introduction to the team for: faculty of health sciences academic skills know-how
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INTRODUCTION TO THE TEAM
FOR: FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
ACADEMIC SKILLS KNOW-HOW
ACADEMIC SKILLS KNOW-HOW
Our Team Aim is to offer help and advice to students of all levels and abilities
We have 2 very specialist but integrated areas:-
• Academic Skills (Study Skills) Tutors
• Subject Librarians
ACADEMIC SKILLS KNOW-HOW
You
Faculty
Blackboard
Family and Friends
ASK
Student Support
Tutors
ACADEMIC SKILLS KNOW-HOW
Main University webpage = www.staffs.ac.uk
Select Current Students
Select Library
Direct url = http://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/libraryresources
ACADEMIC SKILLS KNOW-HOWAcademic Skills Team
ACADEMIC SKILLS KNOW-HOW
Academic Skills Team: What We Do
My Assignment Academic Writing Studying Effectively
Improving My Grades
Academic Poster Annotated
Bibliography Dissertation and
Final Year Reports Essay Case Study Exams Literature Review Presentation Reflection Report
Academic Writing: Essential Skills
Commonly Confused Words
Critical Thinking Paragraphs Paraphrasing Punctuation Terms & Definitions
Academic Reading Conflict
Management Gaining A Good
Degree Group Work Learning Styles Lecture
Preparation Note Taking Numeracy Stress
Management Time Management Using IT
Acting on Feedback
Critical Thinking Planning Proof Reading Staffordshire
Graduate Attributes & Skills
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Academic Skills Team: How We Do It
Facilitate lectures and workshops within your module Provide a wide range of online resources to suit all levels
and styles of learning Arrange to deliver small group workshops (outside the
curriculum) based on student and Faculty need Arrange individual support via:-
On site appointments (Stoke, Stafford and Shrewsbury) Email Support Skype or phone discussions for those off campus
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Academic Skills Team: Resources
Select the topic from one of the drop down menusOR try using the Searching All Of Our Guides
ACADEMIC SKILLS KNOW-HOWResources: Example Page
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Subject Librarians:
Nursing & MidwiferyAllied & Public Health
Nursing & MidwiferyAllied & Public Health
(Shrewsbury)
Social WorkPsychology, Sports
and Exercise
Kay Coverdale Shirley Kennedy Paul [email protected]
(Mon – Weds only)[email protected] [email protected]
• We have Thompson, Octagon, Law and Shrewsbury Libraries
• Thousands of books, journals, statistics, reports, newspapers, online resources, plus, PC’s, printing, photocopying and scanning services
• Student card is also your Library card• Can borrow 17 items & most are 2
week loans• Postal Loans are available
THE LIBRARY SERVICE
USERNAMES & PASSWORDS
• Your username is your student number which consists of 2 letters and 6 numbers.• x123456y
• Your password is your date of birth in 6 digits• ddmmyy
• Your username and password are needed to access the Library catalogue for reservations, e-journals, e-books and databases
LIBRARY RESOURCESUse the Library Webpage as a starting point for all of your searches
www.staffs.ac.uk/library
SUBJECT GUIDES
The Subject I am Studying is:
Select “Nursing” from the drop down list
FINDING BOOKS
• Select the link to Library Catalogue or search via Summon for
• Books• Hard copy journals• DVD• Links to full-text ebooks
• http://libcat.staffs.ac.uk/
• For postal loans search for a book and select the Place Hold link and log in with your username and password. In the Notes box type: Please send to my home address
E-BOOKS
The Library has 3 e-book collections that are useful for your studies:
– Ebrary: a collection of over 30,000 titles, many USA titles
– EBSCO eBook collection: specific texts identified by your lecturers
– Dawsonera: specific texts identified by your lecturers
FINDING ARTICLES
• What are articles?– Journal articles are usually short papers on specific
topics. They are published in issues or parts of journals (also called periodicals) which appear regularly
• Why use Journals?– Timely – journals are published more often than books,
as a result you will find up-to-date information in recent journals
– Authoritative – articles are written by experts and in peer reviewed journals the articles are screened by a ‘jury’ of other experts before they are published
HOW TO ACCESS JOURNALS
• Most of our journal titles are housed electronically in databases
• We subscribe to many Health Databases such as– Cinahl– Proquest Nursing and Allied Health Source– Internurse– BMJ Online– RCN Journals
REFERENCING
• We have a custom built resource called RefZone• RefZone contains numerous examples including
how to reference books, eBooks, journals and a wide variety of online material
• We subscribe to Refworks which is a web-based Database Manager that allows you to create your own personal database by importing references from online databases and other various sources. You can use these references in writing papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds.
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If you have any questions, or require additional help and advice, please either use our online chat “ASK US” OR contact us (all details at the bottom of the Library Resources page):-
