Finding the information you need
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Finding the Information you need
Zelda Chatten Liaison Librarian
•Finding ejournals on the Library catalogue•Organising your search before you get started•Discovering full text and expanding your search•Finding resources yourself – hands on workbook
Session outline
You can find relevant books, ebooks and ejournals on the Library catalogue
Remember on the catalogue you can only search the title or description of the journal – not the individual articles within the journal
You will be able to access most of the journals online
...organise your search before you get started!
For more in depth searching...
Plan your search:
•Write down your project title!
•Think about what you are trying to find out
• Break your topic down into smaller chunks
•What are your keywords? Decide on the most important parts of your project
• Once you have defined your topic, set limits (date, region, language etc)
Mathematics in Sixteenth Century
France
Mathematics
Break down your topic
Sixteenth century
France
Arithmetic
Renaissance
Western Europe French
Maths
Calculation
16th century
Start your search with DISCOVER
Click to find full text
Choose which website to view
Bibliographic details of your article
This is the article abstract
Click here to open full text
Read, print or download the full text of the article
http://libguides.liv.ac.uk/mathematical-sciences
Advanced databases for further searching
Need help? Ask us...
http://liv.ac.uk.libanswers.com