Introduction course for foreign students

Lisbeth Eriksen, Ann Sogge and Ingeborg Hvaale

Introduction course for foreign students in how to search and find literature in libraries and databases.

Course program:
• Opening hours: 09.00-15.45 from Monday to Friday
• Day and night services at: http://www.umb.no/library/
• Loan periode for books (4 weeks) and journals (1 week)
• How to locate books and journals in the Main Library
• How to locate and borrow materials in other campus libraries
• Borrowing, ordering and downloading literature
• PC's in the Library for searching, ordering and downloading study literature.
• Information on courses given by the University Library
• BIBSYS Ask
• ISI Web of Science
• Exercises from search in BIBSYS and ISI.

What is BIBSYS?
BIBSYS is a shared library system for all Norwegian university libraries, the National Library and a number of research libraries, and includes the library at UMB. The database contains books, journals (electronic and printed), reports, proceedings and other media.

What is ISI Web of Science?
ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) Web of Science gives students free access to articles in scientific core journals in different subjects.
ISI consists of Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Index.

Search tips by use of Boolean search technique:

Boolean searching - AND Foto: Ingeborg Hvaale

A search for horses AND cattle:
will locate all records containing both the word
"horses" and the word "cattle".

Boolean searching - OR Foto: Ingeborg Hvaale

A search for horses OR cattle:
will locate all records containing either the word "horses" or the word "cattle" or both.

Boolean searching - NOT Foto: Ingeborg Hvaale

A search for horses NOT cattle:
will locate record containing the word "horses" but not the word "cattle".






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Updated: 03.05.07
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