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Introduction to RCA and Imperial College Library Services

Introduction to RCA and Imperial College Library Services. Cathy Johns, RCA cathy.johns@rca.ac.uk Nicole Urquhart, Imperial College n.urquhart@imperial.ac.uk. Introduction to RCA and Imperial Library Services. Overview of RCA Library and services

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Introduction to RCA and Imperial College Library Services

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  1. Introduction to RCA and Imperial College Library Services Cathy Johns, RCA cathy.johns@rca.ac.uk Nicole Urquhart, Imperial College n.urquhart@imperial.ac.uk

  2. Introduction to RCA and Imperial Library Services • Overview of RCA Library and services • Overview of Imperial College Library and services • Search demonstration / hands-on • Plagiarism and referencing • RefWorks

  3. RCA LibraryHelping you with your dissertation research!

  4. Finding the information you need Resources for research RCA Library Online research tools Using other Libraries

  5. How do I show that I have read widely on my topic? A good bibliography footnotes / references

  6. Periodicals Blogs Exhibition Catalogues Online resources Newspapers Conference Papers Books Oxford Reference

  7. How can the RCA Library help me? • Library collections: • Books • Journals • Films • Theses • Special Collections • Online search resources • Access to other libraries

  8. Start with the Library catalogue Use the drop-down menus to narrow your search You can look for: Books Journals Films Theses Pamphlets Filmed lectures

  9. Everything you need at the RCA Library is listed on Space http://space.rca.ac.uk/Support/Library/Collections

  10. Online Library Resources on Space http://space.rca.ac.uk/Support/Library/Collections/Online_Resources

  11. How do I access the RCA’s e-resources toolkit? http://www.openathens.net/

  12. Host website platform for finding resources

  13. How do I find journal articles? The Library catalogue tells you which journals the RCA has - But not details of specific articles 4 years’ issues of ‘Design Week’ are held at the RCA Library

  14. CSA Illumina Advanced Search • Art Bibliographies Modern (ABM) • Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals • British Humanities Index (BHI) • Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI)

  15. Article search for keywords ‘product*’ and ‘sustainable’ You can truncate the word with an * to allow more possibilities e.g. product* will search for products, production,

  16. How to narrow down 1204 results?

  17. Add another keyword!

  18. 56 results found

  19. Full recordYou can save, print or email the results, and see whether the RCA Library has the journal article you’ve found

  20. Whole articles available on JSTOR

  21. Whole articles available on Art Full Text

  22. Other useful web resources • Digimap • Film and Sound online • Oxford Reference Online • British Film Institute screenonline

  23. Digimap

  24. Film and Sound Online

  25. Oxford Reference Online

  26. British Film Institute: screenonline

  27. RCA library’s online journals (full text)Ebsco host EJS

  28. Don’t forget - Online Library Resources all listed with links on Space http://space.rca.ac.uk/Support/Library/Collections/Online_Resources

  29. Where else can I get journals?www.inform25.ac.uk Click on search catalogues to locate material in London’s academic libraries

  30. Select the area within the M25

  31. A list of the Libraries selected to search are written below

  32. for access to other academic libraries http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/ Click here to see if you can have access to the specific institution

  33. Other National Libraries • National Art Library – V&A http://www.vam.ac.uk/nal/ • Major art reference library • RCA ID to join • Order books online in advance • Not a browsing collection • British Library http://www.bl.uk/ • Reference Library for resources unavailable elsewhere. • Full ID and proof of address and reason for access required

  34. Local Resources • Kensington & Chelsea Public Library http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/leisureandlibraries/libraries.aspx You need to provide full ID and proof of address required • Imperial College http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/library RCA ID to join – access to online resources

  35. Inter Library Loan If you are unable to locate a key text we can order it as an inter-library loan from the Books £5 Articles £4

  36. http://intute/

  37. http://www.vads.ac.uk/ and as for images…..

  38. Can I get more help? Come and see us at the RCA Library desk Or email: cathy.johns@rca.ac.uk

  39. Imperial College Library Services and Support • Nicole Urquhart • n.urquhart@imperial.ac.uk

  40. Thank you! Cathy Johns –cathy.johns@rca.ac.uk Nicole Urquhart – n.urquhart@imperial.ac.uk

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