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Accounting Honours

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Presented by Susanne [email protected]

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Introduction to Resources in UCT Libraries

http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/


Learning outcome

By the end of this session you will be able to understand:

• A literature review

• How to look things up

• Bibliographic databases

• Electronic journals

• RefWorks and EndNote

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Resources in UCT Libraries



A literature review consists of

Print resources

Electronic Resources•Electronic journals

•Databases

•Newspapers

•Primary sources

•Financial databases


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Literature review:

Focuses on research questionCurrent knowledge of topic by recognised authorsSecondary sourcesWidely read previous research of topicTheoretical and practical findings about a topicBelongs to the introductory partIs characterised by a logical flowHas typically references to all resources usedShould be impartial and objective


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How to find books :

Use the catalogue


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Library's homepage

Go to “Search and Find” Find the catalogue

(ALEPH)




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Use “Browse” or “Search” functions

Type in your keywords

When to use “Browse”:You know the exact title of the book or journal or the exact name of the author“Search”:You want to find any literature on a topic




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Click on Number

A list of books on the topic

Where on the shelf is the book?

Is the book “in” or “out” ?




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Click on “all items”

Is the book “in” or “out”?

Request it!

How to find journal articles


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Student number

VULA password



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Example :Jin, Y, Leung, C, & Zeng, Z. 2012. Real Estate, the External Finance Premium and Business Investment: A Quantitative Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis. Real Estate Economics, 40 (1) pp. 167-195

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5 steps:What is the JOURNAL’s name?Which year is the year of publication?What is the volume?What is number?What is the pagination?




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Switch to “e-

journals”

Type in the name of the journal




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Search and Find

e-Journals

Type in title of journal




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Find 3 platforms : choose 1 which includes the date of publication, e.g.

EBSCO




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2012,40 (1)




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Databases by Platform

Using databases to find articles on topics



Which one to use?Resources in UCT Libraries

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EbscoHost• Academic Search• Business Source• Africa Wide • Econlit• Masterfile

Science Direct

Google Scholar

IMF elibraryWeb of KnowledgeSCOPUS

Sabinet for SA thesesProQuest for International theses

Science Direct



Find books on “Quantitative Finance”

• Boolean Operators:•And – to narrow a search•Or – to expand a search•Not

• Wild cards:•?•*

• Quotation marks: “ “


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And Or




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EconlitMasterfile




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Resources in UCT LibrariesScience Direct

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Google Scholar


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SFX –availability

in UCT Libraries

Cited by



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Smart searching with



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For Newpapers : Lexis Nexis Academic


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More newspapers resources:

• SA Media

• EBSCO : Newspaper source

• PressReader


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Resources in UCT LibrariesFinancial data : Primary resource

I-Net Expert

RefWorks


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Research Help

RefWorks and EndNote




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Download Write-n-Cite here…

or here…

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RefWorks tab

Insert citation



http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/c.php?g=182303&p=1201832


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If you want to know more about RefWorks, please consult the following LibGuide



How to evaluate websites:

Identify type of page:

Advocacy, orgBusiness, comInformational, edu ac govNews, usu comPersonal, often a ~

Use the checklist: the more often you can answer ‘yes’ the more likely it is that the site/material is reliable


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The Check list:

Traditional criteria to be applied

– Accuracy

– Authority

– Objectivity

– Currency

– Coverage

Additional challenges


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Accuracy

• Are sources for any factual information listed so they can be verified?

• Can you detect some sort of quality control? – look at grammar, spelling etc.

• Are charts, graphs clearly labelled and easy to read?


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Authority

• Can you identify organisation/company/person responsible?

• Is there a link describing goals, purpose, nature of organisation?

• Are there contact details?


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Objectivity

• Are biases clearly stated?

• Is it easy to distinguish between informational and advertising content?


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Currency

• Are there dates to indicate

• When the page was written?

• When it was placed on the web?

• When it was last revised?


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Coverage

• Is there an indication that the page has been completed?

• Is there a print equivalent?

• Is it clear what topics the page intends to address?


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Contemporary sources, but do remember the evaluation criteria

Blogshttp://www.google.com/blogsearchhttp://www.findblogs.com/

Twitterhttp://www.twitter.com

Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com

Wikihttp://wiki.com


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– Accuracy

– Authority

– Objectivity

– Currency

– Coverage



http://wiki.com/


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Check out our ‘How-to’ series on library resources and services




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Ask a Librarian!



More help and assistance at UCT Libraries


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• Search and Find

• Services• Research Help• Libraries and

Collections• About UCT

Libraries• Library

Contacts

• Off Campus Login• Subject Guides• Subject Librarians• Interlibrary Loans• My Library Card• Ask a Librarian



Resources in UCT LibrariesMasters and PhD Theses of UCT Scholars

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Under OpenUCT, type in a subject or title

OR

Use Open Scholarship




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OpenUCT also is

• Institutional repository

• UCT staff to share their research, teaching and learning content with the world –




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Find 6 relevant articles and transfer them into Refworks

The King report

Corporate governance

Public financial management

Financial reporting

Using Ebsco, Google Scholar and Science Direct


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Thank you!

And Good Luck!


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