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Welcome to the Library!. UOIT Graduate Students 2008-9. www.uoit.ca/library. SEARCH COLLECTIONS Subject Guides RESEARCH A TOPIC The Research Process Comparing Sources of Information Academic Integrity, Plagiarism & Citing Sources GET HELP Using Resources
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Welcome to the Library! UOIT Graduate Students 2008-9
www.uoit.ca/library SEARCH COLLECTIONS Subject Guides RESEARCH A TOPIC The Research Process Comparing Sources of Information Academic Integrity, Plagiarism & Citing Sources GET HELP Using Resources e.g. Finding Periodical Articles Periodical Database Search Strategies
Databases for ALL Researchers • Journal Citation Reports (JCR) • Web of Science • Scopus • Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) (also IDLS, ICPSR, ODESI) • Proquest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT) • Theses Canada Portal • DIGILOG – UOIT D-Space – Graduate Theses
Group & Individual Library Instruction • Visit (north end of Campus) • Phone Reference (905-721-8668 x2390) • E-mail (reference@dc-uoit.ca) • Class sessions arranged through your professor • Sign up sessions (e.g. Refworks) • Individual or Small Group appointments – Contact your SUBJECT LIBRARIAN
Library Facilities • 75,000 square feet • 500 seats • 10 group study rooms • 2 library orientation classrooms • Round reading room with fireplace (2nd floor) • Silent study and special collections room (3rd floor)- Nuclear Reports Collection • Graduate Student Quiet Study Zone (4th floor) – Swipe card access ONLY – NO FOOD • Graduate Student Lockers – Day Use • Special needs adaptive technology area • 160 public computers – wired and wireless • Microsoft Office Suite • Photocopiers and printers
Interlibrary Loan(ILL) & Reciprocal Borrowing Services ILL • Free of Charge • “Rota” – Ontario universities, Canadian universities, CISTI….International organizations • RACER RECIPROCAL BORROWING • Direct lending in person with valid UOIT photo ID student card (except Quebec)