adml infosurvival 2010_handouts

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Art, Design &

Medial Library

(ADML)

ART – 1 – 3

Visual Art

Architecture

Drawing

Design

Illustration

Painting

Photography

Audio Visual Materials

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1. Library Essentials!!

2. Course Essentials

3. Research Essentials

4. Contact Essentials

Info Survival Skills – Tips for today!

1. Library Essentials

How do I get a

membership

card?

How many

books can I

borrow?

Registration is generally not

necessary

Your matriculation card is your

library card

Approach staff at Service Desk if you

encounter problems

You can borrow from any of the NTU

libraries

Books can be borrowed either by

using the Self-Check machines or at

the Service Desk

Borrowing privileges can be found at

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/membe

rship/Pages/default.aspx

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1. Library Essentials

Checking of Library account

Default PIN = last 4 alphanumeric characters of your NRIC number

Example:

NRIC No.: S9152345G

Default PIN: 345G

Library card = your matriculation card

Library card number = matriculation card number

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1. Library Essentials

Borrowing privileges (for undergrads)

Loan Limit: 10 items

Items Loan period Overdue fines

Books & Conference

proceedings

21 days $0.30 per day

Reserves 2 hours

(1 Item only)

$0.50 per hour or part thereof

overnight loan starts 2 hr

before Service Desk closes

Reference books no loan

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1. Library Essentials

Checking of Library account

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1. Library Essentials

Photocopy & Printing Services

Networked printing

o 4.5 cents per A4 page (black & white)

Photocopying

o 2.5 cents per A4 page

Payment of printing and photocopying

o CashCard or ez-link card

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/facilities/Pages/printing.aspx

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/facilities/Pages/Photocopying.aspx

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2. Course Essentials

How do I search for books available in

the library?

How do I know if a book is available for

loan?

What are reserves? Where can I get my

Course Reserves?

Where can I find past year exam papers?

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2. Course Essentials

Searching Library Catalogue Books

Audio Visuals

E-Books

Print Periodicals

http://opac.ntu.edu.sg/

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2. Course Essentials

Reserves

This collection

consists of textbooks,

recommended texts

and other reference

materials which are

core reading materials

related to student

coursework.

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/collections/Pages/Reserves.aspx

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Past Year Exam Papers

2. Course Essentials

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/collections/Pages/ExamPapers.aspx

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3. Research Essentials

What other materials can I use when researching for my assignment?

What types of electronic resources are there and how can I access them?

How do I find a journal article?

How do I find theses done by previous students?

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3. Research EssentialsUniversity students must know:

the journals, e-books,

databases available in their

subject areas

how to access and retrieve

information from these

sources effectively.

What resources

should I use for

my

assignments?

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Databaseso More than 132 databases in all subject

areaso Electronic documents & information

sources from quality & authoritative sources

• Articles• Conference proceedings• News• Images• E-Books

o Grouped by discipline

Library Resources

www.ntu.edu.sg/library/databases

3. Research Essentials

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3. Research Essentials

Method 2: Retrieving Journal Articles using Databases

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Print & E-Journalso 32,441 unique titles

o Print serials

o Electronic versions of journals and magazines Viewed on screen

Downloaded or printed direct from your desktop

Library Resources

www.ntu.edu.sg/library/ejournals

3. Research Essentials

Statistics as of June 2009

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3. Research Essentials

Method 1: Retrieving Journal Articles using A-Z Listing

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Theses(and other materials

published by NTU staff)

Open Access

o Conference papers and journal articles by NTU faculty and researchers

Restricted Access

o Student submissions such as theses

o Work attachment reports

o Final year projects

o Past exam papers

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3. Restricted Access

2. Open Access

3. Research Essentials

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Remote access to e-Resources

Off campus access

NTU Network account username & passwordo New students will be

required to change password for the first log-in (http://pwd.ntu.edu.sg)

3. Research Essentials

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NTU Library Toolbar

Install the Toolbar on your computer and search for Library materials no matter where you are on the Web!

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3. Research Essentials

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4. Contact Essentials

Have questions on library or

research?

Your Subject Librarians !

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/about/staffdirectory/Pages/subject.aspx

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4. Contact Essentials

Have questions on library or

research?

Other useful Contacts

Assistance with your researcho askalibrarian@ntu.edu.sg

Loan enquirieso circulation@ntu.edu.sg

Technical enquirieso ltd@ntu.edu.sg

Library feedbacko library@ntu.edu.sg

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/about/Pages/ContactUs.aspx

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4. Contact Essentials

Have books to recommend?

Students are welcome to

Recommend books to be purchased for NTU library

Request for documents like journal articles not available at our library

More details available at:http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/services/Pages/defau

lt.aspx

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4. Contact Essentials

Instructional Services

What is Academic Integrity ?

Give credit whenever you use any:

idea, theory, illustration, statistics, graphs, drawings, images or opinion of others

quotation of actual spoken or written words of others ; paraphrase of spoken or written words of others

SafeAssignment™ / Turnitin® : A tool to detect plagiarism in NTU

NTU Honour Code & Honour Pledge on

Plagiarism:

“To use or pass off as one’s own, the

writings or ideas of another, without

acknowledging or crediting the source from

which the ideas are taken.”

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Final details …

Feedback on this session

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/lib/lip/orientation

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