How to find information for your Research Project @ your “virtual library”

1. How to find information for your Research Project@ your “virtual library” Library Training To Information Technology Honours 11 February 2011 Pavlinka Kovatcheva, Sciences Librarian pkovatcheva@uj.ac.za

2. Content Outline • UJ Library Portal • The UJ Sciences Librarian Portal • Information Technology Subject Portal • UJLink (Library Catalogue & A-to-Z Journals) • Full-text Online Books • Online Databases (Journals, Proceedings, etc) • Finding information on Writing, Plagiarism, Citing & Referencing • Need Help?

3. Library Support to Honours Students • Information Technology Subject Portal • Subject Librarian Help with Training, Queries & Searches • Course Reserves (books/articles on reserve) • MyUJLink (your library account) • Inter Campus Loan (request books from other Campus Library) • Accessing Information Resources: REMOTE ACCESS • Accessing Information Resources requires a Library PIN Databases: • Online Journals • Online Books

4. UJ Library Portal (http://www.uj.ac.za/library) Subject Collections >>>> Science

5. UJ Sciences Librarian Portalhttp://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/

6. Information Technology Subject Portalhttp://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/Computer-Science

7. Information Technology Subject PortalSupport Information

8. Log-in to the Library Resources: PIN

9. UJLink: Library Catalogue(http://ujlink.uj.ac.za/) Search for Print & Online Journals & Books

10. New Classification System for Books: Dewey000 Generalities & Computer science

11. A-to-Z JournalsHow to Find Online Journals/Books

12. Online Books Full-text: Remote Access http://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/Online-Books

13. The following Subject Areas:Antennas and Mobile Sensor Networks; Broadband and DSL Technology; Communication Networking and Infrastructure; Electrical Engineering; Multimedia Networks and Systems; Optical Signal Processing and Communications; Signal and Image Processing; Wireless and Mobile Communications Over 200 online books are available on TELECOMMUNICATIONSnetBASE

16. Online Books Full-text: http://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/Online-Books

18. Read Online (Remote Access)Reference it as a print book (consult your lecturer)

20. Emerald Online Book Series

21. Referex Online Books (via Engineering Village)

23. Online databasesSearch for Journal articles, Conference Proceedings, etc.

24. ACM: Association of Computing Machinery

25. ACM: Search option

27. Article from Conference ProceedingEnsure that you have the full reference information

28. Article from Conference ProceedingEnsure that you have the full reference information

29. IEEE Xplore: Full-text to Articles, Proceedings & Standards I

32. Getting Started with Research ProjectsAccess through the Information Technology Subject Portalhttp://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/Computer-Science

33. Basic in-text referencing (citing) In-text reference where the author of the source is known Simply use whatever you used as author in the reference, as well as the year of publication. Always insert the page number where possible. Examples: …the result of this is a “technical super identity” (Erikson, 1967:20). Azar and Martin (1999) found that… (As part of the sentence) …thus Cox (1966:52) refers to the modern urbanite as… In-text reference to more than one source: In-text reference to more than one author should be ordered alphabetically. Examples: More recent studies (Bartlett, 1992; James, 1998) show that… The researchers (Bartlett, 1992:54; Brown, 1876:56; James, 1998:45) refer to…

34. GENERAL FORMS FOR REFERENCE LISTS Non-periodical Author, A.A. (1994). Title of work. Location: Publisher. Non-periodicals include items published separately: books, reports,brochures, certain monographs, manuals, and audiovisual media. Part of a Non-periodical Author, A.A. & Author, B.B. (1994). Title of chapter. In Title of book. Edited by Editor, A., Editor, B. & Editor, C. Location: Publisher. Periodical Author, A.A., Author, B.B. & Author, C.C. (1994). Title of article. Title of periodical, xx:xxx-xxxx. (Volume/Issue number/Pages) Periodicals include items published on a regular basis: journals, magazines, scholarly newsletters, etc. Online periodical Author, A.A., Author, B.B. & Author, C.C. (2000). Title of article. Title of periodical, xx:xxx-xxxx. (Volume/Issue number/Pages) Available from: web address (Accessed day Month year). Online document Author, A.A. (2000). Title of work. Available from: web address (Accessed day Month year).

35. Writing, Plagiarism, Citing & Referencing • Getting Started with Your Research Project http://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/Getting-Started-with-your-Research • Access Glogsterposter for quick way to learn about “Writing a Research Paper”http://ujsciencelib.glogster.com/writing-a-research-report/? • Access the Plagiarism Portal to find Videos, Interactive Tutorials, Library Books, Web Resources, etc. http://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/Library-Resources:-Plagiarism • UJ Harvard Reference Techniques http://www.uj.ac.za/EN/Library/Documents/REFERENCE%20TECHNIQUES%202008%20Harvard%20Method%20and%20APA%20Style.pdf • VUMA Portal on Plagiarism, Writing, Citing & Referencing http://www.vuma.ac.za/drupal/?q=content/cite-right-easy-steps-avoiding-plagiarism

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