How to find information for your
Research Project
@ your “virtual library”
Library Training
To Information Technology Honours
11 February 2011
Pavlinka Kovatcheva, Sciences Librarian
pkovatcheva@uj.ac.za
Content Outline
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UJ Library Portal
The UJ Sciences Librarian Portal
Information Technology Subject Portal
UJLink (Library Catalogue & A-to-Z Journals)
Full-text Online Books
Online Databases (Journals, Proceedings, etc)
Finding information on Writing, Plagiarism,
Citing & Referencing
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Library Support to Honours Students
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Information Technology Subject Portal
Subject Librarian Help with Training, Queries & Searches
Course Reserves (books/articles on reserve)
MyUJLink (your library account)
Inter Campus Loan (request books from other Campus
Library)
• Accessing Information Resources: REMOTE ACCESS
• Accessing Information Resources requires a Library PIN
Databases:
- Online Journals
- Online Books
UJ Library Portal (http://www.uj.ac.za/library)
Subject Collections
>>>> Science
UJ Sciences Librarian Portal
http://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/
Information Technology Subject Portal
http://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/Computer-Science
Information Technology Subject Portal
Support Information
Log-in to the Library Resources: PIN
UJLink: Library Catalogue (http://ujlink.uj.ac.za/)
Search for Print & Online
Journals & Books
New Classification System for Books: Dewey
000 Generalities & Computer science
A-to-Z Journals
How to Find Online Journals/Books
Online Books Full-text: Remote Access
http://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/Online-Books
Over 200 online books are available
on TELECOMMUNICATIONSnetBASE
The following Subject
Areas:
Antennas and Mobile
Sensor Networks;
Broadband and DSL
Technology;
Communication
Networking and
Infrastructure;
Electrical Engineering;
Multimedia Networks
and Systems; Optical
Signal Processing and
Communications;
Signal and Image
Processing; Wireless
and Mobile
Communications
Online Books Full-text:
http://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/Online-Books
Read Online (Remote Access)
Reference it as a print book (consult your lecturer)
Emerald Online Book Series
Referex Online Books (via Engineering Village)
Online databases
Search for Journal articles, Conference Proceedings, etc.
ACM: Association of Computing Machinery
ACM: Search option
Article from
Conference
Proceeding
Ensure that you have
the full reference
information
Article from Conference Proceeding
Ensure that you have the full reference information
IEEE Xplore:
Full-text to Articles, Proceedings & Standards
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Getting Started with Research Projects
Access through the Information Technology Subject Portal
http://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/Computer-Science
Basic in-text referencing (citing)
In-text reference where the author of the source is known
Simply use whatever you used as author in the reference, as well as the year of
publication. Always insert the page number where possible.
Examples:
…the result of this is a “technical super identity” (Erikson, 1967:20).
Azar and Martin (1999) found that… (As part of the sentence)
…thus Cox (1966:52) refers to the modern urbanite as…
In-text reference to more than one source:
In-text reference to more than one author should be ordered alphabetically.
Examples:
More recent studies (Bartlett, 1992; James, 1998) show that…
The researchers (Bartlett, 1992:54; Brown, 1876:56; James, 1998:45) refer to…
GENERAL FORMS FOR REFERENCE LISTS
Non-periodical
Author, A.A. (1994). Title of work. Location: Publisher.
Non-periodicals include items published separately: books,
reports,brochures, certain monographs, manuals, and audiovisual media.
Part of a Non-periodical
Author, A.A. & Author, B.B. (1994). Title of chapter. In Title of book. Edited by
Editor, A., Editor, B. & Editor, C. Location: Publisher.
Periodical
Author, A.A., Author, B.B. & Author, C.C. (1994). Title of article. Title of
periodical, xx:xxx-xxxx. (Volume/Issue number/Pages)
Periodicals include items published on a regular basis: journals, magazines,
scholarly newsletters, etc.
Online periodical
Author, A.A., Author, B.B. & Author, C.C. (2000). Title of article. Title of
periodical, xx:xxx-xxxx. (Volume/Issue number/Pages) Available from: web
address (Accessed day Month year).
Online document
Author, A.A. (2000). Title of work. Available from: web address (Accessed day
Month year).
Writing, Plagiarism, Citing & Referencing
• Getting Started with Your Research Project
http://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/Getting-Started-with-your-Research
• Access Glogster poster for quick way to learn about “Writing a
Research Paper”
http://ujsciencelib.glogster.com/writing-a-research-report/?
• Access the Plagiarism Portal to find Videos, Interactive Tutorials,
Library Books, Web Resources, etc.
http://ujsciencelibrarian.pbworks.com/Library-Resources:-Plagiarism
• UJ Harvard Reference Techniques
http://www.uj.ac.za/EN/Library/Documents/REFERENCE%20TECHNIQUES%202008%20H
arvard%20Method%20and%20APA%20Style.pdf
• VUMA Portal on Plagiarism, Writing, Citing & Referencing
http://www.vuma.ac.za/drupal/?q=content/cite-right-easy-steps-avoiding-plagiarism
Need Help? Ask me!!!!!