac.ac.uk http://www.copac.ac.uk Visiting other universities e.g. Newcastle and Northumbria – Check their catalogues: http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/resources/online/catalogues/ http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/resources/online/catalogues/ Access to other libraries – SCONUL Access Scheme – http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/otherlibraries/ http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/otherlibraries/ Document Delivery Service – http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/borrowing/dds/ http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/borrowing/dds/