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PRS4199
Searching for information
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The Library Catalogue
• The Library Catalogue lists all the material (books, journals etc.) held in all the Middlesex University libraries
• You may use any campus library, or via the library catalogue, you may request books from another campus to be sent here for you to collect
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Finding Books Using the Library Catalogue
Renn, O. (2008) Risk governance : coping with uncertainty in a complex world, London: Earthscan
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E-books• E-books can be found using the library
catalogue, just like a print book.
• You will see the words ‘[electronic resource]’ after the title.
• Click on the blue ‘web access’ link to download or read the book online – make sure you have logged into myUniHub!
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Requesting Books
If the book you are seeking is already on loan or only available at another campus, you may request it via the library catalogue
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Making A Request
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Making A Request
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Logging in to My Account
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Renewing Books Online
Use the ‘My Account’ option to see what items you have on loan and to renew them
N.B. You will not be able to renew requested books
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Renewing Books Online
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Journal Access• If you know the name of the journal you are looking
for, you can find out whether it is available either in print and electronically by checking the Library Catalogue
• If available in print, the catalogue will tell you which campus holds the journal
• If available online, there will be a blue ‘web access’ link to the available online issues of the journal
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Before Accessing an E-Journal• If you haven’t
already logged in to myUniHub...login now
• Follow the links in the My Library box to access the journal
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Journals
This is an example of a journal reference :
Tapsell,S.M.& Tunstall,S.M. (2008). ‘“I wish I’d never heard of Banbury”: The relationship between ‘place’ and the health impacts from flooding’. Health and Place, 14, (2), p. 133-154.
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Accessing the article
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Finding the article
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The full text
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Useful databases
Databases to find journal info on your topic:• Summon• International Bibliography of the Social
Sciences• Geobase• Science Direct• Science and/or Social Science Citation
Index
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Select Database list in My Library...
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Occasionally you may see this screen...
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Follow link & login with UniHub login
...and if asked to login again, use your network/uniHub username and password
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Science Citation Index (SCI) Search Screen
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Combining Searches in SCI
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SCI Results Screen
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Times cited
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SCI results may not provide full text
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Full Text
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Science Direct home page
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Restrict to subscribed journals & 2002 onwards
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Your turn!
Choose your own search terms or a topic below to search one of more of the following: GeobaseScience DirectScienceCitation Index
• Blue-green algae and nitrates and phosphates
• Sustainable forestry in West Africa
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Remember:
• Not all databases provide access to full-text journal articles
• Use library catalogue to check availability
• You may use inter-library loan/other libraries
http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library/resources/ill/index.aspx
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Other libraries
SCONUL Access Scheme • provides access to other academic libraries• for more information & application form:http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/users_info/application_html/
British Library website www.bl.uk • link to its catalogue• use this to check if material you require is held at St
Pancras Reading Rooms• Register for a reader’s pass
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Referencing
• You must reference your work properly with full details of all resources used, e.g. books, journal articles, websites
• Keep a record of what you are using from the start of your literature searching
• For information on how to reference your work, see the Natural Sciences referencing guide in your module handbooks in My Learning
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And finally...
• Look on Library and IT pages on uniHub http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library/index.aspx
• Library Subject Guide:http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/risksafetyhealthenvironment
• Subject enquiries:Kathy [email protected]