Welcome to UBC Library!
Orientation for international students in
MFS and MFRE (August 18, 2009)
Contact: sally.taylor@ubc.ca,
Woodward Library, 604.822.6638
Outline
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Welcome & introductions
Campus Wide Login and UBCcard
UBC Library: physical libraries
UBC Library: virtual library
– Finding books
– Finding journal articles
Introductions
Please tell me…
• Your name
• Your program (MFS or MFRE)
• Your academic background
• One thing you would like to learn today
Do you have a CWL and UBCcard?
• To access online resources off campus, set up
VPN and use your Campus Wide Login (CWL)
to login. Instructions are available at:
http://www.library.ubc.ca/remote
• To borrow books and to
use some library
services, you will need
your UBCcard with the
barcode & PIN.
On campus libraries
Woodward Library
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http://www.library.ubc.ca/life/
Food Science
Nutrition
Health
Agriculture
Biology
Irving K Barber Learning Centre
• Beautiful space!
• Science &
Engineering
• ASRS (Automatic
Storage & Retrieval
System) - “robot”
http://www.library.ubc.ca/scieng/
http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/asrs/how-to/
Koerner Library
• Humanities and
Social Sciences
• Economics
• Government
• Policy
http://www.library.ubc.ca/hss/
David Lam Library
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http://www.library.ubc.ca/lam/
Business
Company research
Industry research
Marketing
Off campus libraries
• Too far to walk!
• You can order books
and articles to be
delivered on campus
using UBC Document
Delivery
UBC Okanagan in Kelowna
UBC hospital libraries in Vancouver
UBC Library web site
http://www.library.ubc.ca
Let’s tour the virtual library…
Tour highlights
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Branches: all UBC Library web sites and hours
Library Catalogue: search for books, videos, etc.
Journals: locate a specific journal article
Databases: search for journal articles on a topic
RefWorks: download, organize and format citations
Instruction Centre: online tutorials and workshops
Connect from home: access eresources off campus
UBC DocDel: order materials between campuses
CISTI and ILL: order materials not at UBC
ASRS: order materials from the storage facility in IKBLC
Book group study rooms
AskAway: live chat with a librarian
Subject Guides: start your research here
My Account: renew books, check recalls, requests, etc.
Finding books
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Library Catalogue
Search by title, author, subject or keyword
Limit by location “online” to find ebooks
For print books, record the location and call number to
find it on the shelf.
• Use UBC Document Delivery to order books that are at
another campus (e.g. hospital libraries or UBC-O)
• Recall the book if it is signed out to someone else.
• Graduate students can borrow books for 8 weeks,
subject to early recall.
Let’s try some examples…
Examples of books
1. The gene revolution
2. 2009 book by Sari Edelstein about food
security
3. Ebooks about “food science”
Finding journal articles
1. Start with an LFS subject guide
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Food science
Food manufacturing
Agricultural economics
Economics
2. Select an index, e.g. FSTA, CAB Direct, Web
of Science, Academic Search Complete
3. Search by keyword or subject heading
4. Combine keywords using AND, OR, NOT
Let’s try a search…
Getting journal articles
• If you are already in a database, click on
• If not, click on Journals, and search by journal title.
• If the journal is available online, remember to turn on
VPN.
• If the journal is only available in print, record the location
and call number. Print journals cannot be borrowed but
you can make a copy (7 cents per page).
• Use UBC Document Delivery if the journal is available at
another campus (e.g. hospital libraries or UBC-O).
• Use CISTI Orders or Interlibrary Loan if the journal is not
available at UBC.
Let’s try some examples…
Examples of journal citations
1. Farinu, A. and O. Baik. 2005. Deep fat frying of
foods: transport phenomena. Food Reviews
International 21(4): 389-410.
2. Maga, J.A. 1994. Pink discoloration in cooked
white meat. Food Reviews International 10(3):
273-86.
3. Zorraquino, M. A. et al. 2009. Effect of heat
treatments on aminoglycosides in milk. Journal
of Food Protection 72(6): 1338-1341.
Call numbers
• Call numbers (e.g. TP548 .J15 2008) help
you locate a book or journal on the shelf.
• They are subject-based so you may find
other useful books on the same shelf!
• At Woodward…
– A to QT is on the second floor
– QU to Z is on the third floor
Let’s go find some books and journals…
Library lingo 1
• AskAway is a live chat reference service. Look for the
icon on the library home page.
• ASRS is the automated storage and retrieval system in
IKBLC. To retrieve an item, click on Place Request in the
library catalogue and select ASRS Request. See:
http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/asrs/how-to/
• Catalogue tells you what the library has, e.g. books,
journals, proceedings, reports, videos, maps, etc.
• CISTI Orders is a free delivery service for books and
articles that are not available at UBC. See:
http://www.library.ubc.ca/info/pegasus.html
Library lingo 2
• IKBLC is the new Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
• Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a free delivery service for
books and articles that are not available at UBC or
CISTI. See: http://horsefly.library.ubc.ca/cgibin/borrowing.pl?START
• My Library Account is where you can renew books,
check due dates, fines, recalls, document delivery and
ILL requests, change PIN, etc. See:
http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/libaccount.html
• Recall is when someone has a book and you want to
borrow it next. Click on Place Request in the library
catalogue and select Recall.
Library lingo 3
• Reference has two meanings! Books on reference
cannot be borrowed. A reference librarian or reference
desk is where you can get help.
• Reserve materials are heavily used and therefore have
short loan periods (e.g. 2 hours or 1 day).
• Subject guides are web pages with links to useful
resources and a good place to begin your research. See:
http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/subjects-all.html
• UBC Document Delivery is a delivery service for books
and articles at UBC. Delivery is free between campuses.
See: http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/docdel.html
• UBC Okanagan (UBC-O) is a library in Kelowna, 5
hours away from Vancouver.