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Library instructionInternational Relations

International Organization

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Library of the University of Groningen

University Library

Library of Arts Library of Law

Library of Economics and Business / Spatial Sciences

› Library of Behavioural and Social Sciences › Library of Theology and Religious Studies › Library of Philosophy› Library of Mathematics and Natural Sciences › Central Medical Library

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University of Groningen Library : services

Collection• 3.000.000 books• 5000 printed journals• 25.000 online journals• audiovisual material

Research tools• catalogues, bibliographic databases, etc.

Study spaces• study tables• computer workstations• wireless network

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Library portal: Catalogues & databases:

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Faculty portal: Library of Arts

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Catalogue

Demonstration

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Picarta: - contains items held by 400 Dutch libraries

- contains a database with journal articles

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Electronic databases:

Bibliographic databases

› contain references to articles in scholarly publications

› usually focus on certain fields or disciplines› usually enrich bibliographic data with subject

headings, keywords and abstracts which enables precise searching

› (often) provide tools for retrieval of full text, downloading, storage of queries and more …

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Bibliographic database: demonstration

IBSS - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences

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Electronic journals

You can find electronic journals via:

› the catalogue› the RUGlink in a bibliographic database

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Electronic journals: demonstration

Find the American Historical Reviewvia the catalogue

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Electronic database: LexisNexis Newsportal› full text of articles from the electronic archives of

newspapers

› Dutch and international newspapers and other news sources

› text only, no illustrations

› not 100% complete

Demonstration

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RefWorks

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Why Refworks?› Well-organized references

› Attaching documents

› Citing in a Word-document

› Genererating bibliography

› Sharing references

o Webbased

o Ready for use output styles, e.g. MLA, Chicago, APA

o Alumni and retired staff maintain access

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Libguides

Demonstration

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Proxy server

› Users working from home have to use the Proxy server

› Log on: s-number and password

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Summary› Collections (printed, digital, AVmaterial)

› Bibliographic research tools to search the collections- catalogue- Picarta- bibliographic databases- shelf arrangement in open access libraries

› Electronic journals (via the Catalogue and RUGlinks)

› Electronic newspapers in LexisNexis Newsportal

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Assignments

› Question forms

› Catalogue Training Module

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Catalogue Training Module

link to catalogue training module

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Questions?