Classics Resources, Methods and Resources Library Induction

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Classics Resources, Methods and Resources-
Library Induction

• Suzie Kitchin and Christine Purcell
• October 2008

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By the end of this session

• You should be able to
• Identify and find relevant resources for your
  research
• Use the library effectively, and make the most of
  our services and resources
• Access other libraries and their resources

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Library basics

• http//www.dur.ac.uk/library/
• Using the library
• University Library - 4 libraries
• Opening hours
• Borrowing privileges
• Durham University email
• Contacts / support

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Library web pages http//www.dur.ac.uk/library/

• Subject information - Classics
• Information for
• Postgraduate
• Research
• Databases
• Using other libraries

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Library catalogue

• How to search
• Author / title
• Keyword and advanced searching
• Marking records
• Journals print and online
• Your library record
• Document Delivery Service

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Effective searching (1)

• Synonyms
• e.g. tragedy, drama, melodrama
• Truncation
• e.g. drama (drama, dramas, dramatic)
• Wildcards
• e.g. organiation, behavior
• Boolean operators AND, OR AND NOT

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Combining search terms

• Boolean operators AND, OR AND NOT

Plato AND Aristotle
Plato OR Aristotle
Plato AND NOT Aristotle
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Effective searching (2)

• Limits
• e.g. year, language
• Combination of searches, eg.
• (monument or sculpture) and (deterio or
  weathering)
• Advanced search option / help
• Searching advice http//www.dur.ac.uk/library/usi
  ng/finding/

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Bibliographic databases

• LAnnee Philologique
• Web of Knowledge (multidisciplinary)
• Dyabola
• Full-text sources include
• Patrologia Latina
• Encyclopaedia Judaica
• Journal providers eg JSTOR

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Current Awareness

• Library catalogue
• Reading history
• Keyword searches
• New books
• Alerting services http//www.dur.ac.uk/library/usi
  ng/finding/curaware/
• Theses and Dissertations http//www.dur.ac.uk/libr
  ary/classics/theses/

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Other resources

• News and news archives http//www.dur.ac.uk/librar
  y/resources/online/newspapers/
• Image databases http//www.dur.ac.uk/library/resou
  rces/online/imagedatabases/
• Subject gateways http//www.dur.ac.uk/library/clas
  sics/gateways/

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Wider access

• Local universities
• e.g. Newcastle and Northumbria
• Access to other libraries
• SCONUL Access Scheme
• http//www.dur.ac.uk/library/otherlibraries/
• Document Delivery Service
• http//www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/borrowing/dds/
  

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Where to get help

• Main Library - Enquiries Desk Level 2
• On-line enquiry service
• http//www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/enquiries/
• Academic Support Team
• Suzie Kitchin suzie.kitchin_at_durham.ac.uk
• Christine Purcell c.w.purcell_at_durham.ac.uk

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Feedback form

• Please complete the online evaluation form before
  logging off your PC
• (link is on Classics Information skills page)
• http//www.survey.bris.ac.uk/durham/claspg08