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Welcome / Croeso. To login. Username is your student number e.g. 123456 Password – Your student number followed by your date of birth e.g. 123456/07/01/1989. Your Library. Your Library. 800,000 books and journals Long opening hours
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To login... • Username is your student number e.g. 123456 • Password – Your student number followed by your date of birth e.g. 123456/07/01/1989
Your Library Your Library • 800,000 books and journals • Long opening hours Opening hours term time Sun – Thurs 8 am–2 am Fri – Sat 8 am–10 pm • 24 hour opening during exam time • Helpful staff! The Library also has an IT helpdesk, a dedicated careers team and Issue and information desks.
St. David’s Park Library Your Library • 4,000 nursing books and journals • Opening hours term timeMon – Fri 9am–4.30pm • Photocopying and printing • Helpful staff! Located on the St David’s Park campus in Carmarthen, with a dedicated Librarian.
Your Librarians healthlib@swansea.ac.uk Your Librarianshumscilib@swansea.ac.uk Katrina, Marion, Clare, Stephen, Elen, Alison, Izzy We can help you with literature searching, referencing and plagiarism advice, online searching, managing your online presence, finding data and statistics.....
MyUni pages Home.swan.ac.uk • myuni.swan.ac.ukis the University portal • Home provides access to key resources: • Blackboard • Email • Intranet • iFind Discover, the library catalogue • iFind Research, our search tool • Library web pages
Blackboard Library Support via Blackboard • Blackboard is Swansea University’s Virtual Learning Environment on the web. • Blackboard provides access to: • Turnitin and submitting assignments • Class notes for your modules • Reading lists • Library support for Health Sciences students • Mobile app
I need to find a book for my course, where are they? http://ifinddiscover.swan.ac.uk
Using iFindDiscover Using iFind Discover You can use iFind Discover to: • Renew your books on loan • Request books that are out on loan Lets look for: A Book Baillie, L. (2009). Developing practical adult nursing skills (3rd ed.).London: Hodder Arnold.
My tutor has told me to read a journal for my course, where are they? http://ifinddiscover.swan.ac.uk
Using iFindDiscover Using iFind Discover You can use iFind Discover to find journals. Journals are good for: • Finding the most up-to-date research • Finding out hot topics in nursing Lets look for: A journal British Journal of Nursing
What if I don’t bring a book back on time? What if I don’t bring my books back on time? Overdue Charges
Why can’t I just use Google? • Quality matters! • You will be expected to only use reputable, trustworthy information in your assignments from sources such as: • academic library books • scholarly journal articles
Free online access to thousands of ebooks and ejournals through the Library... Online Resources • You will need your Swansea University Username and Password to access our online resources. • Username – Your student number eg: 123456 • Password – normal login
ebooks Using iFind Discover Lets look for: A Book Scullion, P. A., & Guest, D. A. (2007). Study skills for nursing and midwifery students. Buckingham: Open University. • Ebook collections • Dawsonera, ebrary EBSCO ebook collection.
ejournals Using iFind Discover Lets look for: A journal article Chan, Z. (2013). A qualitative study on non-verbal sensitivity in nursing students. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 22(13/14), 1941-1950. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04324.x
Disclaimer! – We don’t have full-text access to everything... No Full Text Access – What can I do? • Document Supply Services http://www.swansea.ac.uk/iss/libraries/documentsupplyservices • DALLAS Scheme http://www.swansea.ac.uk/iss/libraries/servicesforpart-timeanddistancestudents/ • Visiting other libraries http://www.swansea.ac.uk/iss/libraries/visitorsinformation
Need help? Just ask healthlib@swansea.ac.uk Your Librarianshumscilib@swansea.ac.uk Katrina, Marion, Clare, Stephen, Elen, Alison, Izzy • Find us on /swanuni.iss • @swanuni_iss