1. Postgraduate Course Feedback
Essential library skills
and
Finding reliable online
information
Induction, October 2013
MSc Applied Public Health
MSc Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Management

2. Today we are going to look at …
1) Essential Library Skills
Using the Library pages on MyUniHub:
• The Library Catalogue
• Summon
• Your Library Subject Guide
• Your online reading lists

3. Today we are going to look at …
2) Finding reliable online information
• Barbour
• World Health Organization website
• Public Health England:
Data and Knowledge Gateway
• Google Scholar

4. Using the Library pages on
MyUniHub
Log in to MyUniHub
My Study
My Library

5. Library Catalogue
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6. Library Catalogue
How to search:
• Keyword search
• A-Z search
Try to find these items on the Library Catalogue ....
1. Boyle, T. (2010) Health and safety: risk management.
Loughborough, IOSH
2. Pomerleau, J., McKee, M. (2005) Issues in public health.
The Open University
3. Journal: Safety Science

7. Library Catalogue – e-books and
e-journals
• E-books and e-journals are also found on the
Library Catalogue.
• You will see the words ‘[electronic resource]’ after
the title.
• Click on the blue link to download or read the book
or journal online (You must be logged into
myUniHub!)

8. Library Catalogue – reserving
books

9. Library Catalogue – reserving
books
Student number
Date of birth DDMMYY

10. Library Catalogue – renewing
books

11. Summon

12. Library Subject Guide

13. Online reading lists

14. Barbour

15. WHO website

16. WHO website
Find some information about:
1) HIV and immunisation
2) Data about cholera in Ghana
3) Data on road traffic deaths by country

17. WHO regional websites
On the Western Pacific region website:
• Find the journal called Western Pacific Surveillance and
Response
• Find Volume 3, Issue 3 and download one of the articles
On the Americas region website:
• Find a program called Health research promotion and
development
• Find out what the Objectives are of this program.

18. Public Health England:
Data and Knowledge Gateway

19. Public Health England:
Data and Knowledge Gateway
Find an interesting, recent statistic about:
1)Adult obesity
2)Skin cancer
3)Infant mortality
4)Tobacco use
Be prepared to tell us where you found it.

20. Google Scholar
• Go to Settings > Library links
• Search for Middlesex University, select it then Save