Transcript Range of resources: a short quiz

Range of resources: a short
quiz
Nancy Graham & Beth Gwinnett
September 2006
Quiz
• Please complete this short quiz to test and
increase your knowledge of the range of
resources on offer at the University of
Birmingham.
Good Luck!!
To become familiar with a subject about which you
know very little, would you consult:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
A journal
An encyclopaedia
A database
Google
A book
Don’t know
No.2 is correct
• An encyclopaedia or subject dictionary will
give you an introduction to a particular
topic and may suggest further reading.
This is ideal if you know very little about
the subject. You could even try Wikipediathe online encyclopaedia.
If you want to find journal articles on a topic would
you consult: (select two answers)
1. The library
catalogue
2. A database
3. Google
4. The journals in the
library
5. eLibrary Subject
Search
6. Don’t know
No.2 is correct
• You can search for journal articles on a
topic using a database (i.e. Medline,
PubMed, Web of Science etc) or via the
Subject Search facility in eLibrary.
Journals in the Library may hold some
useful articles but how will you know which
journal they’re in?
If you wanted access to high quality electronic
resources in your subject area, where would you
look?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Google
Library catalogue
eLibrary
Don’t know
No.3 is correct
• The eLibrary gives you access to
thousands of electronic journals and a
wide variety of subject databases and
gateways. These have all been carefully
selected as they contain high quality
information.
If you wanted to find textbooks that covered
your subject area, would you use:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Library catalogue
eLibrary
Google
Look along the
shelves
5. Don’t know
No.1 is correct
• The Library Catalogue shows all the
libraries holdings for your subject area.
Search using the keyword field for relevant
words in your topic.
If you wanted to find out which books from your reading list
were available in the library would you use:
1. Library catalogue
2. www.readinglists.
bham.ac.uk
3. Google
4. Use your module
handbook
5. Don’t know
No.2 is correct
• Although you could search for each title on
your reading list using the Library
Catalogue, the online reading list web site
will have the full reading list for your
module and you won’t need to search for
each title individually. Use the hyperlinks
to connect to the Library Catalogue to
check availability.
If you wanted to find recent online
information suitable for academic use would
you:
1. Look on the
library catalogue
2. Look on the
eLibrary
3. Search the
Internet
4. Don’t know
2 & 3 are correct
• You can use the eLibrary to look for recent
articles in databases. You could also try
using the Internet BUT with caution.
Whereas subject specialists edit the
information which you access via the
eLibrary, this is not true of the Internet and
you must train yourself to spot irrelevant or
dodgy web sites www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/
Where would you go to find a guide to the
main resources in your subject area?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Ask in the library
eLibrary
Library catalogue
Subject guides
No.4 is correct
• These subject guides are online and in
PDF format to download. Each guide
explains the major resources for your
subject area, how to access and how to
use those resources. They are available
from:
www.is.bham.ac.uk/ppm/publications/sg.htm
Which of the following materials are
listed on the Library Catalogue?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Printed books
Printed journals
DVDs and videos
Music CDs and
musical scores
5. All of the above
No.5 is correct
• All of these formats are listed on the
Library Catalogue. Limiting your search
using the appropriate ‘Collection’ or
‘Format’, available in Advanced Search,
will help you to search for i.e. just
periodicals (journals) or just videos.
End of the quiz
• Thank you for taking part in the quiz and
we hope that you’ve learned about the
range of resources on offer from the
library.
• For further help and advice contact your
subject librarian:
http://www.is.bham.ac.uk/menu/index/help_subjectstaff.htm