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Library welcome for Mathematics postgraduates

Library welcome for Mathematics postgraduates. Elizabeth Simpson – Information Specialist (Natural & Mathematical Sciences and Geography) Sept 2012. How can we help you?. Answer your queries on library resources & services Order books that you need for your research

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Library welcome for Mathematics postgraduates

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  1. Library welcome for Mathematics postgraduates Elizabeth Simpson – Information Specialist (Natural & Mathematical Sciences and Geography) Sept 2012

  2. How can we help you? • Answer your queries on library resources & services • Order books that you need for your research • Offer training sessions and 1-2-1s • Advise you on how to reference material in your work • Support you in using specialist bibliographic software such as EndNote

  3. Where are your libraries? Each campus at King’s has a Library You’ll mainly use the Maughan

  4. Place and Space Silent Quiet Discuss Postgraduate Study Areas

  5. Finding and using resources

  6. Finding a book Neville, C. (2010). The Complete Guide to Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism. 2nd edition. Maidenhead: Open University Press. • Search the Library Catalogue using: - the author’s last name - a keyword from the title • Click on ‘location’ for any item that interests you • Write down the classmark

  7. Your turn In pairs, work out which rooms contain the following: • Bayesian reasoning and machine learning / David Barber. • Structure and geometry of lie groups / Joachim Hilgert, Karl-Hermann Neeb. • Go to www.kcl.ac.uk/library or click on ‘Library’ from the intranet, then ‘Library catalogue’.

  8. Finding journal articles • Example reference • Pirvu, T.A. & Schulze, K. (2012). Multi-stock portfolio optimization under prospect theory. Mathematics and Financial Economics. 6 (4), 337-362. • Find journals in the Library Catalogue and Ejournals link • Search for the journal title rather than the article title • Select ‘journal title words’ on the Catalogue

  9. Your turn • Look for the following: • Grimaldi, R. & Pansu, P. (2007) Calibrations and Isoperimetric Profiles. American Journal of Mathematics. 129 (2), 315-350.

  10. Finding material for your subject • Use databases to search for journal content • Useful resources / databases for identifying material • MathSciNet • Science Direct • Science Citation Index (Web of Knowledge) • JSTOR • arXiv.org Can be accessed via the Databases link

  11. Borrowing • Self-service • Need College ID card and PIN • Can reserve and renew • How many books can I take out? • Is it free?

  12. Further access options • Inter-site article & book request service (from other King’s libraries) • Free inter-library loans for articles and books (not available at King’s) • Archives and Special Collections • Can use University of London libraries on a reference basis

  13. IT basics… • Student computer rooms • Desktops • Campus • Global (available on and off campus) http://desktop.kcl.ac.uk • Laptop loans & mobile app • King’s username and password • Email login (takes format of k1234567@kcl.ac.uk)

  14. Printing and Photocopying How it works… • Photocopying card from dispensers in libraries (can be topped up) • Printing – no card required (online print account with initial credit allocation)

  15. Further training opportunities • Build up your skills • IT courses on Microsoft Office & other software • EndNote Basics • Book via Skills Forge at training.kcl.ac.uk. It’s free! • Image ‘365/173: Building Blocks’ taken by riekhavoc. Available from Flickr under a Creative Commons licence. Downloaded 10/08/12.

  16. Plagiarism and Citing References • “Plagiarism is the taking of another person’s thoughts, words, results, judgements, ideas, images etc., and presenting them as your own.” • College Academic Honesty and Integrity Policy • Do you know what you should be referencing? KEATS module: ‘Plagiarism advice, citing references and using TurnitinUK’

  17. What You Should Cite? • Direct quotes • Part of a sentence, built into your sentences • Block quotes (quotes of over 40 words) • Paraphrases • Somebody else’s idea in your words

  18. Other help and support from Student Services The Compass Disability Advisory Service English Language Centre KCLSU Careers Service

  19. Any questions? Feel free to contact me: Elizabeth Simpson elizabeth.m.simpson@kcl.ac.uk Check out the Subject Support pages at www.kcl.ac.uk/library/subjectsupport/sspp/index.aspx

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