Know-How: Database in Focus
Nearly each month the University Library selects a new or popular database to focus on.
The workshops normally take place in Training Room 1 on Level 3 of the Library from 10:00am to 11:30am , unless otherwise specified.
The sessions outline how to:
- access the database
- search the database effectively
- save bibliographic references
- keep up-to-date
You are also given the opportunity to search the database yourself.
Feedback from previous participants includes:
"Very friendly & a chance to get hands on experience".
"Highlighted some very useful features".
To book:
- Staff - either book through Staff Development's booking system or turn up on the day
- Students - No need to book, just turn up on the day
Courses
| Date | Course |
|---|---|
| Thurs 28 October 2010 | Fame Fame contains comprehensive information on companies in the UK and Ireland. You can use it to research individual companies, search for companies with specific profiles and for analysis. Fame includes company accounts, ratios, activities, ownership and management data for the largest 2.4 million UK and Irish companies with summary information for a further 950,000 smaller businesses. |
| Wed 24 November 2010 | Web of Science Web of Science consists of: Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. It is a multi-disciplinary database that covers articles from over 8,000 journals worldwide. It is available from Web of Knowledge. |
| Wed 26 January 2011 | New Reading List System The University's Online Reading List System allows the easy creation and central storage of readings being recommended to students (e.g. books, journal articles, electronic resources, etc.). The system also links directly to the Library's catalogue, so that students can quickly and easily check the current availability of the material |
Wed 16 February 2011 2-3.30pm |
Westlaw Westlaw UK provides access to full-text, up-to-date, UK, EU and international legislation, case-law and full-text journal articles, plus a current awareness section arranged by subject which is updated three times a day. It also contains the Legal Journals Index, which is the most comprehensive index of UK legal journals (some of which are contained within Westlaw itself). You can access international legal materials, especially US case law, legislation and full-text journals and multi-national materials . |
| Wed 30 Mar 2011 | The University's Institutional Repository This course will provide participants with in-depth knowledge of the database, including how they can submit their own published work to it and find published work of colleagues. Loughborough University's Institutional Repository is a digital collection of Loughborough's research. The material in the collection is in many forms: published articles; pre-prints; book chapters; theses or even audiovisual material. The materials are centrally stored and preserved and the repository is a 'shop-window' for the university's intellectual output |
| Wed 18 May 2011 | OED Traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of words, both present and past. . |
| Wed 15 June 2011 | SPIE The SPIE Digital Library is the most extensive resource available on optics and photonics, providing unprecedented access to more than 200,000 technical papers from SPIE Journals and Conference Proceedings from 1990 to the present. More than 17,000 new technical papers are added annually |
Advice on searching databases
InfoTrail@Lboro: electronic information is an online interactive tutorial providing helpful advice on searching databases.
If at any time you require advice and asistance on how to formulate and carry out a literature search on a database, contact the Academic Librarian(s) for your Department. Or alternatively ask for assistance at Information and Enquiries on Level 3 of the Library.