Shortcuts for literature searching Dan Sich Research & Instructional Librarian Oct 23, 2009

About you Department? Mac or PC? Browser of choice? How do you find papers? GeoRef, GeoBase, SciFinder, BIOSIS, arXiv, ADS, Inspec, other databases? Other tools? (e.g., Papers, RSS feeds?)

Department?

Mac or PC?

Browser of choice?

How do you find papers?

GeoRef, GeoBase, SciFinder, BIOSIS, arXiv, ADS, Inspec, other databases?

Other tools? (e.g., Papers, RSS feeds?)

Topics Alerts: Citation alerts in Web of Science, Scopus Journal volume/issue alerts Access: Google Scholar preferences Get it @ Western, Interlibrary Loan EZ Proxy bookmarklet, LibX eBooks, book order requests

Alerts:

Citation alerts in Web of Science, Scopus

Journal volume/issue alerts

Access:

Google Scholar preferences

Get it @ Western, Interlibrary Loan

EZ Proxy bookmarklet, LibX

eBooks, book order requests

Web of Science, citation alerts Who is citing you? Find article(s) Create Citation Alert Email or RSS feed Note: must do once for each paper

Who is citing you?

Find article(s)

Create Citation Alert

Email or RSS feed

Note: must do once for each paper

Scopus, citation alerts Who is citing you? Author/Affiliation search Click Details next to author name Cited By: E-mail alert Note: must do once for each spelling of author name

Who is citing you?

Author/Affiliation search

Click Details next to author name

Cited By: E-mail alert

Note: must do once for each spelling of author name

Journal table of contents alerts Elsevier journals (e.g., Icarus) Go to publisher’s website Register for account Volume/issue alert (or RSS feed) Alerts sent as volumes/issues published

Elsevier journals (e.g., Icarus)

Go to publisher’s website

Register for account

Volume/issue alert (or RSS feed)

Alerts sent as volumes/issues published

Google Scholar preferences add Library Links for University of Western Ontario Get it @ Western links appear Google Scholar also gives some, but not all, citation information

add Library Links for University of Western Ontario

Get it @ Western links appear

Google Scholar also gives some, but not all, citation information

Get it @ Western Is Full Text available? Check Holdings (ISSN search) Search catalogue (by Journal Title or by Keyword for conference proceedings) Is full text free on the web? Interlibrary Loan

Is Full Text available?

Check Holdings (ISSN search)

Search catalogue (by Journal Title or by Keyword for conference proceedings)

Is full text free on the web?

Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan (RACER) journal issue not in library catalogue? free photocopies of articles, yours to keep averages 4-10 business days Need to create a RACER account Three ways to create request: Link from Get it @ Western (quickest) Search RACER by “journal title” Use Blank Request Form (slowest)

journal issue not in library catalogue?

free photocopies of articles, yours to keep

averages 4-10 business days

Need to create a RACER account

Three ways to create request:

Link from Get it @ Western (quickest)

Search RACER by “journal title”

Use Blank Request Form (slowest)

Off-Campus Access for databases, online journals, eBooks EZ Proxy bookmarklet LibX

for databases, online journals, eBooks

EZ Proxy bookmarklet

LibX

LibX browser add-on for Firefox or Internet Explorer right-click proxy re-load search box, right-click search functionality drag-and-drop to ‘Scholar’ embedded Get it @ Western cues doesn’t play nice with mail.uwo.ca

browser add-on

for Firefox or Internet Explorer

right-click proxy re-load

search box, right-click search functionality

drag-and-drop to ‘Scholar’

embedded Get it @ Western cues

doesn’t play nice with mail.uwo.ca

Books in library catalogue: eBooks search Interlibrary Loan in library catalogue: Recommend a Purchase

in library catalogue: eBooks search

Interlibrary Loan

in library catalogue: Recommend a Purchase

Review Citation Alerts: Web of Science & Scopus Volume/issue alerts for journals Get it @ Western, Interlibrary Loan Off-Campus Access, LibX eBooks, book order requests library page for Planetary Science

Citation Alerts: Web of Science & Scopus

Volume/issue alerts for journals

Get it @ Western, Interlibrary Loan

Off-Campus Access, LibX

eBooks, book order requests

library page for Planetary Science

Questions? Dan Sich email: dsich2@uwo.ca phone: x80962

Dan Sich

email: dsich2@uwo.ca

phone: x80962