Pen Green

MA in Integrated Provision for Children

and Families

Jenny HillsInformation Librarian University of LeicesterEmail jh118@le.ac.uk

Library website – gateway to library resources

http://www.le.ac.uk/library

• General library information• Links to digital resources• Subject Rooms• E-Link• Catalogue• Off campus EZproxy

Accessing resources off-campusCFS username and password

is needed to access electronic resources off-campus

You must access resources via the Library website

You will be asked to login to EZproxy using your CFS username and password

EmailEmail address is also provided when

you register for CFS

At the University of Leicester your email address takes the form of your username followed by @leicester.ac.uk or @le.ac.uk - for example abc5@le.ac.uk

All library and university communications are sent to your UNIVERSITY email

Accessing your email off-campus

Go to http://webmail.le.ac.uk/Click on the Logon to your

mailbox linkSelect required options Type your CFS username and

your CFS password in the appropriate boxes

Click on Log On

Finding booksUse the Library Catalogue to find books

available at University of Leicester Libraries – https://library.le.ac.uk/

Login to the Catalogue using your Library No and PIN in order to - ◦reserve books ◦check your account to see how many books

you have on loan and when due back ◦renew books

Library No and PIN number

Your Library No is the 10 digit barcode number on your ID card (usually begins 075……..)

Your PIN number is sent by email and is a4 digit number (this can be changed via the Library Catalogue)

Accessing electronic journalsLeicester E-link lists all the journals which

are available online at University of Leicester Libraries – http://www.le.ac.uk/li/

Use e-link to find references to specific journal articles –

A Father’s Interactions with His Toddler: Personal and Professional Lessons for Early Childhood Educators Early Childhood Education Journal Vol 36 (2) Oct 2008 p127-134

Searching for information in journalsYou want to find some articles on ‘Working

with parents or families in early years education’

Think about keywords and synonyms -

work*parent* or famil*early years education (or early childhood education?)

(* is used to find all different word endings)

Where to search for information?For any academic work you must

be searching for articles in peer-reviewed journals or practitioner journals

General searching using Google or Wikipedia is not enough and not recommended – no guarantee of accuracy or quality

Use a database to search for articles

◦ Links to all databases available via the Leicester Digital Library web pages at http://www.le.ac.uk/library/digital/index.html

◦ British Education Index - indexes over 350 English-language journals and other forms of literature in the field of education and training.

◦ ASSIA is the main database for social work and indexes articles from about 650 journals relating to social and health care services.

◦ SCOPUS is an abstracts database covering articles from 14,000 peer-reviewed journals. Subject coverage includes Social Sciences and Education.

Searching the internetLots of useful information out

there but also lots of inaccurate and out-of-date material too

Google does not discriminate!

But there are ways to find good quality material ….………………

Subject gateways

Gateways are developed by subject specialist staff and link ONLY to QUALITY, EVALUATED resources

One of the most comprehensive is INTUTE Educationhttp://www.intute.ac.uk/education/

See links under Pre-school education

Use Google Advanced SearchAccess from main Google search screen at

http://www.google.co.uk/

Allows you to Search within a site or domain

Use .ac.uk to find material from academic institutions in the UK

Use .org.uk to find material from British organisations

Use .gov.uk to find British government information and publications

Evaluating websites Who wrote the information and

why?Is the author an expert?Who published it and why?Is the information biased?Is the information accurate?Is the information up-to-date?

Online tutorial

For more information on evaluating websites you can look at the section entitled Judge on INTERNET SOCIAL WORKER at http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/tutorial/socialwork

Referencing A bibliographical reference should contain sufficient

information for someone else or yourself to trace the item in a library.

It is very important to be consistent and accurate when citing references. The same set of rules should be followed every time you cite a reference.

Most academic writing requires you to use the Harvard system to compile the reference list for your assignment. Citations in the text should give the author’s name with the year of publication and then all references should be listed in alphabetical order at the end of the paper/dissertation.

…Info taken from your Student Handbook

Harvard MethodThere are examples of how to

reference using Harvard Method in your Student Handbook

Student Support and Development Service at the University of Leicester also provides guidance and training - see

http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/ssds/sd/ld/resources/writing/ref-bib

When to reference?

“All statements, opinions, conclusions etc. taken from another writer’s work should be acknowledged, whether the work is directly quoted, paraphrased or summarised”.

…From Student Handbook

Plagiarism Plagiarism Plagiarism is to take the

work of another person and use it as if it were one’s own in such a way as to mislead the reader.

Sometimes plagiarism happens inadvertently, where students fail to read instructions about or do not understand the rules governing the presentation of work which require sources to be acknowledged.

Want to find out more?

The University of Leicester Student Support and Development Service offers workshops and tutorials – see

http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/ssds/sd/ld/help-with/plagiarism

Interactive tutorial on this site is very good.

Inter Library LoansFor material not held at Leicester Quota for postgraduates is 15

requests per yearCan be requested using the

library catalogueFull details on library web pages

at:

http://www.le.ac.uk/li/services/interlibrary.html

Need further help?

Contact Jenny Hills for help with literature searching, using databases, finding electronic journals etc

Jenny HillsTel 0116 252 3101Email jh118@le.ac.uk