Basic Library Orientation Schoenbaum Library University of Charleston

John Adkins, M.A., M.S.L.S.

Director of Library Services

How do I get help?

• In person at the Reference Desk – John Adkins, Library Director – Rebecca Newman, Reference Librarian – Anna Hughes, Health Sciences Librarian • Via e-mail ( [email protected]

) • By phone at (304) 357-4780

Academic Success Center Learning Commons

Campus Phone (304) 357-4776

The ASC Can Help You:

•Find a Topic •Develop Your Paper •Organize Your Paper •Work on Grammar Problems •Work on Style Problems

The ASC Cannot:

•Proofread Your Paper for You •Do Your Paper for You •Do Your Citations for You •Guarantee a Grade for the Paper Tutoring also available in subjects such as accounting and statistics.

Getting Started •

http://www.ucwv.edu/library/

All roads to library resources run through the library website.

• • •

Remote Access

To log on remotely you will be asked for your username and barcode.

If you obtain a UC ID and obtain an individual library barcode you will put your first and last names separated by a space – John Adkins – in as your username and the numbers for your library barcode in as your barcode.

If you do not have an individual library account you may contact the libarary to receive one via your UC email account or contact Scott Mahaney Academic Advisor, Online Programs

UC Quest

The

UC Quest

Link on the Library Homepage Searches: 1. Physical Books 2. Electronic Books 3. Journal and Magazine Articles

All in one simple search!

Subject Guide

Find Books

Find Articles

How to access?

1. Before downloading eBooks from EBSCOhost you must first create an EBSCOhost account.

a. Go to http://www.ucwv.edu/library/ and click “Articles and Indexes”.

b. Log into “EBSCO E-Books” and click “Sign In” in the upper right area of the screen.

c. Click “Create a New Account”.

d. Fill out the requested information to create an EBSCOhost account.

2. At this point you will need to go to http:// http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/ and download the FREE Adobe Digital Editions software using the Adobe Digital Editions Installer.

a. Follow the instructions to download the Adobe Digital Editions software and create a FREE account with Adobe.

b. After installing this software return to the EBSCO E-Books search page under Articles and Indexes on the library website.

3. You may now search and download e-books to your computer or device or view the eBook on screen.

4. To download a book to your computer or a device you need to click the “Download This eBook” button (please note, not all eBooks are downloadable). 5. You will then be asked to select a checkout period. Select a period and click “Checkout & Download”.

6. A box will pop up asking if you wish to “Open with Adobe Digital Editions” or “Save File”. Click “Open with” and then click “OK”.

7. Your book will now open in the Adobe Digital Editions software.

8. Click the “Library View” icon in Adobe Digital Editions (the three books icon located in the upper left hand corner of the screen).

9. If your portable device is hooked into your computer you should see it listed on the left hand side of the screen unde r “Bookshelves”.

10. Drag and drop your borrowed eBook onto the device bookshelf to load it onto the device for mobile reading.

Note: iPad users will need to download and install a third party app such as the FREE Bluefire Reader app in order to read EBSCO E-Books.

WolframAlpha

http://www.wolframalpha.com

• Computational Knowledge Engine • Like Google but with Answers and Data not Links • Links to Sources

Electronic Resources Available at the Kanawha County Public Library 123 Capitol St.

Charleston, WV 25301 304-343-4646

• Business Plans Handbook • International Directory of Company Histories • Proquest Entrepreneurship • Reference USA • Value Line

Scholarly versus Popular Sources

Scholarly Publication:

Books and journals, print and online

Popular Publication:

Books, magazines and newspapers, print and online Author Advertising Is a noted professional or expert Very little or highly specialized Is a journalist, student, popular author; or may not be listed Significant amount Audience Advanced reading level; may have specialized vocabulary Basic reading level for a general audience Indexing Purpose Review Policy Sources Articles are listed in specialized indexes; for example

PsycINFO, Biosis

or

Humanities Index

Discusses a specific scholarly field Articles are reviewed by peers; editorial board composed of scholars in the field A list of references is included at the end of each article Articles are listed in general indexes; for example

Reader's Guide

or

Periodicals Index

Current events, general interest items Editor or editorial board are members of the magazine's staff Articles rarely include references

Citing Your Work

Scholarly Citation • Why Cite?

– Identifies others work – Avoids plagarization – Allows readers to see how your ideas were developed – Scholarly convention – Required for assignment 

CITATION is the information that identifies a book or journal article.

• Book – Author – Title – Date of publication – Publisher – City of publication – Pages • Journal – Author – Title of article – Title of journal – Date of publication – Pages – URL or reference to database (static only – not dynamic) – DOI: Digital Object Identifier

APA STYLE • In-text citation:

– According to Chomsky (2004)... or – as shown (Chomsky, 2004)...

• Works Cited:

– Chomsky, N. (2004). On Howard Zinn.

Tikkun

, 19(6), 22.

Searching Tips

Using Boolean Operators

• • •

OR

either one term or another is present, used for synonyms, variant terminology, alternative topics or alternative spellings (increases the number of references and the sensitivity of the search)

AND

more than one keyword is present (reduces the number of references and increases the specificity of the search) e.g.:

NOT

To specify that a term is not present (reduces the number of references and increases the specificity of the search) e.g.

OR

(alternative terms) A or B

Finds citations containing at least one

AND

(linked term) A and B

Finds citations containing both

NOT

(excluded terms) A not B

Finds citations which contain A but not B

Controlled Vocabulary

(Why You Sometimes Want to Search a Single Database) • Many databases use thesaurus terms (subject labels). • This is a way of ensuring that all articles on a particular topic have standard thesaurus terms (or subject headings) assigned to them.

• E.g. the highly structured thesaurus in MEDLINE would tell you not to use the term ‘cancer’ but to use ‘neoplasm’ and to consider using ‘carcinoma’ and ‘tumor’. You would find papers if you searched using the keyword ‘cancer’, but you would get more focused papers using thesaurus terms.

Recap of contact info

• John Adkins – Director of Library Services • In person at the Reference Desk • Via e-mail ( [email protected]

) – By phone at (304) 357-4780