Access to CU e-resources

For the next couple of weeks access to CU e-resources is at risk while some upgrades are undertaken.

If you experience problems accessing a resource please contact insrvConnect (insrvConnect@cardiff.ac.uk) 029 2087 4487

Grey Literature

Grey Literature is in the most basic sense a document which has been produced but not been offically published. For instance, an NHS trust policy for internal use or government, academics and pharmaceutical document not offically published.

If you are searching for Grey Literature you are by its nature looking for documents which aren’t necessarily easy to find!

Try some of these resources, but also try to think…are there any communities online who would share practices or in house guidelines?

Index to Theses
Check out this page for Index to Theses guide and  off campus access.

British Library Catalogue

COPAC

DH-DATA, Kings Fund Databases

King’s Fund Library Catalogue

OpenSIGLE
Do you have any other suggestions on places to look for Grey Literature? Comment below if you do….

Henry Stewart Talks

This collection of specially prepared animated audiovisual presentations with synchronized narration by world leading scientists is keeping researchers informed throughout the world.

The resource is organised into comprehensive series of talks and is regularly expanded and updated.

To find talks matching your interests browse the series or use the search facility. To be kept up to date as new series and talks are added to the collection, complete the Keep Me Updated form.

To Enter the resource off campus go to:

http://abc.cardiff.ac.uk/login?url=http://www.hstalks.com/

Off campus access video

Find here a video demonstrating how you can login to Cardiff University Journals online.

We hope you find it helpful.

Best wishes

Mari Ann

Cited references

If you are interested in tracking a reference (say a seminal work or an article of your own perhaps) you can use the cited references tab in these databases.

Web of Knowledge
Scopus
Medline

You can also use a citation tracker if you want alerts (emails) sent to you everytime a reference you are interested in gets cited. Make sure you sign up for a personal account- and then you can choose the settings you require.

This should help you keep one step ahead!

If you need any more information on how to set these up- let us know.

Endnote Web

Hi Everyone,

I have just had an update which might interest those of you using EndNote Web.

As you will already know if you have read my previous post about this, the best way to get an account is to first sign up to Web of Knowledge and then use the same account details for EndNote Web.

You need to login directly to Web of Knowledge once a year to keep your details alive. Obviously once you graduate from your course, you will no longer be entitled to use Web of Knowledge / Endnote as a Cardiff University student.

A useful help guide on how to import references into EndNote Web using various import filters from various database providers can be found here: http://www.lib.nus.edu/lion/e/endnoteweb.html (provided by the University of Singapore). For example the guide explains how to export a search from SCOPUS and import into Endnote web.

I hope you find all useful!

E-Books

Ebooks should be really useful to you if you are studying off campus.

We have been quite busy purchasing new titles in this format as more and more are becoming available for you to make use of.

The best way to find out if we have a book available is to check the Voyager library catalogue

• Follow the link above and then click on search the catalogue.
• Use the drop down menu to quick limit your search to Electronic Books.
• By default keyword anywhere will be highlighted, stick with this unless you are looking for a specific title
• Enter a fairly broad term which covers what you are looking for eg physiotherapy
• Click on a title see more details about that particular ebook.
• Click on the link to access the ebook
• You will need to login with your Cardiff Username and Password to view the content of the book

Sneak Preview

Information Toolkit

Currently branded for Dentistry and covers Nursing resources, but loads of brilliant tips and help.

If you have ANY ideas on what you would like to see on here, especially to help you as a distance learner, please let leave a comment and we’ll try to incorportate it if we can.

Cheers!