LIBRARY TRAINING: HONS, MASTERS and

DOCTORAL STUDENTS College of Law and

Management Studies

Presented by: Richard Beharilal

Anita Somers

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BRARY TRAINING FOR HONS STUDENTS
LMS 2017)

UKZN Library Home Page

iCatalogue (UKZN Library Catalogue)
Electronic Resources links for on Campus & Off
Campus
http://
library.ukzn.ac.za/TopNav/ElectronicResources/databas
es700.aspx
http://library.ukzn.ac.za/ezproxy_off_campus.aspx
Searching
Referencing
Endnote

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UKZN Library Home Page

Go to the UKZN Home Page, click on Libraries link (left hand side
of page).
UKZN Library Home Page URL: http://
library.ukzn.ac.za/Homepage.aspx
Go through the toolbar on the Library Home Page for the important
links.
iCatalogue (UKZN Library catalogue) searches for books and
journal titles only, not journal articles.
http://library.ukzn.ac.za/Homepage.aspx
Electronic resources searches for journal articles and other
electronic information.

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iLink Catalogue (UKZN Library Catalogue)

Search for books and journal titles.

Search/Home Quick search e.g. food security.
Different search options below search box everything, author, title,
subject, journal title, ISBN.
Different search options above search box keyword, browse,
exact.
Keyword and exact - search for results with the search term.
Browse - searches for headings with the search term. Results are
alphabetical and appear in categories e.g. agriculture - Africa. To
page through the results, use previous or next. (Browse is also
found on the right side of the Advanced Search page).
The option to choose different libraries is below the search box.

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 Electronic Resources

Click on the drop down bar under the heading Electronic

Resources.
Two columns appear: Databases and Resources.
Under Databases:
A-Z Databases, Databases for subjects, Databases for
theses.
Under Resources:
Off campus access, e-books, e-journals A-Z, Federated
search (iDiscovery),
e-newpapers, Exam papers, ResearchSpace (UKZN e-
theses). http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za/

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atabases
arch for journal articles

Databases A-Z There are many different databases. Each

database includes a collection of electronic journals. Some are
UKZN subscriptions and some are freely available.
http://
library.ukzn.ac.za/TopNav/ElectronicResources/databases700.aspx
https://ukzn.on.worldcat.org/atoztitles/browse
All databases can be searched by Quick Search or Advanced
Search.
After searching in the database, a list of results appears.
Each database allows required records to be marked or added to a
folder. All databases use similar techniques, although the
terminology may be different.
Records/ marked lists/folders can be emailed, saved, printed, or
exported to Reference Managers like Endnote.
All databases offer useful searching tips and help options
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 Searching
Analyse the search topic and choose keywords carefully.
Think of alternative words with similar meanings e.g. maize or
corn.
Start with a general advanced search and see what results display.
Refine after the initial search for more specific information if
necessary. If a search starts off too narrow, important information
can be missed.
Know the scientific names of search terms.
Search different databases, as their journal collections are not the
same.
When good, pertinent articles are found, check their
bibliographies or reference lists for more information.

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 Resources

Off Campus Access this link is for searching the electronic

resources when not on the UKZN Campus. Log in with normal LAN
log in and password. A list of the databases appears. Search these
databases as usual.
E-Books this link searches different e-book collections e.g.
Reference works e.g. dictionaries and
encyclopaedias,
E-Journals A-Z
Search for specific electronic journals.
Search page type the name of the journal required in the
search box. Then choose Starts with or Contains.
LibGuides http://libguides.ukzn.ac.za/management1

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 Endnote
Endnote is a bibliographic management package. It provides a means of
storing and organizing research references for citation within a paper or
thesis, and provides a means of creating bibliographies.
UKZN subscribes to this software on behalf of registered staff and
students.
The latest version at UKZN is Endnote X7.
This is not an online tool so the software needs to be downloaded from the
Universitys software library at https://softwarerep.ukzn.ac.za/
The databases offer the option to export citations to Endnote or other
reference managers when doing literature searches.
The user first needs to create an Endnote Library. Thereafter, the citations,
or citations and abstracts, can be exported.
Online tutorials are available on the Endnote Website
http://www.endnote.com/training/

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Thank You.
Richard Beharilal
Beharilalr@ukzn.ac.za
Anita Somers
Somersa@ukzn.ac.za

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