Welcome to UBC Library!
Jumpstart
August 27, 2009
Librarian: Katherine Miller
katherine.miller@ubc.ca
604-822-0295
Outline
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Welcome & introductions
How to access the library
Finding the best resources for your
research paper
How to get Help with your library
research
Do you have a CWL and
UBCcard?
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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.
Some of our campus libraries
supporting the sciences
Woodward Library
Life Sciences:
 Biology
 Health Sciences
 Medicine
 Natural Sciences
 Nursing
 Rehabilitation
Sciences
And many more…
http://www.library.ubc.ca/life/
Irving K Barber Learning Centre
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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/
Off campus libraries
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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
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.
Let’s try some examples…
Examples of books
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Every living thing : man’s obsessive quest to
catalog life, from Nanobacteria to new monkeys by
Rob R. Dunn 2009 book by Sari Edelstein about
food security (title search)
Books by David Suzuki (author search)
Ebooks about pine beetles (limit to online, use
truncation i.e. beetle?)
Call numbers
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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…
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A to QT is on the second floor
QU to Z is on the third floor
Finding journal articles
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Start with subject guide
Select an index, e.g. Academic Search
Complete, Web of Science, etc
Search by keyword or subject heading
Combine keywords using AND, OR, NOT
Let’s try a search…
Getting journal articles
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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
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Geddes, L. (2008). Rewriting the code for
life. New Scientist, 198(2660), 6-7.
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Badell, M. L., Ramin, S. M., & Smith, J. A.
(2006). Treatment options for nausea and
vomiting during pregnancy.
Pharmacotherapy, 26(9), 1273-1287.
Need Help?
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Ask A Librarian!
http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/ask.html
Game: Library Lingo!
Library lingo 1
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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
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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
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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.
Attribution
Created by Katherine Miller, UBC Library (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), August 2009
Adapted from “Welcome to UBC Library!” by Sally Taylor, UBC Library (Vancouver, B.C.,
Canada), August 2009
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 license
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/