Information & Learning Services
Institute of Science and the Environment
Institute of Science and the Environment
The Academic Liaison Librarian for this Institute is Adrian Shiel.Email: a.shiel@worc.ac.uk
Telephone: 01905 855216
Resources for Science
- Our Netvibes page for your Institute is full of the latest news and information, selected by your Academic Liaison Librarian. It’s filled with quality sources to keep you informed in your chosen field. For the Institute of Science and the Environment, please choose:
- Some key resources for Science and the Environment include Academic Search Complete, Science Direct, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts and Web of Science Citation Indexes (for journal articles), and MyiLibrary (for e-books). These are all available through the e-resources section of Resources Online.
Tutorials
The following tutorials can help you to search key databases in Science, as well as use networking tools on the Web to help keep you up-to-date.
Academic Search Complete Tutorial (Updated June 2009): This video, presented by Library Systems Manager Darren Taylor, will show you how to search one of our most popular full text databases, Academic Search Complete.
Using Delicious to manage and share your bookmarks (created 2008, reviewed June 2009): This live tutorial will help you to set up your own Delicious account, and save and organise all the useful websites you find.
Using Google Reader (created 2008, checked June 2009): Another online tutorial - set up your own Google Reader account and add RSS feeds to ensure you are always up to date. Make the Web work for you.
How to set up RSS feeds for searches in PubMed and EBSCO databases: This tutorial shows you how to create RSS feeds for searches in Pubmed and EBSCO databases, such as Academic Search Complete. You can do a search, then set up a feed for your Google Reader account (see above) or other RSS reader, which will send you new references related to that search regularly. IMPORTANT: at Step 3 of the tutorial, you should print the instructions before logging in. You will leave the Inform tutorial, and you should follow the print instructions from Step 3 while using the database.
Referencing
RefWorks Guide: how to create a RefWorks account, and start managing your references
Citing & Referencing Guide - Harvard Style: how to reference using the Harvard referencing system
