Accessing Sources of Evidence For Practice 3a

1. Accessing Sources of Evidence For Practice 3a Using the Library Karen Smith Department of Health Sciences University of York

2. Using the Library Objectives: • Find information about and have an overview of library services • Have practical experience of the J.B. Morrell Library resources • Search the Library Catalogue effectively • Locate items (books and journals) in the Library • Be able to use the library with confidence • Use the Department’s referencing guidelines

3. The Library Catalogue • Contains information about all the books, journals and audiovisual materials in, or ordered for, the J.B.Morrell Library and a number of other libraries

4. Use The Catalogue • The only way to locate books and journals in the library • Find out if items are available or on loan • Links to electronic resources • My Library Account • Catalogue can be accessed from anywhere via the WWW • http://libcat.york.ac.uk/

5. CatalogueTips • To find a book use Word(s) anywhere with something from the author name and title • To find journals use Journal title begins with • Relevant books & journals are not just in Y • Use Request to obtain books out on loan

6. My Library Account • Check books you have on loan, renew books, and be able to check the progress of any requests you have made • See when books are due back and the amount of any fines owed • You can specify which email address you would like messages from the library sent to • Tip: Check your Library Account on a regular basis

7. User Name and Password • Use your Computing Service user name for My Library Account and making requests

8. Library Services • Enquiries Telephone: 09104 43 3865 Email: lib-enquiry@york.ac.uk • Enquiry Desk • Contact Janette or Karen

9. Lending Services • Loan limits • Up to 20 books at JBM

10. Inter-library Loans • Interlending and document supply service • If not in stock can be obtained from somewhere else • The first 10 per year are £2.00 per request. • You can request these online • Forms can be found at the end of Lending Services Desk

11. Key Texts • Short loan collection on the ground floor • Houses books selected by lecturers • Can be photocopied on site • Books can borrow for 4 hours • Photocopies can be borrowed for 2 hours

12. Photocopy Collection • Journal articles from journals we don’t take • Can be borrowed and photocopied • Kept in the Key Text area

13. Other Library Services • Computers in the library • Photocopying and photographic services • DVDs and Videos can be borrowed overnight

14. Referencing • Guidelines developed by the Department to assist in using references within essays and projects: http://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/stud/studintr.yku/Prereg/refstud.doc • Recommendations for good practice, based on commonly adopted principles and conventions

15. The Use Of References • Used in essays, dissertations, projects, other forms of assessment, and articles for publication • The writer will need to present information, make statements, provide analysis, and put forward new ideas. • To substantiate your arguments and prevent plagiarism • Do this by either quoting directly from a published source, or by providing a reference to the authors whose work supports what you are saying

16. Plagiarism • This is defined by the University as the incorporation within your work, without proper acknowledgement, of material derived from the work (published or unpublished) of another. The Student Handbook explains more about plagiarism, which is a form of academic misconduct • Plagiarism exercise

17. Three Principles Underpin Referencing: • Consistency • Completeness of information • Accuracy of information

18. System Recommended By The Department Of Health Studies • The Harvard system is strongly recommended by the Department for consistency of teaching and learning. • A Referencing System Has Two Elements: • how a reference is cited within the body of written work • how a reference list is presented at the end of the written work

19. Citing within the text Examples of ways to incorporate sources into the body of the assignment: • There are basically two approaches to cultural analysis, namely the classificatory and the interpretative (Lawton 1983) • Lawton (1983) differentiates between cultural invariants and cultural

20. Internet Referencing • The same principles used in other forms of referencing apply also to internet referencing. Warning! Be careful when using information found through a general internet search. Not everything on the internet is of good academic quality • Where you use electronic journals, the referencing within the text is the same as for any journal (ie author’s name and date of publication)

21. Secondary Referencing ALWAYS attempt to check the primary (ie original) source , particularly if it is recent and readily available. If it is not possible to check the original source, however, use the following format: • Thomas (1978 cited by Gould 2003) suggests that hand washing is a fundamental and important infection control technique • Details of the publication by Gould will appear in the reference list

22. Direct Quotations If a writer’s work is quoted directly, the quotation must be 100% accurate and be enclosed in inverted commas; it should be followed by the writer’s name, date of publication of the work and the page number(s) of the quotation:   • ‘Communication is one of the most important skills of a nurse.’ (Marner 1998, p. 43)

23. A Reference List • Consists of all citations in your work; this is all that is normally required • Must be presented in alphabetical order, primarily by author • Where there is no named author (for example an organisation such as the NMC, or an Act of Parliament), then the the first letter of the corporate author or the name of the Act is used

24. How A Reference List Is Presented At The End Of Written Work Books:   Author (Year) Title.Edition. Place of publication: Publisher. e.g. • Hazinski, M.F. (1992) Nursing care of the critically ill child. 2nd ed. St Louis: Mosby.

25. How A Reference List Is Presented At The End Of Written Work Ctd. Journal articles: Author (Date) Article title. Journal Title. volume(part) pages. (underlining instead of italics is acceptable) e.g.  • Corner, J. (1991) In search of more complex answers to research questions. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 16(6) 718-727.

26. How a Reference List Is Presented At The End Of Written Work Ctd. Electronic journal articles Author (year) Article title [format]. Journal Title. Available at: <URL> [Accessed date]. e.g. • Walters, R. (1998) Promoting the health of older people: making it happen. Internet Journal of Health Promotion [online]. Available at: <http://www.ijhporg/articles/1998/1/index.htm> [Accessed 8 December 2000].   For journals that are also available in print, use the journal articles format as described above.

27. How a Reference List Is Presented At The End Of Written Work Ctd. Email discussion list   Author (year) Title of message. Discussion list [online]. Day and month. Available at: email address or <URL> [Accessed date].   e.g. • Burns, B. (1997) Re: Japanese Legislation. Lis-law [online]. 13 June. Available at: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk [Accessed 30 June 1997].

28. Departmental Guidelines There are many more examples on the website. It is very important you find this site and use it when you write: • http://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/stud/studintr.yku/Prereg/refstud.doc

29. If in doubt – ask: • Health Sciences Teaching Staff • Karen Smith 01904 321354 kms3@york.ac.uk • Janette Colclough 01904 433892 jac10@york.ac.uk