Natasha Bayliss - Academic Services

Academic ServicesIntroduction to the Libraryhttp://www.as.ex.ac.uk/library/

The Libraries• Main Library- main collections in most subjects• Research Commons - refurbished 2009- quiet study space & near to WSL!• Law Library – Ready Text collection• St Luke’s Campus-Counselling & Educational Psychology resources• Exeter Health Library(http://services.exeter.ac.uk/eml/)- 12,000 healthcare and medical bookshttp://www.as.ex.ac.uk/library/

Library services and facilities• 24/7 opening in the Main Library• Self issue and return• Individual, group and silent study spaces• Multimedia facilities• Wireless network service

Borrowing• University card• Self-issue and return• Loan periods vary - from 5 hours to 28 days• Loan allowance – 20 books and/or journals• Reserve books borrowed by other users• Fines for overdue books and late return ofrecalled books• Check your e-mail daily for librarymessageshttp://www.as.ex.ac.uk/library/

Finding MaterialCheck the library cataloguehttp://lib.exeter.ac.uk• Author, title, Journal title, Keyword• Note that this won’t find individual journalarticles, just journal titleshttp://www.as.ex.ac.uk/library/

Electronic Library• http://as.exeter.ac.uk/library/resources/e-resources/• Access on and off campus• Online bibliographic databases• 30,000+ electronic journals• Electronic books• Reference works• Newspapershttp://www.as.ex.ac.uk/library/

More services ...• Inter-library loans• Postal loans• SCONUL Access schemehttp://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/• Institutional Repository - The ExeterResearch and Institutional Content archive(ERIC) http://eric.exeter.ac.uk/exeter/http://www.as.ex.ac.uk/library/

The search strategy• Define the topic• Identify keywords and phrases• Create your search statement– e.g. Boolean operators, truncation, wildcards, phrases• Select and search information sources– e.g. types of material indexed, subject coverage,bibliographic or full text, coverage dates• Evaluate the results and refine your search

Keywords• The basic identifying terms for your search• Words and phrases that are related to yourresearch subject• Choosing the wrong keywords can result in:– finding little or no relevant information– finding too much information10

Boolean operators• Enable efficient, focussed searching• Check which operators are available foreach database• Check the expression of the operator within thedatabase– AND or +– OR or ,– NOT or ANDNOT or -http://www.as.ex.ac.uk/library/11

“Boolean logic”ANDe.g. eating disorders AND teenagersORe.g. teenagers OR adolescentsNOTe.g. treatment NOT therapy8 April, 201112

Parentheses (brackets)( )• Use to group search elements• Database searches bracketed terms first andthen adds them to the remaining searchelementse.g. (teenagers or adolescents) ANDeating disordershttp://www.as.ex.ac.uk/library/13

TruncationTruncation symbol = *• Allows searching for any words startingwith that word stem• e.g. therap* would find therapy, therapies,therapeutic etc.• Use with care, as unwanted words may alsobe searched for• The truncation symbol used may varybetween different databaseshttp://www.as.ex.ac.uk/library/14

WildcardsWildcard symbols = ?• Allows searching for words with variantspellings• Substitute for 1 (or more) or 0 letters• e.g. counsel?ing will find counseling &counselling• e.g. behavio?r will find behaviour & behavior• The wildcard characters used may varybetween different databases.http://www.as.ex.ac.uk/library/15

Useful databases• PsycINFO extensive database of psychologicalliterature from the 1800s to the present• PsycARTICLES 134,000+ articles• MEDLINE covers all aspects of human medicine,including Psychiatry• PubMed Central –free digital archive of Biosciencesliterature including fulltext• JSTOR Scholarly Journal archive• SCOPUS 14,000 journal articles, including Psychologyhttp://as.exeter.ac.uk/library/resources/e-resources/elibrary/http://www.as.ex.ac.uk/library/

Help• Library Enquiry Desk• Academic Support Consultant for PsychologyNatasha BaylissN.Bayliss@exeter.ac.ukTel:01392-726183• Library International Officer – Patrick OveryP.C.Overy@exeter.ac.ukTel: 01392-723767http://www.as.ex.ac.uk/library/