Useful
Information 
Locations
Resources
Finding Previous BSc (Hons) Theses
Click on the links to Voyager
(the Library Catalogue) below, to view a list of :
All the BSc (Hons) theses are borrowable for 60 days, and are located at
Off-Campus Storage. You need
to use the online
request form to obtain a BSc (Hons) Thesis from Off-Campus
Storage. When the thesis you have requested arrives from
Off-Campus Storage (approx. 1-2 days) you will be notified by email to
come and collect it from the General Library.
A Guide
to Finding MSc and PhD Theses is also available to assist students wanting to find other postgraduate
theses in NZ and overseas.
Conducting
Research Using Library Resources
- In this course you will have to conduct research using Library
databases, electronic journals and print journals to find peer
reviewed primary journal articles -
this is called a Literature Search. Library workshops
are being offered for all students to help with using library resources
and give you hands-on practice at doing your own literature search.
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Primary,
Review and Popular Journals, what
are the differences?
- It is important to note that you can not use web sites as
information sources in this course (electronic journals
available via the Library are
permissible though).
Library Workshops
- Click on the title of the course to go
through to the online booking form for that course.
Effective Database Searching and
Current Awareness
Can’t locate enough references on your topic, or finding too many
references to read through - then this is the session for you! This one hour
session shows you some of the advanced features of database searching, how to
select the relevant databases for Biological Sciences and then focus a search
to find specific references for your topic. This session will also cover the
unique feature of some databases where the database will regularly email you
new articles of your choice as they are added to
the database. You’ve located the references you need via a database search, now begins
the task of getting your hands on a copy of the paper/journal article. The
session will also look at how to locate those elusive journal articles using a variety of
sources:
electronic journals, library's document delivery services and a few other
tricks.
Prerequisite: Basic familiarity with Library Databases. New
students may also like to attend the Database
Search Skills course first.
Note that in 2011 there will be three separate courses offered to 761/762 students including 1) Research skills, 2) Scopus and 3) Endnote X4.
Session times will be posted on Cecil and there is no need to book via the library homepage. Two streams of each tutorail will be offered at different times.
Venue for all sessions: Tutorial Room 431, Kate Edger Information Commons
* Please note that the Librarian John Lavas will also have copies of the tutorial handouts available in his office (Rm M15) on level M of the General Library if you cannot make the tutorial times. You can use these to work through the exercises in your own time.
Another tutorial you are stringly advised to take if you have not already done so is Scopus.
Scopus tutorials are run throughout the year, and this database (which includes the information indexed by Medline and several other large databases) will also be of help with other papers you may be doing in Biology or Biomedical Sciences.
Endnote with Library Databases
Having problems with referencing? Tired of manually sorting huge
bibliographies? EndNote is a specialised database program for storing and
managing bibliographic references. It allows you to import references from
Library databases into EndNote. References in EndNote libraries can be sorted
and searched, and incorporated automatically into essays, literature reviews
and your thesis.
There is a specific Endnote session for BIOSCI 761 and BIOSCI 762 students.
Venue: Tutorial Room 431, Kate Edger Information Commons
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