Hi Everyone,
There have been messages on the list this morning about problems with exporting references from databases into Refworks. The problem apparently is coming from the US Refworks server. Most databases are using the US url and then redirecting to Scholarsportal for the Canadian customers. The problem seems to be intermittent.
Scholars portal is working with RefWorks US to resolve this issue.
If you are encountering any problems - please let me know.
Inba
There are 900 students trying to complete their first CHEM 101 Lab. There is a CHEM 101 Web page at http://web.uvic.ca/~chem101/. Lots of answers to questions students maybe asking at the Library Help Desk are found on this web page.
If students want help in writing up their Lab, they should be sent to the Chemistry Drop in Centre on the 2nd floor of Elliot (30 hours a week) .
The Learning Commons CHEM Office (30+ hour a week) will also be staffed but the hours are not yet posted and this is more for help with Lecture material concepts, not so much for their Labs.
The first lab lists Additional Sources: Students are not really expected to seek these out, but if they do:
- Their textbook, is available on Reserve. Chemistry: the central science, 11th edition (page 499)
o Reserve call number is pri 16000
- DA Katz J. Chem. Ed. 1994, 71, 891.
o Maybe you use Google, but UBC has a nifty tool to decode journal abbreviations at http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/coden/
o The Voyager web link note claims online access to the backfiles is temporarily unavailable, but that is not true. I will get this changed
o Access to the PDF of this 1994 article is at http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jceda8/71/10. Scroll down the Table of Contents to the article
- J. Walker. Scientific American, 1978, 239(5), 142
o The page number in the Lab Manual citation is wrong. It is not page 186. It is page 142.
o Call number is Q1 S7. Not available online.
Hi Everyone,
I've added instructions for downloading citations from World Bank E-Library and MyiLibrary today: http://library.uvic.ca/site/lib/instruction/refworks/downloading/index.html
If you are in need instructions for any other major databases in your subject areas, please let me know.
The Fundamentals and Advanced handouts have been updated and plaed online:
http://library.uvic.ca/site/lib/instruction/refworks/refworks_workshops.html
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Inba
Hi Everyone,
We now have downloading instructions from Summon to RefWorks. It is available at:
http://library.uvic.ca/site/lib/instruction/refworks/downloading/summon.html
For off-campus access, we are recommending that patrons download the VPN client from central computing. This will simulate users being on-campus and then there won't be problems downloading citations. Once Summon adds the ezproxy access to Refworks we anticipate the problems we currently have will be removed. We don't expect a resolution to this until October.
Let me know if you have any questions.
A note from the history librarian:
I have replaced the copy of “The History Essay Style Guide” with a 2010 version in the Ready reference section. There is also online access to this document that students may print out via our catalogue, the library’s Subject guides for history under the course help tab and from the History Departments website.
Please refer students in any history course to this document when assisting them with the structure of their papers and citing their sources. There is also helpful advice on choosing appropriate sources and avoiding plagiarism.
If someone is looking for airphotos, please get the keys to the file cabinets from the top drawer of the desk in the Maps office. The keys are marked with cabinet numbers (key #3 works for cabinets 1 & 3). Please log airphoto use on the form on the Maps desk, or email me (lsugden@uvic.ca)
Why? The B.C. government's airphoto lab and warehouse/library has closed, and their print photo collection is in offsite storage until at least September. This makes the Map Library's print collection semi-archival until the government's new digital system is fully available. We will continue to circulate the photos, and monitor usage, and the government's progress in making digital photos available. Thanks!
A message from Interlibrary Loan:
Just a reminder that the default delivery for ILL articles is Post-to-web. If students want to pick up a print article in the self-serve baskets, they need to explicitly change the delivery method on their ILL request form, or change their profile to Pickup. They can set their default preferred delivery method in their patron profile. The loan desk staff have been reminded as well.
The two copies of the 6th edition of APA have been removed from the ready ref shelves. Two copies of the 2nd printing of the manual will be available soon.
From Kathleen - students can contact her for further help.
The UVic Libraries has free access to the CANSIM tables via the University of Toronto’s CHASS service. CHASS gets a weekly feed of the CANSIM tables from Statistics Canada. UVic subscribes to the CHASS service, which is known as CANSIM Multidimensional @ CHASS.
Access to CANSIM Multidimensional @ CHASS is via the Library web page at http://library.uvic.ca/site/gov_data/fed/cansim2.html
Once connected, here are the steps to access Table 385-0002:
1) Select the language interface you wish
2) Select CANSIM Multidimensional @ CHASS Main Menu (U of T uses a Gold colour which seems hard to read.)
3) Select Locate tables by table numbers or ranges
4) Enter 3850002 in the search box and select the Submit button.
5) Select the [by dimensions] option
6) Select the variables/parameters of interest and select the Submit button.
7) On the next page, add selected series to the Series Cart
8) On the next page, select the series again and select the time periods and the output display option desired from the drop down box(HTML, etc..), and then, select the Retrieve all the Series from the Cart button.
9) A display of the variables you selected for the previously selected time periods and geographies will display.
10) You may have to play with the different options to get the data you need for your assignment.
The entire class may need access to this CANSIM Table (or similar tables? ).
If you are directing students to pay for fines (debit, credit, cash), purchase supplies, or add money to their vend card you can send them down to Music & Media now in addition to the Main Loan Desk.
The BC Building Code in Reference is missing the entire section 9, pages 291-514. I am working on obtaining replacement pages, once obtained I will ask to have the code transferred to McPherson Reserve.
In the meantime, please let students know that the Law Library also has a copy, in Law Reserve at KEB504 B75 2006.
Just to let you know that I am happy to work with students to help them extract statistical data from E-STAT. For example, a GEOG 323 student was recently referred to me. The GEOG 323 students are doing a Cartography project and require statistical data, for selected geographies, that they can represent visually on their maps. Once I understood better what this assignment was all about, I used E-STAT with the student. We found some 2001 Census, and CANSIM data, broken down by province, and then exported the associated .csv files from E-STAT so the data could be further manipulated using Excel.
This report, which deals with homelessness, drug abuse, mental iillness, and policing in Vancouver is available at http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/police/Whatsnew/transition.htm
Print copies will be added to the Law and Main collections.
The City of Victoria issued a similiar report last fall, titled "Mayors Task Force on Breaking the Cycle". It is available in pdf at http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/police/Whatsnew/transition.htm and print opies are in Main and Law, see
http://voyager.library.uvic.ca/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1581941.
I had a question from a student who was asked to email me about instructions to download from WorldCat. Please feel free to point students to the RefWorks help pages for instructions on how to download from our major databases.
See:
http://gateway.uvic.ca/lib/instruction/refworks/refworks_workshops.html OR
http://gateway.uvic.ca/lib/instruction/refworks/export_import_refs.html
Thanks for your assistance.
This question came through yesterday and I thought it might be of interest to everyone.
UVic Archives issues ISBNs for UVic publications. A person needing an ISBN can send an email to the archives general address: archives@uvic.ca
Apparently, the TC reported yesterday that we have a full index to the early Victoria newspapers. This is not accurate.
We have the BC Leg index, partially on micro and partially online,which has rather random and spotty coverage of select topics only, with gaps - it's a place to start, but not at all comprehensive. All of our holdings plus anything else I feel is relevant is listed on the research guide "Newspapers - British Columbia".
The VIctoria's Victoria Website http://web.uvic.ca/vv/newspaper/index.php (published by Dr John Lutz and our History Department) has a couple of indexes, by subject:
A general index to the British Colonist (also called the Daily Colonist) from 1858-1921 (years 1894-1899 incomplete but in process).
A specialized index to stories related to the West Coast of Vancouver Island in the British Colonist (also called the Daily Colonist) from 1858-1921.
A specialized index of stories related to the Boer War the British Colonist (also called the Daily Colonist) from 1899-1915.
A specialized index to stories related to buildings, builders, building trades, architects etc... from 1858 to c. 1900.
The BC Archives has the most complete index, but it is not available online. From their website:
"The BC Archives has a large collection of newspapers on microfilm, though major twentieth-century Vancouver papers are not held. These can be accessed at university and public libraries. A listing of holdings of British Columbia newspapers on microfilm is available on-line that lists newspapers alphabetically by community, and provides a reference number to the self-serve microfilm collection. Indexes to the content of newspapers held by the BC Archives are not available electronically.
Researchers may also wish to consult the clipping file index. This microfiche index of selected newspaper articles (1858-1983) can be searched by subject, name, or place. Each entry contains the title of the article, the name of the newspaper, the date, the page number, and indicates if the article is also included in the vertical file collection. The vertical file is a collection of over 88,000 files on various subjects that provides easy access to newspaper articles on a given topic. The index to the vertical files is contained in four large black volumes in the reference room. The vertical files have been microfilmed as D-19 and are available on a self-serve basis."
1. Write N Cite
I have recently received a few questions about using Write N Cite from home.
We used to have the Remote Access code available on the Gateway. I have decided to remove it since it provides password information. The students should have received this code in an email when they registered for RefWorks.
The way to handle this question is to refer users to the RefWorks Workshop pages where the instructions are laid out explicitly. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find "Using Write N Cite from off campus."
http://gateway.uvic.ca/lib/instruction/refworks/refworks_workshops.html
2. Email contact
There is a form on the Refworks/EndNote pages that users can use to contact me about using them or any other citation management tool. Please refer them to this form. There is also a link in RefWorks to "Email your Librarian." This query will be sent to me.
3. RefWorks Workshops
As you may know, we have been offering 2 workshops a month for RefWorks so far. The numbers are starting to dwindle and I've decided to limit the session to one a month and we won't be offering a workshop in December.
If you are interested in teaching any Basic RefWorks class, please choose a date and time in the month that would work for you a let me know. I'll set up the calendar event and have the handouts prepared for the workshop.
If you are thinking of holding a RefWorks session for your undergrads or grads and need some help teaching the class, please let me know. We just did a customized workshop for Anthropology grads recently.
If you get questions about an EndNote workshop - I offer them on a request basis.
4. Referrals
I have been referring students back to the appropriate subject librarian when:
- they are new to campus and don't know the resources
- are starting a research project and not sure of the resources but know they want to use RefWorks.
My philosophy in these cases or anything similar is to refer them to the subject librarian as a first point of contact and to let them know that you exist.
I also assume that you would cover the basic RefWorks information for them.
Please refer questions that you are not able to answer or that are simply beyond your basic knowledge. I'd be happy to help answering these questions and keep you informed of these answers as well.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Just a heads up on the Sociology 332 assignment. The professor has told the students to be "very careful of the spelling" of their author name in the WOS search - the student I just helped had the author's name mispelled on the course bibliography for an article she was looking for and also the title of a book had the first word changed from "Elites" to Equality in the bibliography. We found what she was looking for but had to try different access points in each case. Very tricksy, Mr. SOCI 332 Professor!
In case you get any BCMC 301 students at the desk asking about their library assignment, the main problem they have is that they try to find an article by their assigned faculty member on their assigned topic - the faculty member and topic are NOT related. They are supposed to use the faculty member for Exercise 1, and the topic for Exercise 2. Other than that, the assignment is super straightforward.
Since the "soft launch" of Electronic Theses and Dissertations at UVic, there has been a steady trickle of students asking questions at the Ref Desk. The end of August is the deadline for students who want to graduate this year at the November convocation, so more enquires are coming to the Reference Desk. I am here until tomorrow then on vacation until September. Nancy Stuart is available to answer questions starting Monday August 20th. Feel free to refer students to Nancy but also much information is available from the ETD website. Gateway ->Digital Initiatives ->ETDs
Specifically - a student who has defended their thesis and made the corrections needs to register with UVicDSpace, send their prelim pages to GARO (Grad Admissions and Records Office), be approved and given permission to submit to the ETD collection in UVicDSpace by the Collection administrator (the GARO clerk) and then spend 10 minutes entering metadata and uploading the PDF of their thesis in UVicDSpace.
Simple when known...
Thanks for helping make this project a success!
We have 57 theses in the collection as of this morning!
cheers, Katy
I've left a copy of the questions (and answers) that a group of ESL students will be working on in the assignment binder.
If you have any questions about it please let me know.
I have just put up a new research guide for Agriculture and Food. I've noticed increased focus in this area by the Environmental Studies dept, and in Sociology too. Please have a look and let me know if there's something you'd like me to add! I am still working on expanding the section on internet resources.
Apparently someone couldn't find information about what is referred to as the "Vancouver style" (citation style). The Vancouver style is used in biomedical journals and is officially called "Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals: writing & editing for biomedical publication" and put out by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. It's available free and full-text on the Internet (www.icmje.org/) and can be searched on google just using "vancouver style" as the search term. I've printed out a copy of it and added the words "Vancouver style" to the top of the first page of the printout. It's in the box of various style guides behind the Ref desk.
Hi All,
Just realized recently that when searching for the online Journal Citation reports in the catalogue and you search for it by Journal title begins... the online version is not listed. Try it with Title begins....and it will work.
The title is catalogued as an integrated resource and Voyager is NOT set up to handle these type of resources at the moment. Here is Nancy Stuar's workaround "do a Title search for ‘Journal citation reports’ using Title begins with and limit to Journal it works."
Hope this makes sense.
Inba
I just had a very interesting AskRef question about exams, so I thought I'd share my findings with everyone... (FYI the question was: why do you have some exams in your catalogue but not all of them? and do you get them from the same place Zap gets them?)
1) Old exams on Microfilm (1960s - 1970s) - saved for the historical record, way back when, and we no longer do this.
2) exams in our catalogue - do a keyword anywhere search for 'final exam' and you get a long list of exams that have been placed on reserve by various course instructors. Best practice: check the reserve list for a particular course to see if that prof has done this. Sometimes they'll just put a link on their course web page or WebCT instead.
3) the math club (or students society, or whatever they call themselves) sells solved exams - see the posters about campus for details.
4) Zap copy centre sells last year's (and older) exams online (unsolved) (http://www.examsforsale.com/) - payment is via PayPal. I phoned over there and talked to a manager, and found out that they get their exams from instructors, on a voluntary basis - they never guarantee that they'll have any particular course, it changes from year to year, and not all departments or profs take part.
The bottom line is that really, you should have no expectation of finding last year's exam for the course you want - many profs do not share their old exams, with anybody -- students who feel that access to old exams for their courses is an inalienable right are encouraged to talk to their instructor about it.
There is an assignment for COM 315 that I've added to the binder at the Reference Desk. The part that students may be asking for is help finding the 1.SIC or NAICS code for a company and 2. recent daily closing stock quotes/volumes for the company they are researching.
For SIC/NAICS codes - try S&Ps NetAdvantage database and search for the company as a public company.
Stock prices/volumes - visit the tsx.com or other stock exchanges and search for the company. The TSX certainly provides the historical quotes and volumes.
Let me know if you need any other information.
An Asterix in the London Times Index refers to article placement in an earlier (not final) edition of the paper.
When you see an entry in the London Times index, which looks like this:
Canada -- Libraries
Oct. 23 4c, 1a*
This means that an article about "canada--Libraries" is found on Oct.23, Page 3, column C. And in a previous edition of the newspaper, it was found on page 1, column A.
If it looks like this:
Canada--Libraries
Oct.23 1a*
This means that it was on page 1, col.A of an earlier edition of the newspaer, but is not in the final edition. The index (and our holdings) is for the FINAL EDITION - anything with an asterix refers to a previous edition, and that article may have been moved to a new spot, or it may have been removed altogether.
Remember that in the past, newspapers were the only source of breaking/current news, short of peering out your front door - so they printed up to 8 editions daily. This is true for most newspapers, until the radio age, and some well into the TV age. So business people and other interested parties could buy a new edition of the newspaper, if there was breaking news, several times per day - you've heard the terms "final edition", "noon edition" etc. If you knew this, my apologies, but most people seem not to.
I've had this question twice this week! There is a blurb in the front of each volume which explains this, but it's not made especially clear.
Biol 190a students are currently working on their lab assignments, so expect to encouter a few at the desk. This year the topic is catechol (an enzyme found in potato, Solanum tuberosum), and how the enzyme activity is affected by temperature or pH or substrate concentration. Both the Biology and the Chemistry subject guides will be useful to show the students.
I did some searches with a few students today in BIOSIS Previews, Web of Science, and the American Chemical Society journals with decent results. Some synonyms to try for catechol are catechol oxidase, diphenol oxidase and tyrosinase.
The Greater Victoria land use assignment is here again, due Oct. 23-25. The Map Library has airphoto packets on reserve (students need to ask at the main loan desk for them) and zoning maps in the Geog 101B map reserve drawer. --Lori
Students coming to the desk looking for educational testing materials (TOEFL, IELTS-International English Language Testing System, GRE - Graduate Record Examination) should be directed to the Public Library (GVPL).
GVPL has an extensive collection of materials on these topics including practice exams (some with CDs) and preparation materials. Apparently UVIC's Counselling Services does not carry this type of material and neither does our library.
Current materials in these areas are in heavy demand at GVPL and library users are strongly encouraged to place holds on these high interest materials.
Students in Economics 401, as part of a take home midterm exam, are searching for a paper by Diamond (1965) that is suppose to be on Reserve and in JSTOR. The students are given little other information (no title, pg no., what journal it is from etc). By process of comparing articles in JSTOR by Diamond in 1965 and what is on Reserve I think the article they want is " National Debt in a Neoclassical debt model". There are two copies on reserve.
In case you are approached by Biology students who don't know what style to format their assignments in, here's what I know:
There isn't a standard style for biology - sometimes the prof asks them to use Canadian Journal of Zoology style, or a style of their choice from a scientific journal. There is also CBE (Council of Biology Editors) Style, which is now called CSE (Council of Science Editors) style. We don't have the new CSE style manual yet, but we do have some older CBE style manuals.
Also, check the student's lab manual - in some cases there will be examples of an unnamed style that the students are supposed to follow. Sometimes, it will actually say "format according to Canadian Journal of Zoology" or another journal. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Hi All,
I had a question from Peter who has been looking for a 2 part series called the Miracle Merchants published in the Chicago Tribune in 1998. We were able to find Part 2 in the Global NewBank database but not part one.
I am trying to call this person back but the phone number that he supplied was incorrect. So if you do hear from him please give him this information:
He can call the Chicago Tribune and get access to the archives for a fee - which will get him Part 1 of the series. It is not available through Lexis or anywhere else that I can see for free.
If any student comes to you with frustrations regarding the reading lists for the Poli Sci Comprehensive exams, please direct them to me. There are some ... issues ... with some of the citations on the list. I am reviewing them now and can assist students trying to locate the material in the library.
The vast majority of the material is available at UVic, I'm finding. Hopefully we'll have corrected lists for students within a couple of weeks. In the meantime, send 'em my way and I can provide them with correct citations and help them locate what they need.
Thanks - if you do help someone with these lists, please let me know so that I can report the extent of the problem to the department.
Thanks!
Hi all -- just a reminder/refresher on how to best search for M.Ed. projects -- those delightful things that are housed on the 2nd floor of the Curric. Lab:
The best way is to do a keyword with boolean for:
project and master and *insert topic here*
Using a broader rather than a narrower topic is often advisable. For example, using special education rather than autism is often a bigger results list and might give students more hope!
And for what it's worth...grad students can sign these out from Curric, but only have them for a 4-week loan period.
Cheers & thanks for all your help with these requests. T.
A print copy of the CANSIM Table Directory, discussed at the Statistics Workshop in May, has be catalogued for the Reference Desk at HA745 C36
The bib records is 1431104 and includes a link to the web version
http://estat.statcan.ca/MIS/Directory/Estat_Table_Directory.pdf
Caron
Hi all -- just so you know...there are at least 2 conferences on campus right now -- one on Lawrence Durrell (mostly in Harry Hickman with a display in Special Collections) and the other is the SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics - taking place mostly in MacLaurin. Just in case you get questions, I thought I'd pass this along as I already had several people keen to check their e-mail this morning.
Please remember that whenever an Island Medical Program faculty member or student asks a question, whether in person, by phone, virtual ref, Ask Ref, etc., they may be eligible to use UBC library resources that we don't have. Instead of saying that we don't have access to a resource would you please forward their request to me so that I can ensure that they get access to the resource at ubc. Thanks so much!
Has anyone seen the Sibelius User Manual lately? I had a student asking for it this afternoon, but I can't seem to find it. It's usually just sitting beside the Sibelius terminal. If you find it, could you please let me know? Thanks!
If you are ever asked about acceptance/rejection rates for journals - ie. from the number of articles submitted to this journal, how many are accepted - I would highly recommend using the Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in... series. We have several in the collection and they provide excellent information about subject specific journals - all the contact information for submitting an article, what they require for submission, what kinds of articles are accepted and the important part - the acceptance rate for articles submitted to this journal. Presumably, the lower the acceptance rate, the more prestigious it might be for you to have an article accepted for publication.
Hi All,
I've added a resource list for the English 387 assignment in the binder. Please be aware that for this assignment the students will be looking at the Wellesley Index to find articles on their topics and then looking at journals in the 1800s to find some articles. There are several journal titles listed in the resource list as well. Some of them are also indexed in Periodicals Index.
If you have any questions about the assignment please let me know.
Hi All,
Just wanted to let you know that I've made a new guide for Business on using Mergent Online to find company and industry information. Katy is using it for her Geog 211 class. The guide is linked under: Research a Topic --> How to Guides --> Find Company/Industry Information - Mergent Online
Cheers
Inba
There are two map library questions on this "treasure hunt". Although both can be answered through online sources, the point is to bring students into the map library (and encourage them to explore), so the paper indexes in the map collection are preferred. Here are the details:
Question 1. Finding the roll number and frame/photo number for recent airphoto of UVic
- they can look this up using the 1997 paper airphoto flight/index maps (in the top drawer of the 92B section in the map case kittycorner from the airphoto cabinets). There are a few 1997 index maps, but only one actually shows UVic. When showing students how to read a flight map, I point out that the red and green lines on them are to show which photos we hold in the map library--green is a color print, red is black & white.
The answer is roll no. BCB97003, frame/photo no. 85. The roll number can also be written as 15BCB97003. They may also find a color photo, BCC97001; no. 75 might be the frame no., but more guesswork is involved because the flight/index map doesn't actually show the university.
Question 2. Finding index number for a topographic map of Victoria
- index map for B.C., for the NTS (Canada topographic) series is on the map case above G3400 s50 no. 86D/1. The small laminated index maps taped to the tops of adjacent map cabinets all have instructions on looking up an NTS map number. The "final answer" is 92B/6.
The StatsCan Daily is used by many professors and librarians as an alert about new Stats Can publications, publications usually in electronic form, namely pdf files. There are multiple access points for the Daily, including Estat from the Statistics database subject page at http://gateway.uvic.ca/cgi-bin/WebObjects/databasespages.woa. There is also a record for the Daily in the library catalog.
One slight problem with using the Daily is that some of the pdf links will show as "free" and others will show as requiring payment. However, everything is free to UVIC users through either our depository agreement or our data agreement.
The question then is - how do you find a "free" pdf link rather than a "paid" pdf link? There are two answers: first, check the library catalog first, by title (e.g.electric lamps lightbulbs and tubes) for a record with a web link; second, check the "Index of downloadable Statistics Canada publications" at http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/Collection/Statcan/index-e.html . Everything listed in that index is free to depository libraries. The index is also as up to date as the Daily, whereas our catalog takes bit longer to have
titles added. Incidentally, StatsCan titles and links are also listed
in the general Government of Canada Publications Catalog at http://publications.gc.ca/control/publicHomePage?lang=English
I'll aks Lisa to add to the Statistics page a link to the "Index of downloadable Statistics Canada Publications"
Please Note:
We have had some users say they get a blank screen (see solution below) when trying to access the Sage Journals from CSA from home or elsewhere on campus (outside of the library). The solution does work. This is a known problem with CSA and the message below is taken from their FAQ page for technical difficulties. They are working to correct this but in the meantime please refer people to their help screen or look at the solutions below. I tried this from home and the blank screen solution does work.
Thanks,
Lisa
It has been brought to our attention that some of our users are experiencing some difficulties when attempting to open PDF's. The reason for this is either the plug-in that is installed for opening PDF's within the browser is malfunctioning or you have installed a Symantec product like Norton Personal Firewall (NPF) or Norton Internet Security (NIS). There is also a setting in Adobe Reader that can affect performance during the download process.
for this is either the plug-in that is installed for opening PDF's within the browser is malfunctioning or you have installed a Symantec product like Norton Personal Firewall (NPF) or Norton Internet Security (NIS). There is also a setting in Adobe Reader that can affect performance during the download process.
Below are possible symptoms with steps that you can take to work around any problems that you may encounter:
Firefox / Netscape
Symptom: During the PDF download you get an error message suggesting that it could not open the PDF and that it was not a supported file type or that the file is damaged. To determine if this is related to NPF or NIS:
Option 1:
Close your browsers
Open Adobe Reader
Go to the 'Edit' menu and select 'Preferences'
In the left column select 'Internet'
Uncheck 'Display PDF in browser'
Click OK
Next time you attempt to open the PDF choose to save the file to your computer Right click on the file after you have downloaded it and view the 'properties'
The file size will be 0 bites
Disable NIS or NPF and the file will download correctly
Option 2:
Close Firefox or Netscape
Open the PDF with Internet Explorer
Symptom: When landing on the CSA Illumina screen that reads "please wait while we contact the vendor" the browser hangs and the PDF does not open. This is due to the plug-in that is trying to open the PDF within the browser.
Steps:
Close your browsers
Open Adobe Reader
Go to the 'Edit' menu and select 'Preferences'
In the left column select 'Internet'
Uncheck 'Display PDF in browser'
Click OK and try again
Internet Explorer
Symptom: When attempting to open a PDF the browser becomes a blank white screen. At this point the browser hangs and the PDF does not open. This is due to the plug-in that is trying to open the PDF within the browser.
Steps: Close your browsers
Open Adobe Reader
Go to the 'Edit' menu and select 'Preferences'
In the left column select 'Internet'
Uncheck 'Display PDF in browser'
Click OK and try again
Symptom: The PDF download appears to be working, but very slowly. This is typically due to Adobe attempting to update itself on the fly.
Steps:
You can wait for the update and install to complete, or Close your browsers Open Adobe Reader Go to the 'Edit' menu and select 'Preferences'
In the left column select 'Updates'
Check "Do not automatically check for critical updates"
Click OK and try again.
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***Please note that there is no problem with the data in the actual PDF's.
This problem is either plug-in related or interoperability issues with firewall / anti-virus software. We are working directly with Symantec to determine if there is a way to remedy the problem rather than working around it. Another technical notice will be sent pending that investigation.
As with the November session, a summary of our case-based collaborative session is in this Word document. An outline of what we discussed is below:
1. back issues of The Lancet index
2. looking for Acts from the 1800's
3. reference books for detailed taxonomies
4. list of all the Royal Commissions
5. old articles in Vogue magazine
6. information on a private Canadian company
7. Miscellaneous points: ERIC on CSA, journals in SpringerLink collection, new Ref Desk PC's
If you're ever stumped on a Maps question when I'm not here-- there are now three people to call on at the Loan Desk who have extensive Maps training and experience: Barb, Tues-Sat, David, Sun-Thurs, and, most recently, Yolande, Mon-Thurs eves. Most of the other regular Loan Desk staff have had a Maps orientation, so they may be able to help, as well.
The Maps homepage is http://gateway.uvic.ca/dept/map/map.html, and I will be working on the Map Research Guide soon. --Lori
Thanks to everyone who participated in the peer training session this week and contributed questions & strategies for solutions. We will be doing another session like this on December 6, so keep collecting those questions!
Detailed summaries of the discussions are in this Word document. The questions discussed were:
1. New York Times Theater Review – need a review from the 1950’s
2. map of Alsace-Lorraine from the 1800’s that would give names of rural towns
3. city/street map of Hiroshima before the bomb and something that would talk about city planning done afterwards
4. ecological footprint (e.g. tungsten halogen lightbulbs)
5. statistics – can we get income levels for people who live on a particular street?
6. number of software engineers in Canada
7. how can you get the Canadian Community Health Survey?
8. general statistics comments
9. protein concentration in horse’s blood (normal levels)
10. what are the resources to use for research in Classics?
11. representation of children in art in the Yuan Dynasty (wants articles about art, not images)
12. book review for French literature (book was Putain by Nelly Arcan, originally published in French and then translated into English)
13. Tourism in Bali, eco-tourism questions
If you haven't encountered any yet, you likely will soon... The BIOL 190 students need to find information on the cell membrane permeability of beets. Try searching in BIOSIS Previews, Web of Science, and maybe the Biological & Agricultural Index. Some keywords to try are cell membrane, membrane permeability, beet or beets, beta vulgaris, beetroot (or beet root). I think there was a bit about the effects of temperature thrown in there too - try using temperature or heat for that. Thanks!
Hi Everyone,
This is a good time to send out this reminder about accessing Lexis Nexis in the library.
We have one dedicated terminal for lexis nexis in the library - that is, it will always be available even when all other workstation is occupied.
It is Station #6 - behind the Reference desk.
Lexis is also available on the IC commons machines. Only five people can access the database simultaneously.
If there is a problem connection to the databases at station #6 - the first thing you should try is reboot the machine. Next step is ask Carolle to check whether anything has changed in the installation.
If you need to know how to use the lexis databse...come see me and I'll give you a quick tour!
Cheers
Inba
Hi -
We had a student in today (saturday) who wanted to work in Japanese - the IC assistant sent her to Clerihue, saying that we aren't equipped for that. She said that one could display Japanese here, but not type it.
Is this true? I thought I remembered this being discussed before, but am not sure what came of it.
thanks.
How do you count these questions - directional? reference? you don't count them? Katy raised this issue, and seems to me (& Katy) that these questions could be ignored. To my mind, they do not "facilitate the logistical use of the library" in the same way as a floor map... lending pens & pencils or letting someone use the stapler is not specific to the library, it's just a convenient service that we can provide. Any other thoughts/perspectives?
In a similar vein, and to make sure that we all start the new term with the same counting methods, how are people counting the "how do I print?" -type questions? I've been putting them in as directional...
Hello all
About 40 Psyc 201 students have an assignment due in about 10 days. This assignment requires them to find four journal articles on the relationship between intrusion and territoriality in the context of a parking lot. They need to use PsycInfo to find these articles. I have put a copy of the assignment in the binder at the Reference Desk.
On Friday I had a patron looking for a missing year of microfilm in the microfilm collection - I checked all around Microforms and finally came to the conclusion it must be on ILL. I checked with Access Services and they keep no record of microfilm material that is out on ILL.
I checked with ILL this morning and the rolls of film are indeed out on ILL. In fact all non-barcoded items out on ILL, which includes microfilm, ERIC microfiche etc. , are only recorded as being out in the ILL office. Access Services used to be notified that material was out with a Email, but it became too cumbersome.
So missing material in Microforms might be out on ILL but currently the only place to check is with the ILL office.
Today on askRef I had two students with the same question: does the library lend out AV equipment (in this case, for digital recording).
This is what I was able to find out in a very short time span:
The good news: yes (if faculty sign off on it, because they'll charge the department) the Uvic AV department has that kind of equipment. At SFU it's the Learning and Instructional Development Centre that takes care of all the AV stuff on campus (communications students get their AV needs served here too).
The bad news: the equipment on offer isn't the most up to date, super digital, broadcast quality kind of stuff that the students wanted. SFU has a Sonic Lab for communications students, but everyone else gets to use cassette recorders!
If anyone has more info, please post it - this question seems to be coming up more and more. Malaspina has that great web design lab/help centre - something like that could be a great (albeit expensive) addition to our Info Commons.
Several of you had asked if this default in PsycINFO and CINAHL could be unchecked. Thanks to Danielle this has now been done.
Hi Everyone,
I placed a copy of the assignment for one of the English 145 classes at the Reference Desk. The assignment required students to be looking at 2 particular novels: Frankenstein and The Wars.
I did a class for them this morning showing them the MLA bibliography, ABELL, PCI, CPIQ and CBCA.
If you have any questions about the assignment let me know.
Cheers
Inba
A student is looking for a map of B.C. with Borden units, an archaeological grid system-- specifically, she wants to show the Comox-Qualicum area. Apparently, another student had received such a map a couple of weeks ago from a female reference librarian. The last time I had a similar question was a couple of years ago, so it wasn't from me.
I was able to get a digital file to be used with ArcGIS but the govt. contact didn't know of any printed maps. Whoever found this-- please tell me! Thanks! --Lori
I have put copies of my Hansard handout in the ref desk binder, and given each reference librarian a copy to look at - 50 Poli 379 students should be much less panicky about their primary sources now, feel free to refer them to me if you can't help them, and volume 343 of the Great Britain. Parliamentary Debates. is still missing. That's the one with the so-called 'famous' speech by Churchill that we can't find in any other source, that the students were supposed to read and understand by last week. The instructor is aware of the whole situation and tells me that the students no longer need to read it to do the assignment.
Hansard tricks - first it was only officially called the Hansard until 1909, so search for 'parliamentary debates' and you'll find it in the catalogue.
Next, the pages aren't numbered, the columns are.
Make sure the student is using the right book - 99% of the time, they want the House of Commons, not the House of Lords, which is a separate series after 1909(?).
If the citation doesn't lead you to the bit you need, use the index (either at the end of the book or the master index at the end of each session - every 5 books or so-) to locate the speaker or topic (it's indexed on both), and it may also help to use the list of members in the front of the books to ensure that you have the right name and title or name/title combination. It's indexed with the person's name but often will be referenced by someone's title - "the Earl of Bebbington said this... etc." So knowing the title-guy's real name is vital.
Any other issues, let me know - it's great that Poli students are working with primary sources, but it's the first time for many of them, and they are quite anxious about it.
Thanks!
There will likely be an increase of first year biology students at the desk these next few weeks. Kristin and I are doing library sessions for them this week, but I expect a lot of them will make their way to the desk. I have put a copy of the assignment and topics in the assignments binder at the ref desk. The topic is not as well defined as last term (recall the membrane permeability of beets...). Here are a list of databases that may be useful: Biological Abstracts, Web of Science, Animal Behavior Abstracts, BioOne, Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts, and Zoological Record.
A few students have been coming to the desk asking if our computers have the Minitab software. They need to use Minitab for a statistics assignment, I think it is. Minitab is on:
I have had several questions recently about how to cite a "source within a source" ie if you are citing a work that you did not read. For example if Smith's work is cited in Brown's and you did not read Smith's.
The answer is found in the APA manual p. 247 Section 22.
Fron Simon's email:
Computing and Systems Services (CASS) would like all Libraries staff to
be aware of changes to the wireless network in McPherson. They have
sent the following information:
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There are now two wireless networks: UVicOpen (Guest) and UVicDefault
(Campus/Secure).
UVicDefault (Campus/Secure)
- The same wireless network that has been in use for the past several
months.
- Requires 802.1x authentication
- Secure
UVicOpen (Guest)
- This service has been available in the library since Friday, October
1st, 2004.
- Requires only a Javascript capable browser and pop-ups allowed from
publicaccess.uvic.ca
- Still requires netlink authentication
- NOT secure. Regular users of the wireless network should use the
UVicDefault network.
- Fallback for people that have network cards incompatible with AEGIS.
We don't anticipate any problems for current users. However, if users
are having trouble connecting to the wireless network, please encourage
them to visit http://web.uvic.ca/wireless. They are also welcome to
visit the UVic Computer Help Desk.
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Geog 101B class is doing its perennial Victoria land use assignment.
The "reserve" maps are in the map library, in the top drawer marked "Map Reserve" 101B, across from the entrance to the Reserve Room.
We have "reserve airphoto packets" containg photos from the 1920s or 40s through 1997 (about 6 years in each packet) which can be borrowed at the main Reserve/Loan Desk. Just ask for the "airphoto packet" for "Area A", "Area B", etc. 2 hour loan.
Looking for extra maps-- they can look under the call numbers for specific cities:
Victoria = G3514.54 V5...
Saanich = G3514.54 S2...
Oak Bay = G3514.54 O3...
I recently found out that all Physical Education Master's projects are NOT in the library, but rather are kept in the P.E. Resource Room in McKinnon 163. The hours of the resource room are: Monday 8:30 to 3:30; Tuesday and Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The resource room supervisor for this term is Carolyn Rudden crudden@uvic.ca
Master's theses and PhD dissertations are in McPherson.
Most other Education Master's projects are in the Curriculum Lab - 2nd floor gallery level and are best searched as keyword searches: project and master and a topic. For example, project and master and leadership
Students from Geography 329 need to identify the location of a census tract in Victoria. If the most recent profile book for Victoria is in use, there is a way to get to this map online via the StatsCan homepage, though the result is a bit hard to read. Start at the govt. pubs. page of the Gateway, click on E-Stat (or Statistics Canada), choose Search Census (or the blue Census button), then Reference Maps, then Large urban areas/Census tracts, then choose one of the two Victoria maps. This is the most direct online route I've found to get a map labelled by census tract. --Lori
Lynne asked me to let you know that she has placed the library quiz for History in Art 342A in the binder at the Reference Desk.
The correct answers are underlined in yellow.
Due Sept 27, 2004.
This tip comes from Bill
"The best way I know of to search for non music recordings such as audio
recordings for learning French or German is to use More Limits. Under
item type, one option is nonmusical recording. Select this and then do a
keyword search for French Language, German Language, etc."
I have placed the Psyc 201 assignment in the binder at the Reference Desk. There will be about 175 students doing this assignment. It will be due at their next lab during the week of Sept 20th.
1. In PsycInfo, remind students to use "Advanced Search" rather than "Basic Search"
2. Item 3B Second paragraph - Instead of clicking on "persistent links to searches"[which I think is not working properly], have them "Print Search History" instead.
3. They don't need to save their work to diskette. They can print the results instead.
This was communicated to them by Shara Campsall the lab TA for Psyc 201. Shara can be reached at sharacampsall@hotmail.com
The Psyc 201 labs for Wednesday Sept 15th are:
11:30-12:20 HSD A160
12:30-1:30 Library Classroom 130
Call me if you run into any problems.
Kathryn
It took awhile to find this service on campus so thought others would like to be reminded that the language laboratory on campus is called CALL (computer assisted language learning) facility. It is located in Clearihue B045 and is available for use by students enrolled in a language course at Uvic.
From Wendie
A reminder that we now have two workstations for persons with a
disability. One station, located near the Loan Desk, has a hand
crank to raise and lower the table. The second station, directly
across from the Reference Desk, is operated electronically by
pushing a button on the table top. This new station will assist
users who have difficulty using the hand crank mechanism.
I just found out that students looking for the HHB (Harry Hickman Building) should be directed to the CIT Building. They haven't changed their signage yet.
The Arcview GIS/ArcGIS workstation (in the Reference kiosks) is getting busy, so here's an update. Students log on using their Netlink ID, and there is a help sheet in the binder at the workstation, and in the third drawer of the Ref desk. There is also a log sheet in the Ref desk third drawer. Manuals, for use in library only, are kept on the shelves behind the door in the Maps office. Office keys are at the Ref desk and Loan desk. When I'm away, my back-ups are Barb and, during term, David, at the Loan desk. They can help the students log in, and retrieve the manuals. The ICAs can also assist if they have difficulty logging on. Please refer GIS questions to me, or suggest they consult among themselves for immediate help. The workstation is intended to be essentially self-serve.
Several times recently I have been asked for material on the TOEFL test. I know that the GVPL has alot of material on TOEFL. We have three items that come up in our catalogue - mostly unrelated. Does anyone think we should buy a couple of recent books on how to take the test? Please answer on the blog.
I have had calls from several Nursing 360 students asking for ways of looking for articles that provide a meta-analysis and/or meta-synthesis of a particular nursing topic. Here are a few tips:
CINAHL Use Publication Type "Systematic review" or Publication Type "Review article". They can also try searching with the subject heading "Qualitative studies" or just using the keyword qualitative.
PubMed Use the Limits feature to limit to "Meta-analysis" or "Review"
Students in a history of education class are having problems finding information about their topic. A couple of suggestions:
Annotated bibliography of education history in British Columbia - a search for this title in the OPAC will give you a web link. It's a great site from the Royal BC Museum and is organised by year and type of publication -- article, book, etc. It will at least give students a chance to look at titles and then see if we have any of them.
Another option is to recommend anything by Jean Barman - she's written extensively on the history of education in BC.
As well, the History of Education in BC web site out of Malaspina College is great. It's called the Homeroom and the URL is http://www.mala.bc.ca/homeroom/
As always, please direct any students to me if it becomes more 'interesting'
A student, Quinn Sievewright, will be in before Monday, June 14th to copy an article from the October 2003 issue of Harvard Business Review. This issue was just returned to Binding and has been retrieved from them for his use. The 2003 bound volumes are in the "pick up and messages" drawer with his name on it.
I have emailed Quinn to let him know to ask at the desk.
Once he has used the volumes, they need to be returned to Kathy Mercer in Binding.
This patron called asking about a book by Michael Hart called "Seeking Mino-pimatisiwin..." The status was: At Preservation Services and she wanted to know what that meant.
Kathy Mercer notified me that the book is at binding and will be back Tuesday, June 8th. The patron should put a recall on it to guarantee it is saved for her.
Problem is that when I called back, the number the patron gave me (or the number I took down!) was no longer in service.
This is in case she calls back.
There will be several Nursing 360 students looking for a 2004 article in the journal "Alcohol and Alcoholism". We have electronic access to this but only after 2 years. Their instructor will give them a citation to an additional article in "Canadian Medical Association Journal " which we have, both in print and online. Call Number: R15 C3 and online, CMAJ
I have just been informed that the article is as follows:
Pimlott,J.,Hux,J Wilson,L., Kahan,M., Li,C.,Rosser,W.(2003) Educating
physicians to reduce benzodiazepine use by elderly patients: a randomized
controlled trial. Canadian Medical Association Journal.168(7),835-839.
We now have 5 e-journals from Ovid - AACN Clinical Issues: Advanced Practice in Acute & Critical Care, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, and Nurse Practitioner.
After clicking Continue, there are two separate choices. Your Journals@Ovid allows you to search the 5 fulltext ejournals.
Journals@Ovid Full Text allows you to search the entire collection of more than 400 journals. Bibliographic citations are returned.
Do people think that Journals@Ovid Full Text should appear in the Databases A-Z list?
I'm looking for this book - call number Ref Z7201 H28 1971. I can't imagine anyone has this in their office but I thought I would ask anyway. I actually looked in three different places - in Ref on Main, in Ref in compact storage, and in regular Z's in compact storage. Any suggestions?
Lynne W. is looking for volumes 2-5 of this new reference set (Z1035 B5452
2003). Vol. 1 is on the new reference shelf. Have any of you seen the
other volumes?
Here's something I've always wondered about ... perhaps someone can provide an answer. Why does the call number disappear on the second level of the GODOT search; i.e., when students click on CHK for the UVic holdings in a DocDel search, they only see the ISSN but not the call number. I've had MANY students come to the desk saying they can't locate a journal and they have only the ISSN. When I ask where they got the info, invariably they've taken it from a "Where can I get this?" search (they've gone to the 2nd screen and lost the call #). Some other libraries have the call# at the deeper level as well ... does anyone know why UVic doesn't?
I had a question last night about the role of women in aquaculture or shrimp farming in Thailand. We checked many sources but were unsuccessful. After the patron had gone, I remembered about IBSS and found one citation below. If the patron comes back, please let him know about this.
DN: Database Name
IBSS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
TI: Title
Women's involvement in small-scale aquaculture in Northeast
Thailand
AU: Author
Kusakabe, Kyoko
SO: Source
Development in practice, vol. 13 no. 4, pp. 333-345, Aug 2003
AB: Abstract
In Northeast Thailand, women are heavily involved in small-scale
aquaculture. However, as aquaculture becomes more intensive, women
are in charge of less. Women's decision-making power in
aquaculture and in the household is stronger when women have
greater material resources and knowledge than their husbands; and
the case studies on which the article draws show that what is
important is not how much women have, but how much they have in
relation to their husbands. The case studies also illustrate that
women's gender roles and responsibilities, as well as the social
expectations placed upon them, limit what they will gain through
aquaculture. In intensive aquaculture in particular, women are
expected to invest all their resources in this activity in order
to sustain the family enterprise.; Reprinted by permission of
Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Ltd.