Library welcome for
Mathematics undergraduates
Elizabeth Simpson –
Information Specialist (Natural & Mathematical
Sciences and Geography)
Sept 2012
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How can we help you?
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Answer your queries on library resources & services
Order books that you need for your studies
Offer 1-2-1 training sessions
Advise you on how to reference material in your
essays
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Where are your libraries?
Strand Campus
Waterloo
Campus
Guy’s Campus
St Thomas’
Campus
Denmark Hill
Campus
• Maughan Library
• Franklin-Wilkins Library
• New Hunt’s House
• The Wills Library
• St Thomas’ House Library
Each campus
at King’s has
a Library
You’ll mainly
use the
Maughan
• Weston Education Centre
• Institute of Psychiatry Library
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The libraries in numbers
280,000+
1.25 million+
Rooms in the
Maughan Library
ebooks
250+
Books in the libraries
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Finding and using resources
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Finding a book
Neville, C. (2010). The Complete Guide to Referencing and
Avoiding Plagiarism. 2nd edition. Maidenhead: Open
University Press.
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Search the Library Catalogue using:
- the author’s last name
- a keyword from the title
Click on ‘location’ for any item that
interests you
Write down the classmark
Use a floor plan to find where the classmark is
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Your turn
In pairs, work out which rooms contain the following:
• Bayesian reasoning and machine learning / David
Barber.
• Structure and geometry of lie groups / Joachim
Hilgert, Karl-Hermann Neeb.
• Go to www.kcl.ac.uk/library or click on ‘Library’ from
the intranet, then ‘Library catalogue’.
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Borrowing
• Self-service
• Need College ID card
and PIN
• Can reserve and
renew
• How many books can
I take out?
• Is it free?
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How would you find this reading?
Pirvu, T.A. & Schulze, K. (2012). Multi-stock portfolio optimization under prospect
theory. Mathematics and Financial Economics. 6 (4), 337-362.
1) Is it a reference to:
a) a book
b) a book chapter
2) Where would you look for it:
a) library catalogue b) e-journals
c) a journal article
c) Google
3) Which part/s of the reference would you use to start your search?
a) Pirvu, T.A. & Schulze, K. b) Multi-stock portfolio optimization under prospect theory. c)
Mathematics and Financial Economics
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What is a journal?
• A type of scholarly magazine on a particular topic
– E.g. Construction Law Journal
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Published on a regular basis
Made up of individual articles
Contain up-to-date research
Produced by academic publishers
Peer-reviewed
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Finding journal articles
• Example reference
• Grimaldi, R. & Pansu, P. (2007) Calibrations and
Isoperimetric Profiles. American Journal of
Mathematics. 129 (2), 315-350.
• Find journals in the Library Catalogue and
Ejournals link
• Search for the journal title rather than the
article title
• Select ‘journal title words’ on the Catalogue
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Plagiarism and Citing References
• “Plagiarism is the taking of another person’s
thoughts, words, results, judgements, ideas, images
etc., and presenting them as your own.”
• College Academic Honesty and Integrity Policy
• Do you know what you should be referencing?
KEATS module: ‘Plagiarism advice, citing references
and using TurnitinUK’
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What You Should Cite?
• Direct quotes
– Part of a sentence,
built into your sentences
– Block quotes
(quotes of over 40 words)
• Paraphrases
– Somebody else’s idea in your words
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Ways to avoid plagiarism
• Voice
– When writing your work can others tell clearly what are your
ideas?
– Have I represented other people’s ideas fairly?
• Note taking
– The source you are using – page number, volume etc
– Direct quote/paraphrasing/your own ideas?
• Read the Library’s Citing reference guide
• Check with your lecturer what style you should use
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IT basics…
 Student computer rooms
 Desktops
 Campus
 Global (available on and off campus)
http://desktop.kcl.ac.uk
 Laptop loans & mobile app
 King’s username and password
 Email login (takes format of k1234567@kcl.ac.uk)
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Printing and Photocopying
How it works…
 Photocopying card from dispensers in libraries
(can be topped up)
 Printing – no card required (online print account with initial
credit allocation)
Format
Printer cost
Photocopying cost
A4 Black & white
5p
5p
A4 Colour
20p
70p
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Further training opportunities
Build up your skills
•IT courses on Microsoft Office & other software
• EndNote Basics
Book via Skills Forge at training.kcl.ac.uk. It’s free!
Image ‘365/173: Building Blocks’ taken by riekhavoc. Available from Flickr under a Creative Commons licence. Downloaded 10/08/12.
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Other help and support from Student Services
The Compass
Disability Advisory Service
English Language Centre
KCLSU
Careers Service
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Any questions?
Feel free to contact me:
Elizabeth Simpson
elizabeth.m.simpson@kcl.ac.uk
Check out the Subject Support pages at
www.kcl.ac.uk/library/subjectsupport/sspp/index.aspx
We wish you all the best for your time at King’s
Thank you for your attention.
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