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University Library
Moira BentFaculty Liaison Librarian
Finding and managing information for your final year project
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University Library
You asked about….
How the Library’s changed LibrarySearch – what’s that? Building up complex searches Which resources? EndNote
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We’ve changed…
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The Robinson Library has changed…
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Summarise, synthesise, critically evaluate
Identify gaps
Track key issues/debates/people
Inform your research Contextualise your work
Literature review – essential for projects
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It needs to be
thorough….
…but selective
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A search strategy can help you get started
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Keywords and phrases?What kind of info?
Which databases?
Check keywords and revise
Did you find what you need?Which are the best?
In print?Online?Inter Library Loan?
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Mindmapping
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Use search techniques
Use a phrase
• “environmental policy”
Use AND, OR and NOT to make logical connections
• conservation AND land• (Regeneration OR redevelopment) AND (UK OR Great Britain OR
England)
Use truncation
• Conserv* finds conserve, conservation, conserving (and also conservatory!)
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Building up a search
UK OR GB OR England
Polic* OR legislation
Redevelopment OR Expansion
OR regeneration
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Resources to help
you
Books: print and
electronic
Journal articles and conference
papers
Official information
Social media and
news
Company information
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Full and mo
Library Search is a good place to start
Includes data from the library catalogue and a range of electronic resources
Full & mobile views
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Use Library Search
To find printed books in the Library To find electronic books To get a general overview of a topic To find a few journal references for an
essay
DON’T rely on Library Search as the only source for your literature review – not all our resources are included.
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Library Search is easy!Why use specific databases?
CAB and Scopus – journal articles Unique content not covered by Library
Search Index of search terms
Lexis for newspapers Environment online for official
documents
To download results to EndNote
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Use your Library Guide to identify key resources:libguides.ncl.ac.uk/environment
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Maybe you’re looking in the wrong place altogether?
Or perhaps it doesn’t exist at
all?
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Reserve
• For books on loan• Place a “hold” on books which are on loan• Borrow when book is returned
Request
• For articles and conferences we don’t have• Apply for an Inter Library Loan• 25 requests @ £1.50
Recomme
nd
• New books to buy• ‘Books on Time' service to recommend
new books for the library to buy
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