Using library resources for research Paul Johnson Bedford Library

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Using library resources for researchPaul
JohnsonBedford Library
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The size of the literature problem

• Total world science journals
• about 100,000
• Royal Holloway Library
• about 1,500 print and 8,000 online
• University of London
• about 6,000 print titles over all the colleges
• Science Citation Index (within Web of Science)
• about 5,000 titles covered

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Aids to help with the problem

• Bibliographic databases
• Electronic resources
• Library collections

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Library Services

• At Royal Holloway
• In the University of London
• In M25 area H.E. institutions
• SCONUL Access scheme
• At the British Library
• By Inter-Library Loan

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At Royal Holloway

• ALEPH web catalogue
• SFX button
• links to online resources other catalogues
• MetaLib
• gateway to the librarys electronic resources

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Electronic journals

• All Royal Holloway subscriptions are listed on
  the Aleph library catalogue and on the MetaLib
  service
• Click on SFX for years covered and links
• Password free from campus network
• Most accessible off-campus with College/Library
  barcode and PIN
• Campus Anywhere allows further access

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Science Citation Index

• Available on ISIs Web of Knowledge service
• data back to 1970, abstracts from 1991
• about 5,000 science journals covered
• core journals, those which are heavily cited
• citation indexing, trace research through time
• save searches for re-use
• SFX button in full record for RHUL users

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Scopus

• Claims to be the largest abstract and citation
  database of research literature and quality web
  sources
• Covers 25 million abstracts from over 14,000
  titles across 4,000 publishers
• Rival to Web of Science!

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ZETOC

• Coverage from 1993
• About 20,000 journals on all subjects
• About 16,000 conference proceedings
• Indexing service with some abstracts
• Alerting service

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MathSciNet

• Comprehensive database of world mathematical
  literature from 1940 to date
• Online version of Mathematical Reviews and
  Current Mathematical Publications
• Includes abstracts

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Electronic Full Text Databases

• ScienceDirect service for full text of all
  Elsevier journals since 1995
• JSTOR journal archive for major science journals
• Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Springer
  series includes Artificial Intelligence and
  Bioinformatics sub-series)

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Other Electronic Databases

• Online newspaper collection
• for items of topical interest
• Business Source Premier
• includes current affairs weeklies, such as
  Newsweek, Economist
• Oxford Reference Collection
• includes dictionaries of computing, physics,
  astronomy and mathematics

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In the University of London

• Good Computer Science holdings at
• Imperial College
• University College
• Catalogues on the web
• Full access to read and copy journals

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Union List of Serials (journals)

• Shows all journal titles and holdings held at any
  College in the University.
• Searchable from the SFX button
• your Aleph search is automatically copied over
• press to see the full holdings of a title

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M25 Web Guide

• M25 Web Guide at
• http//www.m25lib.ac.uk
• search by subject strengths
• union search engine for books
• direct links to opening hours, access
  arrangements and online catalogues

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Other library catalogues

• Comprehensive union catalogues include
• COPAC combines the catalogues of 24 major
  academic research libraries in the UK and Ireland
• WorldCat millions of bibliographic records from
  libraries worldwide

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SCONUL Access

• SCONUL Access card allows all research
  postgraduates and academic staff access and
  borrowing rights at most UK university libraries
• Card obtainable from Royal Holloway library
  enquiry desks
• Card also now available for Masters level students

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The British Library

• At St Pancras
• Library of last resort
• Complete holdings of U.K. print publications
• Good holdings of journals, but not all in London
• Catalogue on the web - check before applying

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Inter-library loans

• Vouchers available from department
• Submit to library help desk or online via library
  catalogue (my account)

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Resources on the Web

• Useful links from the Librarys MetaLib resources
  pages
• Intute gateway for science, engineering and
  technology http//www.intute.ac.uk
• BUBL catalogue of internet resources for
  computing http//www.bubl.ac.uk
• Google Scholar a simple way to search for
  scholarly literature http//scholar.google.co.uk
  
• Scirus the most comprehensive science-specific
  search engine available on the Internet
  http//www.scirus.com

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RefWorks

• Web based bibliographic software package that
  allows you to
• Organise your research
• Include citations while you write your paper
• Build a bibliography in a variety of formats
• Import references from many data sources
• Guides to citing internet resources at
• http//www.ifla.org/I/training/citation/citing.htm
  style

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Contact details

• Paul Johnson, Information Consultant
• Room 2-08 Bedford Library
• 01784 414424
• paul.johnson_at_rhul.ac.uk