New Grad Students: Research Tools and Library Services

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New Grad Students Research Tools and Library
Services

• Library Instruction
• Fall 2008

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What well cover

• The Basics WATCARD, Libraries Hours, Services
  for Grad Students, Your Library Account, Your
  Liaison Librarian
• Books TRELLIS (the Library catalogue)
• Connecting from Home
• Journal Articles Research Databases/Journal
  Indexes, Electronic Journals
• Document Delivery Articles Books
• RefWorks Bibliographic management software
• Help when you need it

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Library Homepage (www.lib.uwaterloo.ca)
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Your WATCARD
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Libraries Hours
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Libraries Hours
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Libraries Hours
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Libraries Hours
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Libraries Hours
Always updated for today!
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Services for Grad Students
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Services for Grad Students
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Services for Grad Students
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Services for Grad Students
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Your Liaison Librarian

• Subject specialist
• Subject Guides
• Help with Library services resources
• Literature research assistance
• Personal or group consultations
• Book purchase requests accepted

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Your Liaison Librarian
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Your Liaison Librarian
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Who is Your Liaison Librarian
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Your Library Account

• Books you have on loan
• Borrow books for a term (unless recalled)
• Renew your books online
• E-mail reminder sent near end of term
• Fines or other problems
• Holds, Recalls, Document Delivery

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Your Library Account
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Your Library Account
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Your Library Account
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Your Library Account
Online renewal
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Any Questions?
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TRELLIS (the Library Catalogue)

• Find books, journals, government documents,
  conferences, theses, etc. at UW, UG, WLU,
  Annex
• Get item Location, Status, and Call Number
• Request items books, copies of journal articles

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TRELLIS
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TRELLIS
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TRELLIS
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TRELLIS
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TRELLIS
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TRELLIS
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TRELLIS
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TRELLIS
Submit button
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TRELLIS
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TRELLIS
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TRELLIS
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TRELLIS
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TRELLIS
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Any Questions?
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Connecting from Home

• Research Databases
• E-Journals
• Electronic Books
• E-Data

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Connect from Home
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Connect from Home
www.lib.uwaterloo.ca. proxy.lib.uwaterloo.ca
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Research Databases

• Find journal articles, conference papers on a
  topic
• Comprehensive, quick
• Includes abstract, link to full text article
• Import into your citation database

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Research Databases

• How to choose them
• Subject Guides often lists top choices
• Subject groups on Research Database page
• Date of coverage
• Updating frequency
• Multidisciplinary topic? Try several databases

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Research Databases
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Research Databases
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Research Databases
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Research Databases
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Research Databases
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Research Databases
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Research Databases
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Research Databases
Full text is available in electronic format
Check for print copy
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Research Databases
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Research Databases
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Research Databases
If no electronic listed, check TRELLIS
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Research Databases
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Research Databases
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Research Databases
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Research Databases
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Research Databases
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Any Questions?
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Document Delivery

• Article from a journal in TRELLIS?
• TUGdoc
• request item from TRELLIS
• Not in TRELLIS?
• CISTI Source
• 1993-
• Largely science and technology, but some arts and
  social sciences
• RACER (InterLibrary Loan)
• All Ontario university libraries plus
• request item not in TRELLIS

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TUGdoc
I need an article from volume 8... but its not
online. I can request a copy!
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TRELLIS
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TUGdoc
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TUGdoc
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CISTI Source RACER
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RACER
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Cant wait? (for TUGdoc/CISTI Source/RACER)

• Find the book/article at another Ontario library
• Visit the library in person
• Register WatCard with their circulation desk
• Photocopy article(s)
• Borrow book(s) directly
• return books at UW!

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Any Questions?
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RefWorks

• What is RefWorks?
• A personal database designed to
• Manage/organize citations
• Create bibliographies
• Help you write your term papers
• Accessible from anywhere!

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RefWorks

• Why use RefWorks?
• Keep track of articles on your topic or several
  topics
• Create bibliographies easily and quickly in over
  200 citation styles
• Submitting your article to more than one journal
  expecting different citation styles?
• A click of the mouse will change the style to fit
  the requirements of the journal
• Insert references into a Word document and have
  in-text citations and the bibliography
  automatically generated using the Write-N-Cite
  module

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RefWorks

• How do I access RefWorks?
• Click on the RefWorks link on the Librarys
  homepage
• http//refworks.scholarsportal.info/ (log in from
  anywhere using the Group Code given to you in the
  RefWorks e-mail message received when you
  register)

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RefWorks
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RefWorks
Come to a RefWorks session to learn more!!
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Ask a Librarian

• Your Liaison Librarian!
• Online Reference (Chat, Skype)
• E-mail
• Phone
• In person

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Any Questions?
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Need more information?

• Contact your Liaison Librarian
• Attend another Library instruction session
  (http//www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/usered/index.html)
• Smart Searching TRELLIS, Journal Articles, and
  the Internet
• Find Books More using TRELLIS effectively
• RefWorks
• Keep Current Digitally

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THANK YOU!