Mathematics and Physics: Finding Information

•  Topic search? Start with Encyclopaedia Britannica, credo reference, dictionaries that provide background information and key terms enabling more efficient research
• Looking for journal articles?   search Maths Databases,  Google scholar ..... to get current up-to-date information. Listen to this (Video),
• List of books: search library catalogue, browse through ebooks platforms, (i.e Books24x7) Google books.
• Are you looking for print journal titles?: use the library catalogue or search the CPUT Portal (gateway) to all maths information resources. 
• Where are the online journal titles? search Full-text finder  (search by typing the name of the journal)

PLEASE NOTE: Information literacy modules listed below are designed to enable students to recognize the value of information and use it to make informed choices in their personal, professional and academic lives. The information literacy course is aimed at empowering students to:

• effectively access,
• evaluate,
• organize,
• synthesize and apply information from a variety of sources and formats in a variety of contexts

1. Searching strategy or topic analysis, watch this video! 

5. Bibliographic referencing and in-text (See also CPUT Harvard Referencing Guide)

The above modules are available via Information Literacy Student Resource link

Veliswa Tshetsha, Faculty Librarian: Applied Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology Bellville, 7535, + 27 21 959 6948; http://www.cput.ac.za/library