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Science - First Year Students Library Support: Language for Science

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Search the Library Catalogue for Print Books & more

 

Breaking Knowledge Boundaries

Search UJoogle for Journal Articles & more

Assignment Video

Language for Science: Library Training evaluation - Please complete!

Recommended Articles for the Assignment (Cancer Therapies and AI)

Steps in Online Searching

To write your Lab Report/Assignment, you need to find useful and relevant information. 

Google is NOT THE ONLY place to search

The UJ Library provides support, resources, and solutions to your research problem

Developing an effective search is an important part of this process.

You need to think of the various Steps in Online Searching – from places to search to resources to find, to writing & referencing

Step 1: Think about your research topic.

"Personalized Cancer therapies driven by AI" talk by Emma Christine Jappe

Step 2: Identify the main keywords and concepts

Example keywords: Cancer therapy; AI; neo-epitone; etc. 

Step 3: Locate and Access Resources

Science LibGuides resources can provide sufficient access to Library resources for your topics 

Step 4: Search for: 

  - Print & Online Books  

  - Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

  - Journal articles (Databases)

  - Newspapers

Step 5: Make use of Searching Techniques- Boolean Techniques (AND, OR, NOT) when conducting a search

Step 6: Write your report. Ensure that you acknowledge your Resources (Cite & Reference)