Welcome to UBC Library!

Orientation for international students in MFS and MFRE (August 18, 2009)

Contact: sally.taylor@ubc.ca, Woodward Library, 604.822.6638

Outline

• Welcome & introductions

• Campus Wide Login and UBCcard

• UBC Library: physical libraries

• UBC Library: virtual library– Finding books– Finding journal articles

Introductions

Please tell me…

• Your name

• Your program (MFS or MFRE)

• Your academic background

• One thing you would like to learn today

Do you have a CWL and UBCcard?

• To access online resources off campus, set up VPN and use your Campus Wide Login (CWL) to login. Instructions are available at: http://www.library.ubc.ca/remote

• To borrow books and to use some library services, you will need your UBCcard with the barcode & PIN.

On campus libraries

Woodward Library

• Food Science• Nutrition• Health• Agriculture• Biology

http://www.library.ubc.ca/life/

Irving K Barber Learning Centre

• Beautiful space!• Science &

Engineering• ASRS (Automatic

Storage & Retrieval System) - “robot”

http://www.library.ubc.ca/scieng/

http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/asrs/how-to/

Koerner Library

• Humanities and Social Sciences

• Economics• Government• Policy

http://www.library.ubc.ca/hss/

David Lam Library

• Business• Company research• Industry research• Marketing

http://www.library.ubc.ca/lam/

Off campus libraries

• Too far to walk!• You can order books

and articles to be delivered on campus using UBC Document Delivery

UBC hospital libraries in VancouverUBC Okanagan in Kelowna

UBC Library web site

http://www.library.ubc.ca

Let’s tour the virtual library…

Tour highlights• Branches: all UBC Library web sites and hours• Library Catalogue: search for books, videos, etc.• Journals: locate a specific journal article• Databases: search for journal articles on a topic• RefWorks: download, organize and format citations• Instruction Centre: online tutorials and workshops• Connect from home: access eresources off campus• UBC DocDel: order materials between campuses• CISTI and ILL: order materials not at UBC• ASRS: order materials from the storage facility in IKBLC• Book group study rooms• AskAway: live chat with a librarian• Subject Guides: start your research here• My Account: renew books, check recalls, requests, etc.

Finding books

• Library Catalogue• Search by title, author, subject or keyword• Limit by location “online” to find ebooks• For print books, record the location and call number to

find it on the shelf.• Use UBC Document Delivery to order books that are at

another campus (e.g. hospital libraries or UBC-O)• Recall the book if it is signed out to someone else.• Graduate students can borrow books for 8 weeks,

subject to early recall.

Let’s try some examples…

Examples of books

1. The gene revolution

2. 2009 book by Sari Edelstein about food security

3. Ebooks about “food science”

Finding journal articles

1. Start with an LFS subject guide– Food science– Food manufacturing– Agricultural economics– Economics

2. Select an index, e.g. FSTA, CAB Direct, Web of Science, Academic Search Complete

3. Search by keyword or subject heading4. Combine keywords using AND, OR, NOT

Let’s try a search…

Getting journal articles

• If you are already in a database, click on • If not, click on Journals, and search by journal title.• If the journal is available online, remember to turn on

VPN.• If the journal is only available in print, record the location

and call number. Print journals cannot be borrowed but you can make a copy (7 cents per page).

• Use UBC Document Delivery if the journal is available at another campus (e.g. hospital libraries or UBC-O).

• Use CISTI Orders or Interlibrary Loan if the journal is not available at UBC.

Let’s try some examples…

Examples of journal citations

1. Farinu, A. and O. Baik. 2005. Deep fat frying of foods: transport phenomena. Food Reviews International 21(4): 389-410.

2. Maga, J.A. 1994. Pink discoloration in cooked white meat. Food Reviews International 10(3): 273-86.

3. Zorraquino, M. A. et al. 2009. Effect of heat treatments on aminoglycosides in milk. Journal of Food Protection 72(6): 1338-1341.

Call numbers

• Call numbers (e.g. TP548 .J15 2008) help you locate a book or journal on the shelf.

• They are subject-based so you may find other useful books on the same shelf!

• At Woodward…– A to QT is on the second floor– QU to Z is on the third floor

Let’s go find some books and journals…

Library lingo 1

• AskAway is a live chat reference service. Look for the icon on the library home page.

• ASRS is the automated storage and retrieval system in IKBLC. To retrieve an item, click on Place Request in the library catalogue and select ASRS Request. See: http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/asrs/how-to/

• Catalogue tells you what the library has, e.g. books, journals, proceedings, reports, videos, maps, etc.

• CISTI Orders is a free delivery service for books and articles that are not available at UBC. See: http://www.library.ubc.ca/info/pegasus.html

Library lingo 2

• IKBLC is the new Irving K. Barber Learning Centre• Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a free delivery service for

books and articles that are not available at UBC or CISTI. See: http://horsefly.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/borrowing.pl?START

• My Library Account is where you can renew books, check due dates, fines, recalls, document delivery and ILL requests, change PIN, etc. See: http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/libaccount.html

• Recall is when someone has a book and you want to borrow it next. Click on Place Request in the library catalogue and select Recall.

Library lingo 3

• Reference has two meanings! Books on reference cannot be borrowed. A reference librarian or reference desk is where you can get help.

• Reserve materials are heavily used and therefore have short loan periods (e.g. 2 hours or 1 day).

• Subject guides are web pages with links to useful resources and a good place to begin your research. See: http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/subjects-all.html

• UBC Document Delivery is a delivery service for books and articles at UBC. Delivery is free between campuses. See: http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/docdel.html

• UBC Okanagan (UBC-O) is a library in Kelowna, 5 hours away from Vancouver.