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Welcome

Welcome. This session will update you on : resources on the UTS Library website business and tourism databases electronic journals and journal articles help with Harvard(UTS). Getting access to resources. you have 24 hour access to the Library’s electronic resources

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Welcome

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  1. Welcome • This session will update you on: • resources on the UTS Library website • business and tourism databases • electronic journals and journal articles • help with Harvard(UTS)

  2. Getting access to resources • you have 24 hour access to the Library’s electronic resources • you can log in at home, work, the Library, Business Faculty labs, UTS computer labs • how? You need to activate your UTS webmail username and passwordhttps://email.itd.uts.edu.au/email/ • then use the username and password to access the Library

  3. E-readings • lecture notes and selected resources for your subject like journal articles and book chapters can be found under: Subject Resources • search by subject name or number

  4. E-Readings Subject number

  5. Selected items for 27348 Selected items for 27348 – critical issues in global tourism

  6. E readings – available online

  7. Use the Library catalogue

  8. Finding books • use Title in the Library catalogue to find known items. E.g. type “Deconstructing sport history” • use Keyword to find items on a topic. E.g. type “global culture” in the keyword search • you can request a city copy to be sent to Kuring-gai for pick up

  9. My Library My Library has many functions: • renew items • keep your Library reading history • export records

  10. New feature – your reading history in My Library

  11. Other resources • items can be requested and borrowed from other NSW and interstate Universities • pick them up from the desk at each campus Library • delivery in 2-4 working days • go to the Bonus icon or via the catalogue

  12. Accessing books from other Universities – use BONUS

  13. Electronic journal

  14. Available online

  15. Full text article available PDF full text

  16. Finding articles in different arts and business databases Sport and tourism databases • Science Direct • Sociological abstracts • SportDiscus • Expanded Academic Index • Newsbank or Factiva (newspapers)

  17. Humanities databases Arts databases • Project Muse • Social Science citation index • Art Abstracts • Academic Research Library

  18. Find databases: Subject – Business – Leisure, Sport and Tourism

  19. Connecting to databases (2) Scroll down to the database you want and then click on the database name

  20. Sociological Abstracts

  21. Searching for articles on arts and Australia

  22. Using • many databases do not hold the full text of an article • use the link to find it on another UTS subscription database • it will take you to the article if UTS has a subscription

  23. Link via

  24. Tips on research topic searches • break your topic up into keywords to find articles, reports and information • use synonyms i.e. backpacker or budget travel or hostels • limit your research to recent articles

  25. What are refereed journals? • refereed journals have an editorial board to approve publication, a reference list and up to date contact details • they are also known as peer reviewed articles

  26. Database search techniques • use the connecting words and/or • the truncation symbol * enables a word to be searched by its stem, eg. manag* searches for manage, manager, management, etc. • the wildcard symbol ? ensures different spellings are searched, eg. Globali?ation searches for globalisation (AUS) or globalization (USA)

  27. Other leisure, sport and arts resources – study guides

  28. Online Reference books Use the Find database tool to find electronic reference books and resources • Australian Bureau of Statistics • Britannica Online • Oxford Reference Online

  29. Australian Bureau of Statistics

  30. Tourism statistics • Australian Bureau of Statistics • TRA – Tourism Research Australia • CD Mota available to 2006 on CD. Trial of online version first semester 2009 • Study guide – leisure, sport and tourism http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/students/my-subject-resources/study-guides/leisure/leisure-studies/statistics

  31. Britannica Online

  32. Oxford Reference Online: Foucault -

  33. Library training sessions – Harvard (UTS) Library training sessions can be booked online for help with referencing software • Endnote – download from website • Refworks – log on via Library catalogue

  34. via via the Library catalogue

  35. Referencing Harvard (UTS)

  36. Contact a UTS librarian

  37. Instant messenger - chat The Library Chat service will be returning on 23 February 2009 for Semester 1 with operating hours between 1pm to 6pm, Mondays to Thursdays and 1pm to 5pm Fridays.

  38. Your contacts • Primary Contact: Jackie.Edwards@uts.edu.au Tel: 9514 5359 • Other members of the Business and Law team are available to assist you: • Sophie.McDonald@uts.edu.au Tel: 9514 5574 • Cathy.Anderson@uts.edu.au Tel: 9514 3288 • Steven.Byrnes@uts.edu.au Tel: 9514 3316 • Barbara.Goldsmith@uts.edu.au Tel: 9514 3722

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