{"id":128,"date":"2010-08-19T12:39:35","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T11:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinsta.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/using-the-library\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T14:23:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T18:23:16","slug":"using-the-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kinsta.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/research-help\/using-the-library\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div class=\"container-fluid p-0\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h2>How to Use the Library<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: rgb(52, 103, 52);\"><a name=\"KeyDefinitions\"><\/a>Understanding Basics with some Key Definitions<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span><strong>Database:<\/strong><\/span> an organized collection of records whose data can be searched to retrieve a record(s) e.g.&nbsp;OPAC (On-line Public Access Catalogue) is a database of the holdings \u2013 books, journals, multimedia etc. of the Cave Hill Campus libraries.&nbsp; <strong>Psychinfo<\/strong> is a database of articles published in the field of psychology.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhen you retrieve a record in the library\u2019s OPAC you will be pointed to where <strong>to find that item on the shelf.<\/strong> When you retrieve a record in an article database like Psychinfo, 90% of the time you will have access to the <strong>full text of the article <\/strong>associated with that record.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Specialised Search Engine<\/strong><span><strong>: <\/strong><\/span>Unlike your general purpose search engines like Yahoo, Google, these search engines tend to generally focus on the scholarly literature in a specialized field of study. <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/\"><strong>Google Scholar<\/strong><\/a> is an example of a multidisciplinary search engine.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><strong>Meta Search Engine: <\/strong><\/span>a search engine which executes your search query across several search engines at the same time eg Primo Central, a meta search engine available in UWILinC.<\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<p><strong><span>Need help identifying a topic to research?<\/span><\/strong><span>&nbsp; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kinsta.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/research-help\/using-the-library\/how-to-use-the-library\/\">Click here for some suggestions! \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Useful Research Resources<\/strong><\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinecolleges.net\/for-students\/online-academic-research\/\">Online academic research<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kinsta.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/docs\/UWIlinC_SignIn_Help.pdf\">UWIlinC signin help<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Use the Library Understanding Basics with some Key Definitions Database: an organized collection of records whose data can be searched to retrieve a record(s) e.g.&nbsp;OPAC (On-line Public Access Catalogue) is a database of the holdings \u2013 books, journals, multimedia etc. of the Cave Hill Campus libraries.&nbsp; Psychinfo is a database of articles published [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":273,"featured_media":0,"parent":4,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/research-support-side-menu.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"How to use the Library - Sidney Martin Library - The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill","description":"How to Use the Library Understanding Basics with some Key Definitions Database: an organized collection of records whose data can be searched to retrieve a reco"},"iawp_total_views":35,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-128","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kinsta.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kinsta.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kinsta.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kinsta.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kinsta.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kinsta.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2088,"href":"https:\/\/kinsta.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions\/2088"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kinsta.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kinsta.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}