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Learn how to fish (for information) 2014


What we will do today

• Books• Journal articles• Book chapters

Explore a reading list so we can identify:

• Books• eReserve journal article & book chapter• Book chapter

Use DISCOVER to find:


Course Reading List – FSH 101

Book

Chapter in an edited book

Journal article – stored in eReserve

Journal Article


www.usc.edu.au

http://www.usc.edu.au/


The Library website


Keyword search for “Title”

1. Spence, A. (1989) Crab and Lobster Fishing Fishing News: Farnham


The Results


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Catalogue Record – Copies

Find it on the shelf


Call numbers by subject area


Catalogue Record – Details

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Catalogue Record – Place Hold

Only if it’s on loan

You are notified when it’s available

You have up to 3 days to collect it


What about journal articles?

So you can now find a book ... but what about a journal article?


Journal articles

Published in journals at regular intervals

Written and peer reviewed by academics

Research and current developments

Available online through databases

Find databases via the Library website


Back to the Course Reading

Year Article title

Journal title Volume & Issue


The Library website


Keyword search for “Title”

4. Wild, S. (2008) Sustainability reporting in fishing industry management – regulations versus voluntarism Australasian Accounting Business & Finance Journal 2 (3), 57-70.


The Results

Select View record in DOAJ


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If DISCOVER can’t find it


Search for the journal title



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Select the year

Find the correct year


Select the volume and issue



Select Full text - PDF


Your turn: find this journal article

Melville-Smith, R. & Lestang de, S. (2006) Spatial and temporal variation in the size at maturity of the Western rock lobster Panulirus cygnus GeorgeMarine Biology 150 (2) pp. 183-195


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What about this reading?

Who is the

author?

What is the title?

Is it a journal article?

Is it a book? ??…

Fonteyne, R. (2000) Physical impact of beam trawls on seabed sediments. In Kaiser, Michel J and de Groot, Sebastiaan J (Ed.) Effects of fishing on Non-Target Species and Habitats (pp. 15-36). London: Blackwell Science Ltd


It’s a chapter from a book

• Physical impact of beam trawls … – article title

• Effects of fishing on non-target species … – book title

2 titles

• (pp. 15 – 36)• But no volume

or issue numbers

Page numbers • Fonteyne, R – wrote the

article• Kaiser, Michel J & de

Groot Sebastiaan J. - edited the book

2 “authors”



Keyword search

• The “book title”

Author search

• The book editor

Search for the book title or the editor



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If you still can’t find it?

Course Reserve search

• The Course ID• e.g. ENS371

Keyword search

• The “Chapter Title”



Some readings are in Course Reserve

Course IDOR

Instructor’s NameOR

Title of the article or chapter

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Type your Course ID


Course Reserve Search

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What we’ve looked at today

• Books• Journal articles• Book chapters

Explored a reading list so we could identify:

• Books• Journal article• Book chapter

Used DISCOVER to find:

• Journal Titles• Course Reserve Search

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