AIS Overview Slides

Introduction to the Academic Information Service Library of the University of Pretoria Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences Compiled by Marié Theron

The Literature Review Exciting, essential Reading related work develops foundation Identify the key role players in a specific research field Start general, then narrow down & focus search terms Assess your topic in context Understand & prevent errors: Learn from methodologies used by others save valuable time and money in lab & studies.

Role of Library Library Membership is your authorization to access all electronic journals and electronic databases The library subscribes to high quality literature databases

Information Minolta Desk on Level 3 Photocopy money deposits Computers on level 3 Open Labs in IT Building ClickUP, email, word, ppt Off-campus Computers on level 5 All Library resources ABOUT LIBRARY link from www.ais.up.ac.za Library Hours

Level 5 Our passion is to enhance and ensure that our clients have access to the best quality of world-wide and local information for the development of an empowered quality of life

Access to the AIS (Library) from the UP homepage

Where to from the Library Web? Key information resources: Catalogue Databases Abstracts Fulltext

Training Detailed training on how to use our Library Catalogue and Electronic Journals Enquiry Book @ Desks on Level 3. This is very important for new students not familiar with the electronic catalogue system !!!

Databases … A database is a collection of records: articles, proceedings of conferences, reports or books No need to browse the hard copies of journals because a database is a computerized library to retrieve individual records.

Recommended Databases HELP function of databases Search tips “ Searching with Boolean Operators” guidelines Design your searches Information on the Databases webpage Identify a suitable database

To access the library page for Natural and Agricultural Sciences select Faculty Libraries

Basic search on database Biological Abstracts (BA) The search strategy principles applied here can also be used in any other database

After you have selected BA from any database web page this ErlWebSPIRS page will open WebSPIRS hosts some of our databases, including BA

You can search all the years (from 1969) by selecting this check box or you can select specific years for your search.

After you have selected the years, click on the button Start Searching

If you get his message, try again later to open BA. We have 5 access licenses to search BA and this screen means that all 5 are in use!

Select Advanced to start you search. This option will give you better control over your search

Change the field by using the drop down menu (Terms anywhere). Terms Anywhere implies that all the fields in the database will be searched for your keywords.

Select the field Organisms . You can change to different fields and compare the results of you searches.

Type in the name of the organism you need information on Combine the phrase “mycobacterium bovis” in the field Organisms AND the term vaccin* in Terms anywhere. The * (truncation or wildcard) implies that the database will be searched for vaccin e , or vaccin es or vaccin ation , etc.

379 records are too many references to manage

Change the field for the keyword vaccin * to Title (TI). The database will now restrict its search for vaccin * to the Title field. Click on Search again. Refine the search

133 results are more manageable. If you still want to retrieve less records, go back and change the field for the mycobacterium bovis search to the Title field or you can return and restrict your search to specific years, e.g. 1995 - 2003

Select the display button to retrieve the 133 records

You can now browse all 133 records and mark the relevant records by selecting this check box next to each record. Or you can decide that you would like to keep all 133 records.

Select the option you prefer: 1) Print the records 2) Save it to a disc 3) Emai l the records to your email address

You can select here the records you would like to print, email or save: all records , a selection of the records from the option Record number or marked records. Enter your email address if you have selected the email option. You can also change the subject to your preference, e.g. Biological Abstracts search

You will receive a confirmation note.

Please remember to logout once you have completed your search. If you don’t logout the database will stay open and restrict a next user from accessing it.

Visit the How do I …? drop down menu or the Help file for tips on how to use BA.

Looking for articles from database searches? Full text links from databases A-Z List of E-Journals Catalogue for hard copy If not in our library: request from any library in SA or any other library of the university off-campus, VET, MED If not in SA, request via email from overseas

Select the FIND option to search for journal titles Titles can be available on different supplier platforms. Select the one suitable for your article publication year

Interlending Services The Interlending Helpdesk is on Level 5 of the Main Library Select the Interlending Staff link to identify the person responsible for national and international requests On the Interlending Services web page you can: register as Interlending User complete the required form submit an online request find a guide on how to request articles on Sabinet/Magnet

Accredited Journals Journals approved by the Department of Education List of Accredited Journals linked from library web pages Open Access titles in the ISI Master List

Journal Impact Factors Access ISI Web of Knowledge Select Journal Citation Reports Search for journal titles OR Search for subjects to identify top journals in a research fields

Please contact your Information Specialist with any questions We are here to support you!

Credits Library Subject matter expert Mari é Theron Faculty library leader Elna Randall Education Innovation Project manager Sanet Haupt Instructional design & sound production Lynette Nagel Video editing Andre Hendricks Graphic design Kim Zimmerman Narration Abri le Roux

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