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Finding resources for your dissertation: Classics & Ancient History

Finding resources for your dissertation: Classics & Ancient History. Richard Holmes & Amy Russell. March 2014. Aims of the session. To help you: F ind relevant resources for your dissertation Make the most of the Library’s tools and resources Know who to contact for further help.

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Finding resources for your dissertation: Classics & Ancient History

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  1. Finding resources for your dissertation: Classics & Ancient History Richard Holmes & Amy Russell March 2014

  2. Aims of the session To help you: • Find relevant resources for your dissertation • Make the most of the Library’s tools and resources • Know who to contact for further help

  3. Format of the session The session will involve: • A brief overview of finding quality academic material on your subject • A demonstration of some key resources • A chance for you to begin searching for information for your dissertation • An opportunity to ask for help and advice when researching

  4. The Library Catalogue – What is it? • Collection of records describing the Library’s holdings • Each record contains bibliographic/descriptive information about a specific item • Bibliographic = e.g. title, author, publisher, publication year • Description = e.g. number of pages, physical dimensions, additional notes • Many feature an abstract/summary • Does not search or contain full text

  5. The Library Catalogue – Limitations Consequently: • Good for finding articles? • Good for finding relevant book chapters? • Good for finding theses/conference papers? • Good for finding other libraries’ holdings?

  6. The Library Catalogue – Benefits • Getting started with your research • Performing a ‘scoping’ search • Checking local holdings & availability

  7. Useful Features • Basic & Advanced search screens • ‘Modify Search’ button • Keyword search – broad/speculative • Field searching – narrow/focused • Author • Classmark • Subject • Save/export records • View borrowing history (requires activation)

  8. Remember… You can recall books not due back for ages (even if your teacher has them!!!) Use limits and filters to narrow/focus your results (exclude those pesky College Library books)

  9. Subject Page

  10. Obtaining items outside Durham • Use UK-wide COPAC catalogue • http://www.copac.ac.uk • Visiting other universities e.g. Newcastle and Northumbria • Check their catalogues: http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/resources/online/catalogues/ • 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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