CX314 Greek Religion
Library Skills Session
November 2014
Helen Ireland
Academic Support Librarian
h.ireland@warwick.ac.uk
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Julie Robinson
Academic Support Officer
studentasresearcher@warwick.ac.uk
What is ‘Student as Researcher’?
• Become more confident in finding information
• Develop your skills
• Learn to use the Library’s resources effectively
• Become aware of other useful sources of information
• Refer to sources correctly and avoid plagiarism
• Present your research to others
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Information is passive
what you do with it can turn it into
The Library is here to
help you to find the
information you need…
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knowledge
Most of an iceberg is below the
water so the Library has more than
you see on the shelves
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CX314 Greek Religion:
Library Skills Session
Designing a
search
strategy
• why do I need
a search
strategy?
• search
techniques
• planning your
search
Choosing
appropriate
sources
• search
engines and
databases
• selecting and
evaluating
material
• evaluating a
webpage
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Useful
databases
and other
resources
• finding
information in
the Library
• databases
and eresources
• print sources
• accessing the
full text
Referencing
and avoiding
plagiarism
• why reference
• how to
reference
• where to more
find help and
guidance
• finding and
using images
Designing a search strategy:
Why do I need a search strategy?
With the person next to you, spend
two or three minutes discussing
why you think having a good
search strategy is important?
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Designing a search strategy:
Why do I need a search strategy?
Spending a few minutes on developing a strategy before you start
your search will help you to:
• understand what the key concepts are for your topic
• identify additional keywords and variations that might help you
to broaden or narrow your search
• find the most relevant material to your topic
• make sure you don’t miss important research
• keep track of what you are searching for / have already searched
for
• save time on repeating the same searches or very similar
searches
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Designing a search strategy:
search techniques
keywords
truncation
synonyms
wildcards
limits
Boolean operators
facets
phrase searching
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brackets
Designing a search strategy:
search techniques
keywords
e.g. Klaros, sanctuary, Greek, religion
synonyms
e.g. shrine, temple, Hellenistic, worship
truncation
e.g. sanctua* will find sanctuary, sanctuaire, etc
wildcards
e.g. Dionys?s will find Dionysus and Dionysos
phrase searching
e.g. “Greek religion”, “sacred spaces”
Boolean operators e.g. Klaros OR Claros OR Clarus,
temple AND sanctuary
brackets
e.g. (Klaros OR Claros OR Clarus) AND sanctuary
limits
e.g. 2000-2014, peer-reviewed journals only
facets
e.g. format, language, author, etc
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Designing a search strategy:
planning your search
Spend five minutes planning the search strategy for your own topic.
You will need to think about:
•
•
•
•
•
concepts
keywords
synonyms / alternative spellings
how you are going to combine your search terms
any limits you might want to place on your search
You may find it helpful to record the details of your strategy using the
grid provided. If there are several of you working on the same site, you
may want to work together.
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Choosing appropriate sources:
search engines and databases
GOOGLE
GOOGLE
SCHOLAR
ENCORE
DATABASES
• Good starting
point when
approaching a
topic for the first
time
• May be difficult
to find relevant
material
• Not all results
will be suitably
‘academic’
• Searches for
results from
academic
publishers,
professional
societies, Open
Access
repositories &
universities
• Advanced
search options
• Warwick Access
• “Simple Search,
Scholarly
Results”
• Search content
of e-books, ejournals and
databases
• “Quick & Dirty”
• Doesn’t cover
all the Library’s
e-resources
• Good for more
in-depth
searches
• Often subject
specific
• Results will be
scholarly and
relevant
• Follow the
WebBridge links
for full text
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Choosing appropriate sources:
selecting and evaluating your material
Author
Who has written it? What is their reputation, credentials or affiliation?
If it is a website, can you determine an author?
Time
Is the information current and relevant for your purposes? When was
it published? For a website, is there a date?
Publisher
Who has published it? Is it a reputable academic publisher? For
internet sources, what is the type of domain, e.g. .co.uk, .gov.uk,
.org.uk?
Academic
Is it peer reviewed scholarly material? Has the information been
reproduced?
Bias
Is there bias evident? For what purpose was it written? Is the website
sponsored by a group or organisation? Who has funded the
research?
Audience
What is the intended audience? Who is it aimed at? Is it written at an
appropriate level?
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Choosing appropriate sources:
evaluating a webpage
Have a look at the Attic Inscriptions Online website
https://www.atticinscriptions.com/. Would this be a useful/appropriate
source for your database entry?
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Useful databases and other resources:
finding information in the Library
The best place to start your search for information on your
site is Encore – the Library’s discovery tool
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Useful databases and other resources:
finding information in the Library
You can find links to Classics databases and other
useful resources via the Subject Support pages
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Useful databases and other resources:
finding information in the Library
Each table has been allocated one electronic and one print resource.
Working together, locate your resources and see what information they
contain about either Didyma or Klaros. While you are searching, think
about the following:
• What kind of resource is it (e.g. journal,
database, encyclopaedia, etc)
• How easy was it to find the site you
were looking for?
• Was the information you found useful?
• For electronic resources, were you
able to access the full text?
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Useful databases and other resources:
Databases and e-resources
Encore
allows searching across the
Library’s print and e-collections
JSTOR
full text journal articles
L’Annee Philologique
Digital Loeb Library
Kernos
Brill's New Pauly
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indexing/abstracting database
electronic version of more than 520
volumes of Greek and Latin texts
ejournal
online version
of the classical encyclopaedia
Useful databases and other resources:
print sources
ThesCRA
multivolume reference work on Greek, Etruscan
and Roman cults and rituals
LIMC
illustrated encyclopaedia of ancient myths
single volume reference work covering
all aspects of the Graeco-Roman world
Oxford Classical
Dictionary
Coins and
their Cities
illustrated guide to architecture on the ancient
coins of Greece, Rome and Palestine
Roman Provincial
Coinage
typology of the provincial
coinage of the Roman Empire
Finley’s Atlas of
coverage includes several important Greek
Classical Archaeology
sites (with site plans and illustrations)
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Useful databases and other resources:
accessing the full text
Have you
checked Encore?
NO
YES
Search for the
journal on Encore
Is the full text
available online?
YES
NO
Download full text
via WebBridge
Is the journal
available in print?
NO
YES
Another Library
Article Reach
Document Supply
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Where else
can I try?
Check the
shelf
How do I use Article Reach?
• check Encore to see if the Library has the article you
need online or in print
• if not, submit your Article Reach request
using the online form
• your request will be sent to the other
libraries who are part of the scheme
• use to request
material not available
online or through Article Reach
• complete the request form on
the Library website and print off a copy
• if the article is available you will
receive an email within a
• hand it to the module leader to countersign
few days containing a
link
• sign the copyright declaration
• print or save
within 30
days
• return the form to the Library Services Helpdesk
• the Library will contact you when your request arrives
How do I use Document Supply?
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Referencing and avoiding plagiarism:
Why reference?
There are several reasons why you need to ensure that your
database entry is correctly referenced
• To enable someone reading your entry to trace the material
you have referred to or consulted
• To demonstrate the breadth of your reading and knowledge
about your site
• To support and/or develop points made in the text
• To avoid accusations of plagiarism: using somebody else's
work without acknowledging the fact
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Referencing and avoiding plagiarism:
How do I reference?
• the Department of Classics and Ancient History has its
own very specific guidance on how to reference
• you can access the styleguide covering the most
common types of reference at
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/students/styl
eguide_2013.docx
• there are instructions for inserting footnotes on the
Database help pages at
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/students/mo
dules/greekreligion/database/template/
• REMEMBER the most important thing is to make sure
your references are consistently formatted
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Referencing and avoiding plagiarism:
Where can I get more help?
 Departmental guidance
 Library online guide to referencing
 PLATO (Plagiarism Teaching Online)
 EndNote Online reference management
software
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Finding and using images:
good practice
• Using images without referencing them constitutes PLAGIARISM so
make sure you read the departmental guidelines and credit any
images you use
• DO NOT assume that because something is on the internet it is
freely available to use - images and diagrams are protected under
copyright law and you may need to obtain permission
• In UK law photographs of artwork given separate copyright to the
artwork itself. If you are not sure of the copyright status of an image
it is probably best not to use it
• Don’t forget that you can also produce your own images and
diagrams
• If you do need to use someone else’s image, make sure that it has
the appropriate copyright licence attached
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Finding and using images:
sources of images
You can find legally available images through a variety of
different sources, including:
• Creative Commons
• Wikimedia Commons
• Flickr
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Finding and using images:
sources of images
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Finding and using images:
attributing images
You need to reference an image in the same way that you
would reference a book or journal article
This image was found on flickr, what information would you
need to include in the reference?
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Finding and using images:
attributing images
• If you are using someone else’s image, the least amount of information
you will need to include is:
– The creator’s information
– The title
– A link to the original source
– The date accessed
• If you found the image in a book or journal (either electronic or in print),
you need to include details of the publication you took the image from
• If the image is licensed under Creative Commons, you should also
include the licence type, e.g. used under a Creative Commons
Attribution 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
• See the departmental styleguide for more advice on using illustrations
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Finding and using images:
attributing images
Figure 1: Relief showing Medusa’s head, Didyma.
List of Illustrations
(1) Turc Olive, didyma – https://flic.kr/p/6T2c9v (accessed 7 November 2014). Used under a Creative
Commons licence CC BY 2.0.
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Now spend the last few minutes of the session exploring
the resources available through the Library to find your
own site. You may find it useful to refer to the search
strategy you devised earlier in the session.
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Any other questions? Contact your
Academic Support Librarian
H.Ireland@warwick.ac.uk
Good luck with your research!
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