Discover the resources at UCT Libraries. Learn how to search effectively and save your references in RefWorks.

1. INTRODUCTION TO UCT LIBRARIES
Presented by Jen Eidelman
2017
E-mail: jen.eidelman@uct.ac.za
Telephone: 021 650 2773
Assisted by: Awot Gebregziabher@uct.ac.za
Telephone: 021 650 3774
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-
NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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2. What you can expect to learn today
 Save Time
– Learn what the libraries have to offer & how to use the library resources.
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
 Work efficiently
- Learn how to search effectively
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science/databases
 Keep up to date
- Learn how to get Alerts to your email account and to Save Searches.
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/sci-tech-uptodate
 Be organized. Organise the results of your searches.
- Introducing RefWorks to organise your work and create a reference list /
reference help.
http://proquest.libguides.com/newrefworks
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science/referencing
 How to Write up
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science/writing
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3. OFF CAMPUS LOGIN http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
It is possible
to access
library
resources off-
campus.
Use the OFF
CAMPUS
LOGIN
BUTTON on
the library
webpage.
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4. OFF CAMPUS LOGIN http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
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5. WHERE TO START? - Subject Guide
On the Library Web Page: http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
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6. LINK TO SUBJECT GUIDE: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science
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7. http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science
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8. ALEPH – Library catalogue
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
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9. SUBJECT GUIDE: Find books
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science/findbooks
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10. How to find a book:
See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science/findbooks
ALEPH – Library catalogue
Using the SEARCH function
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11. ALEPH – Library catalogue
Using the SEARCH function
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12. ALEPH – Library catalogue
Using the SEARCH function
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13. ALEPH LOGIN:
Insert your student
or staff number here
Your password is your date of birth in the following format:
YYYYMMDD
e.g. 19801205
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14. Use the BROWSE function in ALEPH to find
this book:
African penguin : a natural history
by Phil Hockey
What is the shelf number? 14

15. ALEPH – Library catalogue
Using the BROWSE function
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Request a book that is out on loan

17. Use the BROWSE function in ALEPH
to find
The Encyclopedia of biodiversity
What is the shelf number?
Is the item available for loan?
Exercise: Find a book title in ALEPH
(Online Library catalogue)
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18. Exercise: Find a book title in ALEPH
(Online Library catalogue)
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19. Exercise: Find a book title in ALEPH
(Online Library catalogue) – ALL ITEMS
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20. Exercise: Find a book title in ALEPH
(Online Library catalogue) – ITEM STATUS
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21. ALEPH – Library catalogue
Using the BROWSE function
to find Journal Titles
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22. ALEPH –
Library
catalogue
Using the
BROWSE
function
to find
Journal
Titles
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23. Exercise:
Find the Journal Title
‘Conservation Genetics’ in ALEPH
Use the BROWSE function.
What are the dates of the print holdings?
Do we have electronic access?
From what date?
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25. Print Journals - Aleph
e-Journal Portal
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
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26. SUBJECT GUIDE: Find Journals
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science/findjournals
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27. Muijres, F.T. (2014) Author and date of publication
Bird flight: Fly with a little flap from your
friends.
Title of article
Nature. 505(7483):295-296
Journal name. volume no (issue no.): page numbers
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32. Pillay, K.R. 2015.
Digestive parameters and energy assimilation of Cape
porcupine on economically important crops.
African zoology 50(4):321-326.
Is it available in print at UCT Libraries?
Is it available online?
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35. INTERLIBRARY LOANS
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/interlibrary-loans
Request items that are not available at UCT via UCT
Libraries Interlibrary Loans Department.
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36. Photo by Jen Eidelman
Learn how to
search
effectively
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37. SEARCHING DATABASES
The effect of pollution on marine biodiversity
CONCEPT 2 CONCEPT 3CONCEPT 1
1. Write down your topic in its
simplest form
Then break it up into CONCEPTS.
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38. The effect of pollution on marine biodiversity
CONCEPT 2 CONCEPT 3CONCEPT 1
2. Think of KEY WORDS that
describe each of your concepts :
CONCEPT 1
POLLUTION
CONTAMINATION
SEWAGE
OIL
CONCEPT 2
MARINE
OCEAN
SEA
CONCEPT 3
BIODIVERSITY
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39. 3. Construct your search strategy
 Boolean logic provides the language you use to
structure your keyword search … the search
engine needs to know how your search terms
relate to each other
 In Boolean searching, you make use of
the three Boolean operators:
AND OR NOT
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40. Use AND to combine different concepts :
pollution AND ocean
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41. Use OR to enter keywords for the same
(single) concept :
ocean OR marine OR sea
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42. Use NOT to get rid of unwanted results :
cetacea NOT dolphins
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43. POLLUTION
OR
CONTAMINATION
OR
SEWAGE
OR
OIL
MARINE
OR
OCEAN
OR
SEA
BIODIVERSITYAND
CONCEPT 1
POLLUTION
CONTAMINATION
SEWAGE
OIL
CONCEPT 2
MARINE
OCEAN
SEA
CONCEPT 3
BIODIVERSITY
The effect of pollution on marine biodiversity
AND
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44. ONE SEARCH BOX: Use brackets to separate your concepts
STRUCTURED SCREEN:
POLLUTION OR CONTAMINATION OR OIL OR SEWAGE
MARINE OR OCEAN OR SEA
BIODIVERSITY
(POLLUTION OR CONTAMINATION OR OIL
OR SEWAGE) AND (OCEAN OR SEA OR
MARINE) AND BIODIVERSITY
4. Type your search strategy into the
database search screen
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45. Biological Sciences Library Guide:
Databases
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46. Biological Sciences Library Guide: Useful Databases
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47. From the dropdown menu you can choose ‘All Databases’ to search
across all the databases.
If you search in the ‘Web of Science Core Collection’ you will be
able to create search alerts & RSS feeds.
Alerts are not enabled when you search in ‘All Databases’. 47

48. Change drop down
menu to ‘topic’
Change timespan to limit your search to specific
years
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49. Choose how to sort the
results of your search
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Refine
results
of
search
here

50. Click the SFX button. This will tell you if
the article is available in full text or not.
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51. The full text is available from ScienceDirect
There is also a link here to the library catalogue
(ALEPH) if you want to see if the print version is
available.
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52. Click ‘Download PDF’ to get the full text.
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53. Hover your mouse at the
bottom of the page to see
the icons. Click on the
save icon to save the
article to your computer
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http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/
Manage your references: Find RefWorks at UCT Libraries

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http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/refworks
• Create a RefWorks account
or login to RefWorks
• RefWorks Help

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Sign in or
Create an Account

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Get the ‘Save to RefWorks’ tab for your browser
Install ‘Save to RefWorks’ for your Browser
Click on your name and choose ‘Tools’

58. Web of Science
Save to RefWorks
Click on the title of
the article
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59. Web of Science – Save to RefWorks
Click the ‘Save to RefWorks’ tab.
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60. This action will export the information (bibliographic details) to RefWorks
Save to RefWorks
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61. Click ‘View in
RefWorks’
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Save to RefWorks

62. The information (bibliographic detail) is saved to RefWorks
For further RefWorks instructions go to:
http://proquest.libguides.com/newrefworks
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64. • Click on the ‘Search History’ tab
• And then click on ‘Save History/ Create Alert’
Keep up to date
Save Searches / Create Alerts
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65. • Give your search a name
• Click ‘Save’
Keep up to date
Save Searches / Create Alerts
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66. Keep up to date
Save Searches / Create Alerts
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67. Click on ‘My Tools’ and then ‘Saved Searches and Alerts’ to see all
your saved searches.
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Exercise:
Do a search in the database SCOPUS
Using the following search terms
Add search
boxes
Choose
‘Authors’
from the
drop down
menu

70. Exercise:
How many articles did you find?
Which article is the most cited?
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71. RESULTS OF SEARCH - SCOPUS
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72. Exercise:
1. Create an account in RefWorks
2. Do a keyword search of your choice in
ANY ONE of the database SCOPUS, WEB
of SCIENCE or GOOGLE SCHOLAR
3. Save one of the articles to RefWorks
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73. Summary: Finding material in UCT Libraries :
ALEPH (library catalogue), E-Journal portal, Subject Guide
Doing your literature search : DATABASES (Boolean searching)
Retrieving materials: OFF CAMPUS LOGIN; SFX; Interlibrary Loans
Organising your results : RefWorks
See: http://proquest.libguides.com/newrefworks
Writing help :
See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science/writing
Referencing help:
See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science/referencing
Keeping up to date : Current Awareness; Alerting services.
See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/sci-tech-uptodate
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74. Thank you!
This presentation is available at:
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/biological-science/honours-2017
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