WELCOME!!
HCA Level 2 Library Induction
Laura Coysh and Tom Arnold
We’ll cover…
• Library services available to NHS staff
• Tour of the library
• How to search the library Catalogue
• How to search databases
• Harvard Referencing
By the end of the session you will :
Register for library card & Athens account
Find a book
Find an article
Skim, scan & take notes on your article
Be ready to make a summary of your article
Create Harvard references for your article & book
Competency Criteria
1.1
Locate written reference sources relevant to a given
subjects or topics, using standard classification system
1.2
Create written notes from given sources in at least 2
different formats
1.3
Use browsers & simple public search engines to
retrieve relevant information
Competency Criteria
2.1
Use skimming & scanning techniques to find
information relevant to a given topic
3.1
Produce written work using standard punctuation and
accurate spelling with no major grammatical errors.
3.3
Produce a basic bibliography & reference source
within the scope of the work set
Topic/Activity
Welcome
Aims/objectives, registrations, library service overview
Finding a book
Accessing library catalogue, subject classification,
library tour
Duration
20 mins
25 mins
Competency 1.1
Finding an article
Accessing databases (Athens), effective searching,
finding fulltext articles
35 mins
Competency 1.3
Break
10 mins
Topic/Activity
Referencing
Harvard style, Referencing a book, Referencing an
article
Competency 3.3
Skimming/Scanning/Note taking
Skim/scan an article, create notes from an article
Competencies 2.1 & 1.2
Duration
15 mins
35 mins
Questions
10 mins
Evidence
• Print Screen
• Open Evidence HCA L2 & left click in the section
you want to add the screenshot
• Right click mouse - PASTE
Referencing
Today you are going
to create references
using the Harvard Style
(sometimes called the
Author/Date style)
Harvard Referencing System
• Harvard referencing uses the author and the date of the
work in the main body of the text, and then has a
reference list at the end of the essay which contains the
references cited in alphabetical order by author.
• The reference list contains the full details of the book or
journal cited. Because you only refer to a shortened form
of works in the main essay (author, date) your essay
doesn't get filled with too much reference material.
Body of the text
Reference list
Referencing Books
Surname, Initial. (Year) Title. (edition) Place of
publication: Publisher
The book title can be in italics or underlined. However
you must be consistent throughout your work.
McFluff, J. (2001) Brief history of underpants. (2nd ed)
London: Open University Press
Referencing Journal Articles
Surname, Initial. (Year) ‘Title of article’. Name of
journal, volume number (part number), page
numbers.
The Journal name can be in italics or underlined.
However you must be consistent throughout your
work.
Bloggs, J. (2003) ‘Does chocolate promote effective
study’. The Journal of Chocolate, 5(1), 22-27.
The end!
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