Learn how to access and navigate the library resources at UCT Libraries. How to search effectively, save time and get organised.

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/geology-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/geology-referencing
 How to Write up
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/geology-writing-guide
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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/geology
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7. Geological Sciences – Subject guide / Library guide
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8. ALEPH – Library catalogue
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
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9. Geological Sciences Library guide:
Finding Books
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10. How to find a book:
See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/geology-finding-books
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. Find this book in ALEPH using the BROWSE
function
Title: Metasomatism and the chemical
transformation of rock.
ALEPH – Library catalogue
Using the BROWSE function
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15. ALEPH – Library catalogue
Using the BROWSE function
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16. ALEPH – Library catalogue
Using the BROWSE function
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17. Exercise:
Find this journal title in ALEPH
Use the BROWSE function in ALEPH to find this journal title:
Journal title: Journal of the geological society
1.What are the dates of the print holdings?
2. Do we have electronic access to this journal?
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19. ALEPH – Library catalogue – Finding Maps
More info see: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/geology/maps
• Click on the
‘Search’ function
• Choose ‘Multi-field’
from the tool bar.
• In the subject field
type ‘geology South
Africa’
• In the ‘limit search
to’ section from the
drop down menu in
the ‘format’ section
choose ‘Maps’.
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20. ALEPH – Library catalogue – Finding Maps
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21. Geological Sciences Library guide:
Finding Journals
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22. Type NAME of journal
Find a journal title from the e-Journal portal
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23. Example:
Mather, A.E., Mills, S., Stokes, M. & Fyfe, R. 2015.
Ten years on: what can Google Earth offer the
geoscience community?
Geology today. 31(6):216-221
NAME of journal Volume(issue):page numbers
Authors and Date of publication
Title of article
Find a journal title from the e-Journal portal
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24. Find a journal title from the e-Journal
portal - SFX
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28. Styllas, M. 2014.
A simple approach to define Holocene
sequence stratigraphy using borehole
and cone penetration test data.
Sedimentology. 61(2):444-460
Exercise: Find this journal article
NAME of journal Volume(issue):page numbers
Find a journal title from the e-Journal portal
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30. 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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31. WorldCat – Search & Discover
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32. Learn how to
search
effectively
Photo by Jen Eidelman
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33. SEARCHING DATABASES
1. Write down your topic in its
simplest form
Then break it up into CONCEPTS.
The impact of climate change on natural resources & sustainable
development
Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3
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34. 2. Think of KEY WORDS that describe
each of your concepts :
CONCEPT 1
Environmental
change
Global warming
CONCEPT 2
Water
ocean
sea
river
CONCEPT 3
Sustainable
development
The impact of climate change on natural resources & sustainable
development
Concept 1 Concept 3Concept 2
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35. 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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36. Use AND to combine different concepts :
Climate change AND Water
Climate
change
Water
• ‘AND’ finds all of the search terms
• ‘AND’ limits and narrows down your search results
• The purple coloured area represents the results of your search
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37. Use OR to enter keywords for the same
(single) concept :
Water OR Sea OR rivers OR Ocean
WATER
RIVERS
SEA
OCEAN
‘OR’ finds any one of the concepts
OR’ increases the number of results in a search
‘The green coloured area represents the results of your search 37

38. Use NOT to get rid of unwanted results :
water NOT rivers
Water Rivers
‘NOT’ gets rid of unwanted concepts
The purple coloured area represents the results of your search
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39. Environmental
Change
OR
Global warming
Water
OR
Sea
OR
Ocean
OR
Rivers
Sustainable
Development
AND
CONCEPT 1
Environmental
Change
Global warming
CONCEPT 2
Water
Sea
Ocean
Rivers
CONCEPT 3
Sustainable
development
AND
The impact of climate change on natural resources & sustainable
development
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40. ONE SEARCH BOX: Use brackets to separate your concepts
STRUCTURED SCREEN:
(Environmental Change OR global warming) AND
(water OR ocean OR sea OR rivers) AND
Sustainable Development
4. Type your search strategy into the
database search screen
Environmental Change OR global warming
Water OR ocean OR sea OR rivers
Sustainable Development
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41. Databases for Geology
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/geology/geology-databases
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42. Some useful Databases
for
Geological Sciences:
 GeoRef
 SA Geolit
 SA ePublications
 ScienceDirect
 Scopus
 SpringerLink
 Web of Science
 Wiley Online Library
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43. Databases:
GEOREF – via EBSCOHOST
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44. Databases:
GEOREF – via EBSCOHOST
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45. You can refine your search
here.
Choose how to sort the
results of your search.
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46. Click on the SFX button.
This tells you if the article is available in full
text or not.
Databases:
GEOREF – via EBSCOHOST
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47. 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.
GEOREF – SFX
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48. Download PDF to read
the full text
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49. 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 to RefWorks

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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’

54. GEOREF – Save to RefWorks
Organise your work
Create a reference list in RefWorks
Click on the title of
the article
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55. GEOREF – Save to RefWorks
Organise your work - Create a reference list in RefWorks
Click the ‘Save to RefWorks’ tab.
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56. This action will export the information (bibliographic details) to RefWorks
GEOREF – Save to RefWorks
Organise your work
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57. Click ‘View in
RefWorks’
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58. The information (bibliographic detail) is saved to RefWorks
For further RefWorks instructions go to:
http://proquest.libguides.com/newrefworks
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59. You do not have to sign in to use these
databases, but if you create a personal
account, you can register your own profile,
review & re-run your previous searches and
create alerts.
Sign In - Keep up to date – Save Searches / Create Alerts
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60. Keep up to date – Keep a Search History / Create Alerts
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61. The My EBSCOhost banner shows that you are signed in.
Type your keywords and then click ‘Search’
Keep up to date – Create Alerts
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62. The My EBSCOhost banner shows that you are signed in.
Click ‘Create Alert’
Keep up to date – Create Alerts
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63. Keep up
to date
–
Create
Alerts
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64. Keep up to date - Retrieve and edit alerts
Go to ‘Folder’ to
find saved alerts
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65. Keep up to date
Retrieve searches / Retrieve Alerts / Save searches
Here you can also click on ‘Save Searches / Alerts’
to save a search and create alerts.
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66. Databases: ScienceDirect
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67. Databases: ScienceDirect
Click ‘PDF’ to get full text
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68. Databases: SCOPUS
Search for:
Orogenic gold AND Senegal from the
Document Search tab.
You can add as many search boxes as you like.
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69. Databases: SCOPUS
Click the ‘SFX’ button.
This tells you the availability of the article.
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70. Databases: SCOPUS
Author search
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71. Databases: SCOPUS
Author search
Click on link to view articles
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72. Finding Theses – Geological Sciences subject guide:
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/geology/geology-theses
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73. Keeping up to date Library Guide:
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/sci-tech-uptodate
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74. Reminder:
If you’re
off campus
you can still
access UCT
Libraries Catalogue,
Databases, RefWorks
and other resources
from the library page
http://ezproxy.uct.ac.za
Photo by Jen Eidelman
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75. Finding material in UCT Libraries :
Subject Guide, ALEPH (library catalogue), E-Journal portal
Doing your literature search : DATABASES (Boolean searching)
Retrieving materials: SFX; ALEPH, SABINET; Interlibrary Loans
Organising your results : RefWorks.
See: http://proquest.libguides.com/newrefworks
Writing help :
See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/geology-writing-guide
Referencing help.
See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/geology-referencing
Keeping up to date : Current Awareness; Alerting services.
See: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/sci-tech-uptodate
Off-campus access: Use the button on the library page
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76. THANK YOU!
This presentation is available at:
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/geology/workshops2017
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