Geology/Geophysics 9560: The Library Lecture/Workshop Dan Sich Earth Sciences, Physics & Astronomy Librarian Sept 16 th , 2008

I want you to be able to… find books using Library Catalogue find articles using databases find articles that cite particular articles build a list of references, bibliography get article full text, print/paper copies

find books using Library Catalogue

find articles using databases

find articles that cite particular articles

build a list of references, bibliography

get article full text, print/paper copies

schedule RefWorks account set-up overview: type of sources library catalogue (find books) GeoRef (find articles) Web of Science (citation database) get article full text exporting citations to RefWorks RefWorks (creating a bibliography) Questions & feedback

RefWorks account set-up

overview: type of sources

library catalogue (find books)

GeoRef (find articles)

Web of Science (citation database)

get article full text

exporting citations to RefWorks

RefWorks (creating a bibliography)

Questions & feedback

Register for RefWorks You’ll use your RefWorks account later in the session

You’ll use your RefWorks account later in the session

@uwo.ca email address works best

This diagram has been adapted from Evolution of Scientific Information . [From Allan Kent and Harold Lancour, eds., Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (New York, 1979), s.v. ”Scientific Literature,” by K. Subramanyam, 394]. Available at http://library.wooster.edu/sciref/Tutor/EvSciInfo/evsciinfo.php (retrieved Sept 3, 2008). Thanks to Timken Science Library, College of Wooster.

Books are good for finding… introductions to topic reliable information lists of references numerical data

introductions to topic

reliable information

lists of references

numerical data

Library Catalogue Where the books are, along with… everything the library owns, including… journals (not journal articles), conferences Search by keyword, author, publisher, etc. E.g., United States Geological Society, Geological Society of America

Where the books are, along with…

everything the library owns, including…

journals (not journal articles), conferences

Search by keyword, author, publisher, etc.

E.g., United States Geological Society, Geological Society of America

Your turn 2-3 minutes Find books on your topic in the library catalogue Ask us questions & help each other

2-3 minutes

Find books on your topic in the library catalogue

Ask us questions & help each other

Journal Articles & Databases Scholarly/peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings articles, review articles GeoRef (geology) Web of Science (citation searching) SciFinder Scholar (chemistry)

Scholarly/peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings articles, review articles

GeoRef (geology)

Web of Science (citation searching)

SciFinder Scholar (chemistry)

Peer-review process author writes paper, sends to publisher publisher sends to referees (experts) referees send feedback to publisher publisher decides to publish or not paper is published journal is distributed

author writes paper, sends to publisher

publisher sends to referees (experts)

referees send feedback to publisher

publisher decides to publish or not

paper is published

journal is distributed

Scholarly vs. popular pubs availability audience aesthetics authors topics length language advertizing Sources, credits

availability

audience

aesthetics

authors

topics

length

language

advertizing

Sources, credits

Search tips identify key words & concepts, synonyms use AND, OR, NOT, * E.g., mineral* AND (mars OR martian) AND soil* mineral* = mineralogy, mineral, minerals, mineralogy… limit by date, language, document type(s) use Descriptors to refine your search

identify key words & concepts, synonyms

use AND, OR, NOT, *

E.g., mineral* AND (mars OR martian) AND soil*

mineral* = mineralogy, mineral, minerals, mineralogy…

limit by date, language, document type(s)

use Descriptors to refine your search

Interlibrary Loan (RACER) For articles (photocopies) and books (loans) that UWO doesn’t have $5 per article Takes 4-10 business days (on average) Standards and theses are difficult to obtain through ILL

For articles (photocopies) and books (loans) that UWO doesn’t have

$5 per article

Takes 4-10 business days (on average)

Standards and theses are difficult to obtain through ILL

Your turn 10 minutes Find articles using GeoRef Find article fulltext using Get it @ Western Export article citations to RefWorks (instructions are linked from the Geology/Geophysics 9560 page) Ask questions & help each other

10 minutes

Find articles using GeoRef

Find article fulltext using Get it @ Western

Export article citations to RefWorks (instructions are linked from the Geology/Geophysics 9560 page)

Ask questions & help each other

Publication date? Brand new articles = usually not yet cited Read abstracts Refine Results Get it @ Western

Publication date?

Brand new articles = usually not yet cited

Read abstracts

Refine Results

Get it @ Western

Times cited? The older the article, the longer it’s been around to be read & cited by others Which are the most highly cited articles? Create Citation Report

Times cited?

The older the article, the longer it’s been around to be read & cited by others

Which are the most highly cited articles?

Create Citation Report

What are the most highly cited articles on this specific topic?

What are the most highly cited articles on this specific topic?

See who has cited this article (Times Cited) See who this article has cited (References)

See who has cited this article (Times Cited)

See who this article has cited (References)

List of articles that have cited this article (and that have been indexed by Web of Science)

List of articles that have cited this article (and that have been indexed by Web of Science)

Your turn 10 minutes Search Web of Science View Cited References Find highly cited, ‘classic’ articles Find new articles (latest research) Find relevant articles (any date) Get article full text Export citations to RefWorks (instructions are linked from the Geology/Geophysics 9560 page) Ask questions & help each other

10 minutes

Search Web of Science

View Cited References

Find highly cited, ‘classic’ articles

Find new articles (latest research)

Find relevant articles (any date)

Get article full text

Export citations to RefWorks (instructions are linked from the Geology/Geophysics 9560 page)

Ask questions & help each other

Other Databases SciFinder Scholar (chemistry) Compendex (engineering) GeoBase Scopus (another citation index) Find all of these under “Databases by Title”

SciFinder Scholar (chemistry)

Compendex (engineering)

GeoBase

Scopus (another citation index)

Find all of these under “Databases by Title”

RefWorks Web app for citation management automatically formats notes, bibliographies works with many of our databases (not just GeoRef & Web of Science) Database-specific export & import instructions are linked from my Geology/Geophysics 9560 page Use the Write-N-Cite plugin for Word; it’s linked under “Tools” in RefWorks

Web app for citation management

automatically formats notes, bibliographies

works with many of our databases (not just GeoRef & Web of Science)

Database-specific export & import instructions are linked from my Geology/Geophysics 9560 page

Use the Write-N-Cite plugin for Word; it’s linked under “Tools” in RefWorks

We want to make a Bibliography

We want to make a Bibliography

We need to add a more appropriate style to our list of Favorites E.g., American Geophysical Union, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, etc.

We need to add a more appropriate style to our list of Favorites

E.g., American Geophysical Union, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, etc.

Choose the appropriate Output Style(s) from the list of the left, and Add to Favorites

Choose the appropriate Output Style(s) from the list of the left, and Add to Favorites

Select Output Style from drop-down Select References to Include (e.g., Last Imported folder or other folder, All References, etc.) Create Bibliography

Select Output Style from drop-down

Select References to Include (e.g., Last Imported folder or other folder, All References, etc.)

Create Bibliography

No need to worry about formatting (commas, spaces, italics, etc.) … but you should double-check for errors in the data

No need to worry about formatting (commas, spaces, italics, etc.)

… but you should double-check for errors in the data

Your turn 5 minutes Create a bibliography using RefWorks What citation style did you use? Ask questions & help each other

5 minutes

Create a bibliography using RefWorks

What citation style did you use?

Ask questions & help each other

Questions & feedback On a piece of paper, briefly describe the one thing that you’re still confused about It doesn’t have to be something I covered in the session

On a piece of paper, briefly describe the one thing that you’re still confused about

It doesn’t have to be something I covered in the session

contact info Dan Sich, Earth Sciences Librarian phone: 519.661.2111 ext. 80962 eMail/MSN: [email_address] Subject: Geology/Geophysics 9560 question Skype: dansich

Dan Sich, Earth Sciences Librarian

phone: 519.661.2111 ext. 80962

eMail/MSN: [email_address]

Subject: Geology/Geophysics 9560 question

Skype: dansich