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This guide contains information about services and resources specifically for academic researchers and postgraduates at University of Canberra (more general information about the Library's collections and services can be found via the Library Home). All researchers are strongly encouraged to make an appointment with their Academic Planning Librarian to ensure that they are aware of all the resources and services that are available to them. Contact details are:
[Back to top] UC Library ResourcesFrom the UC Library Research Gateway, you can link to the UC Catalogue, Subject Guides, E-Journals, Databases, and Research Help. You can access all these resources from off-campus. More details are available from the Access from off-campus guide or contact the Computer Centre Service Desk on 6201 5500 or email the Service Desk. Other Libraries' CataloguesYou can search the individual catalogues of specific libraries, or use Libraries Australia to search across all Australian libraries. Follow the links from ACT and World Library Catalogues. Library Research Skills TrainingThe Library offers an information session as part of the Research Students Induction Program each semester. Please contact your Academic Planning Librarian for more details. All research students are also are encouraged to arrange a one-on-one appointment with their Academic Planning Librarian for an introduction to discipline-specific resources for their literature searching. [Back to top]Borrowing from UC LibraryUC staff, Honours, Masters and PhD students can borrow books from the general collection for an extended period of 90 days. (This extended loan period does not apply to Graduate Diploma students). Items are subject to earlier recall, however, if reserved by another user. Borrowing from other librariesWe have negotiated reciprocal access agreements with a range of local ACT libraries, including special visiting and borrowing privileges for our staff, PhD, masters and honours students. Refer to the following guides: Access to Libraries in ACT & Access to Interstate University Libraries. UC Library Book Purchase SchemeUC Library funds a scheme whereby students can propose the purchase of an item not currently held, but which is considered necessary for research. "Suggest a purchase" forms are available from the Research Assistance Desk in the Library or online. UC staff wanting to order materials can find information at Ordering New Resources. Interlibrary Loan/Document DeliveryThe Library provides an allocation for researchers to obtain essential books or journal articles not held at UC and not readily available in the ACT. Forms and details are available from the Information and Loans Desk or online from the Library guide on Interlibrary Loans/Document Delivery. Creating BibliographiesUC subscribes to RefWorks and EndNote - bibliographic management tools that enable you to create databases of references which can be stored, searched, annotated and manipulated. RefWorks is available from any computer with Internet access, while EndNote must be loaded onto your own computer. Alerting ServicesAlerting services help you keep up-to-date with current literature in your area of research. Some alerting services are provided as part of the Library's subscriptions and others are free. To register for alerting services, follow the links on databases or publishers' web sites. Types of alerting services include: Table of Contents Alerts (TOC) - tables of contents of selected journals are sent to you by email. Saved Search Alerts (SSA) - a search is run in nominated databases at specified intervals and you are alerted to any new articles on your topic. Citation Alerts (CA) - email notification is sent when nominated articles are cited by another article. Locating Theses and Research RepositoriesTheses written by UC students are listed in our catalogue and shelved in the Library's reference collection, arranged by author. Many Australian theses are listed in the Australasian Digital Thesis Program in which UC is a participant. If you identify other theses as essential for your research but not held in our Library, these may be obtained on interlibrary loan or purchased for the Library's collection. You might like to investigate the following sites: ARROW (Australian Research Repositories Online to the World) - fulltext Australian Education Research Theses - Australian Council for Educational Research (some fulltext) ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - over 2 million entries, 24 page summaries Index to Theses (UK) - theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716 MIT Digital Repository (some fulltext plus 24 page summaries of theses) Electronic Theses and Dissertations in the Humanities (University of Virginia) Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Theses Canada (some fulltext) UNESCO Guide to Electronic Theses and Dissertations Locating Conference Papers & ProceedingsPublished volumes of conference papers and proceedings, which the Library holds, are listed in our catalogue. PapersFirst is a key source for locating individual papers and learning about forthcoming international conferences. The Conference Collections is a comprehensive and easily accessible collection of conference publications from the British Library. Conference Papers Index (life, acquatic and environmental sciences) Scitopia (journal articles and conference papers from leading science and technology societies) Finding ConferencesAllConferences.com - a directory of conferences, conventions, etc. in Arts, Business, Computers, Education, Health, Science and Social Science Academic Conferences worldwide - multidisciplinary listing of academic conferences (mostly US) HERO: Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the United Kingdom Inomics - a searchable database of economics conferences IEEE conference links - this is a listing of IEEE-sponsored conferences HON: Health on the Net: Conferences - an alphabetical and subject list of World-wide medical meetings Gordon Research Conferences - to promote discussions and the exchange of ideas of studies in the biological, chemical and physical sciences NatureEvents - from apoptosis meetings to zoology conferences and everything in between -- NatureEvents has become the first port of call for scientists looking for the latest conferences, meetings, courses, symposia, fora and programs Communications and Media Conferences Worldwide Teaching and Learning Conferences Worldwide Architecture Conferences Worldwide Steps in Publishing a Research PaperWhere to publish; Identifying peer-reviewed journals; Journal Impact Factors; Instructions to authors. EurakAlert (peer-reviewed journalsi in science, medicine and technology) Sense about Science (evidence-based science, peer review process) Open Access PublishingWhat is Open Access Publishing; Open access journals lists. Reporting your Research PublicationsHigher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) Guidelines. Who is Citing your Research?Cited Reference Search on Web of Science is the most popular tool to find who has cited your work. Be aware however that it only identifies citations in selected journals and not in books, web pages, etc. and is weak in non-US coverage. For help with cited searching use the ISI online tutorial. Google Scholar, a free web search engine, also helps identify cited references in open access journal articles and on websites. Research FundingSPIN (Sponsored Programs Information Network) provides detailed and up-to-the-minute information about thousands of government and private funding opportunities from Australia and overseas. JASON - Joint Academic Scholarship Online Network (PG scholarship database) Intellectual PropertyCopyright at UC; Academic Integrity and Plagiarism; Referencing Guides Allocation of ISBNsUseful Web SitesStatistics advice for researchers Australian Libraries Gateway (National Library of Australia) Content Responsibility: Louise.Cooper@canberra.edu.au |
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