Welcome to the Library

Toshiba & Consalia

Adam John Miller

Aim of this session

• Things you need to know

• Library resources

• Practice searching

• Evaluating results

Adam2 : Your librarians

• Subject specific enquiries• Literature searching• Referencing advice

wbllibrarian@mdx.ac.uk

Adam Edwards Adam Miller

Phone and online help

• UniHelp: +44 20 8411 6060

• Ask a Librarian: http://askalibrarian.mdx.ac.uk/

• WBL Blog http://wbllibrarian.blogspot.co.uk/

• Facebook Middlesex University Library

• Twitter http://twitter.com/MDXLibrary

• Library Subject Guides• Middlesex Uni app

Library and IT home page

Accessing resourcesmyUniHub > My Study > My Library

Access to electronic resources, reading lists and Library Catalogue

Library Subject Guides

Reading Lists

Summon

Thinking about resources

Good for Not so good for

Book(Print/e-book)

Website(Blog/Wikipedia etc)

Newspaper

Academic Journal(Print/e-journal)

• Broad overview• Background

knowledge• Edited for quality

• Specifics• Detail• Date quickly

• Up-to-date• All subjects covered• Mobile

• Unreliable sources• Accuracy• Created by anyone

• Daily information• Current affairs• Readily available

• Specialist focus• Latest research• Peer reviewed

• Can be biased• Sensationalist• Hard to find back issues

• Can be too specific• Expensive• Hard to locate

Thinking about search terms

Let’s give it a go!

• Log onto PC• Use Mozzilla Firefox (NOT Internet Explorer)• Start > Middlesex software > Firefox• Click link to Library and IT Support• Find Library Subject Guides and look for

– WBL subject guide– Referencing and Plagiarism guide

• Find Summon– Try a search– Use the refining tools

But is it any good?

• Authority

• Relevance

• Intent

• Objectivity

• Currency

Evaluating results

Any Questions?

Ask Adam!wbllibrarian@mdx.ac.uk