Need help with referencing?

Citing your sources correctly is an essential academic skill, but it can often be quite daunting.  The library has lots of help and advice on how to avoid plagiarism, and how to reference correctly.  Check out the Information Skills Resource for tutorials of the referencing style for your department.

There are a number of referencing management programmes that can help you to organise and format your references.

The Library supports the use of Endnote Web.  Endnote Web allows you to import references from online databases such as Web of Knowledge and Scopus, access them from any computer, and add them to your word documents as you write.   Endnote Web is free for all University of Sheffield students - find out more on the Information Skills Resource.

An alternative Reference managent software is Mendeley.  This is a free web-based programme that offers similar features to Endnote Web.  Have a look at the video tutorials available on their website.

Effective Internet Searching

The Information Skills tutorial Effective Internet Searching has been completely overhauled and updated, please take a look.

In this tutorial you will:

• Understand in broad terms how search engines work
• Discover what the invisible web is and why it matters
• Try out a selection of handy techniques and tips for quicker, more effective searches
• Learn about other sources of information and when to use them

Effective Internet Searching is just one of a number of tutorials the Library provides through the Information Skills Resource

Access it from the Library tab in MUSE and/or from the Library web home page

Summer reading

Before you leave for the summer have a look at our check list for a quick reminder about what you need to do and where you can access information:

Get your library accounts up-to-date - Why not pay off your debts (remember final year students will not be allowed to graduate with outstanding debts), return all the books you won’t be needing and cancel any outstanding reservations (give your fellow students a chance of getting what they need too);

- Check all your books have been renewed and that you KNOW YOUR PIN to access your account online - Longer vacation loans begin at 9am on Monday 8 June for standard loans and Thursday 11 June for short loans;
Ring the renewals hotline on 0114 222 7201 if you’re unable to access the Internet;

Practice your information skills with our online tutorials and screencasts;

Follow our Twitter feed to be kept in the loop about what’s going on whilst you’re away;

And remember - we’re always here to help! Contact the library if you’re having any problems accessing information or alternatively get in touch with either Frances or myself for subject specific help.

Vic

v.grant@sheffield.ac.uk
f.ludlow@sheffield.ac.uk

Need help with referencing?

For those of you adding the finishing touches to your History of Medicine SSC I thought that a bit of advice on formatting your references might be timely.

This assignment requires the use of Vancouver referencing and you may find the attached resource, provided by the BMA, useful:

http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/LIBReferenceStyles

The Library has designed some further referencing guidance available at

http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/useful/refs.html

and don't forget the online tutorial, written specifically for the UofS Medical School. Here is how to connect:

Step 1 Login to MUSE

Step 2 Connect to MOLE (My Online Learning Environment)



Step 3 Connect to the Library-Information skills tutorials



Step 4 Select subject specific tutorials

Step 5 Select Medicine

Step 6 Connect to the Vancover referencing tutorial





Vic :-)

Library and information skills clinic

A reminder that we are running a drop-in clinic tomorrow lunchtime (Thurs 6 March, 13.00-14.00) in the Library NHS IT Room at RHH.

So if:

Medline is making you muddled

Athens is 'aving you addled

Ovid is only outwitting you

or

eJournals are always elusive

Come along and we will help.

Vic