A presentation delivered to members of the University Campus Oldham Research Group on library resources for researchers including ZETOC, COPAC and eTHOS.

1. Library Resources
for Researchers
Tim Leonard
May 2013 CC image courtesy of Evan Wood on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/44788018@N00/231364920

2. What we’ll be covering
 Registering with databases to save
searches/results
 ZETOC/COPAC/The British Library/EThOS
 “Do we have access to…..?”
 UCO Inter Library loan service
 Identifying High Impact journals
 Referencing tools
 What the Library can help you with

3. Registering with databases
 WHY???? You use your Huddersfield ID to
access electronic databases
 BUT you can create a personal account on
many databases to create alerts, store results,
save searches, etc.

4. Registering with databases
Web of Science/Knowledge
Business, Criminology and Penology, Education and Educational
Research/Special Education, Health Policy and Services, Law, Nursing,
Public Environmental and Occupational Health, Social Work, Substance
Abuse
Scopus
Arts and Humanities, Business Management and Accounting, Energy,
Engineering, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, Psychology, Social
Sciences

5. http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk
 Can be used as a search database
 Main strength is as a current awareness
service

6. ZETOC
 Log into Zetoc with your
Huddersfield account
 Set up alerts to any email address
 Easy to edit alerts or set up new
ones
 Emails sent every weekday

7. http://copac.ac.uk
 search over 70 academic, national and
specialist libraries in the UK
 Includes Universities of Manchester and
Liverpool

8. COPAC
 Be aware of material that is likely to be
reference
 Some institutions do not participate in
interlending (Oxford, Cambridge, some
research libraries)
 Get a SCONUL card to visit other university
libraries as a researcher:
http://www.hud.ac.uk/library/info-
for/researchers/usingotherlibraries/

9. http://explore.bl.uk
 Complete catalogue of the British Library
 Search for books and journal articles by title

10. UCO Inter-Library Loan Service
 Access to the complete Document Delivery
Service of the British Library
 Loans of hard copy material
 Secure Electronic Delivery of journal articles
 Charges can be made to departmental fund
 Just fill in a form!

11. UCO Inter-Library Loan Service
 Check with the LCC regarding availability of
items for request
 Books are typically loaned to us for three
weeks
 Renewals add another six weeks
 We can normally renew up to three times

12. “Do we have access to…..?”

13. A-Z List of Journals
Search by Journal Title
Search by Citation to get a
full text link (if subscribed)

14. http://ethos.bl.uk
Masters and Research theses from 125 UK
Universities
Theses can be downloaded as .pdfs
If a theses isn’t currently available to download,
you can request digitisation
Search without registering, registration is required
for requests and downloads

15. EThOS
 University of Huddersfield are among the
contributing institutions
 Some institutions may request payment for
digitisation requests
 Huddersfield support open-access (so requests for
digitisation do not incur a charge)
 Downloads are in .pdf format (Adobe Reader is
required) and may be compressed (software to un-
zip files may be needed)
 Ask the LCC if you need any help!

16. Identifying High Impact journals
For research?
For publication?

17. Identifying High Impact journals
Journal Metrics Tools
Web of Science/Knowledge
Scopus

18. Referencing tools
• Mendelay is available on all UCO PCs
• MyEndNote web is free, offers some of the
functionality of the full version
• Zotero is another free application
• Please ask if you need help!

19. Referencing tools
Summon: Use the Saved Items function to get
citations in APA standard

20. Referencing tools
• Word: References tab has tools for inserting
footnotes, citations, creating bibliographies
and contents tables
• Lots of tutorials on Youtube about References
http://youtu.be/oYe5RUWW73A
http://youtu.be/W0VN62YA7os

21. What else can the Library help you
with?
 Help and guidance regarding
databases and search strategies
 Investigating possibilities
regarding an institutional
repository
 You tell us!

22. Questions?

23. Thanks for listening!