SBE Research group 2009 course leader: Gina Netto

SBE MSc (course leader: Gina Netto). 10 Feb 2009 10.15 am – 11.30 am Roddy MacLeod Senior Subject Librarian [email_address] Ext 3576 http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/libram/SBEresearch2009.ppt

Typical topics

Conservation of historic buildings

Housing allocation systems

Housing needs in tsunami struck Indonesia

Outline

Basics

Library guide

Library Website

Library services

Catalogue

eBooks

Journals (print and ejournals)

Other Libraries

Databases

Athens Authentication

Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Inter Library Loans

How To Find Out guide

Internet Resources Newsletter / library blog (spineless?)

Session Objectives

Understand how to use the Library’s website to find information

Understand some principles of literature searching

Know which tools to use to find information

Know how to locate copies of documents and resources

Know where to go for advice

How to find…

Books and eBooks

Journals

Articles

Websites

Conference papers

Technical reports

Government publications

Statistics

Theses and dissertations

Professional societies

Reference materials

etc

Why?

It can take time and effort to find the right information.

With both digital resources and print and multimedia, the knowledge environment is quite complicated.

There’s more to finding online information than searching Google.

There are many sources of information

Physical library Social science print journals, abstracts & indexes, Language dictionaries, silent study area LEVEL 1 Entry, Service Desk, Enquiry Desk, Quick Reference material, photocopiers, library catalogue terminals, discussion zone, cafe LEVEL 2 Books - all subjects, Library catalogue, study rooms, silent study area LEVEL 3 Science and engineering print journals, abstracts and indexes, computer area, wireless zone, helpdesk, Study rooms (group & individual), discussion zone LEVEL 4

Starting points

Library guide

Library Website http:// www.hw.ac.uk /library/

How to find out in the Built Environment

Whether you’re looking for information for a project or dissertation, or just some facts, figures or addresses, this guide should point you in the right direction

Links to resources available in, and from, Heriot-Watt Library

Web version is regularly updated.

http:// www.hw.ac.uk/library/howtobuilding.html

Journals Journals Journals Journals Journals Print-only journals available in HW Library Print and e-journals available in/from HW Library E-journals available from HW Library Journals not available in/from HW Library. Can obtain articles via Inter Library Loans or try another Library 100 c1,000 5,000 + 120,000+

Database coverage examples Zetoc CSA Illumina CBA Centre of Business Information for the Property Industry ------- Journals ------- DATABASES 20,000 journals 200 journals

Databases

Crude Search for: Conservation historical buildings

Google Scholar 125,000 items

Articles, books, conference papers, citations, related articles – some links to full text

CSA Illumina (technology section) 2 items

Articles, scholars, websites, conferences, books, reports - some links to full text

Zetoc 0 items

Articles, conference paper – no links to full text

ScienceDirect 13060 items

Articles – many available in full text but not all

Web of Knowledge 113 items

Articles, conference papers - some links to full text

Ei Village 413 items

Articles, conference papers, reports, dissertations - some links to full text

TechXtra 947 items

Articles, books, jobs, websites – some links to full text

MetaPress 6946 items

Articles - some links to full text

ICONDA 506 items

Articles, reports, books – some links to full text

Construction & Building Abstracts 2 items

Articles – some links to full text

Centre of business information 5 items

Articles, reports, online documents – some links to full text

Database Scope & Coverage

Databases are produced by various publishers

Every database has a different subject coverage

Every database indexes different numbers of journals and sometimes other types of publications

Some are multidisciplinary resources eg

Google Scholar

Zetoc

CSA Illumina

Some specialise in one subject area e.g.

ICONDA, CBA, Centre of Business Information for the Property Industry (RICS Library Direct)

Search terms and techniques

CSA Illumina – large multidisciplinary database

Conservation of historical buildings [tech] 5

Conservation and historical and buildings [tech] 350

Conserv* and historic* and building* [tech] 1115

Conserv* and historic* and building* [soc sci] 476

ScienceDirect – large multidisciplinary database

Conservat* and historic* and building* [in title] 4

Rehabilitat* and historic* and building* [in title] 2

Conservat* and old and building* [in title] 1

MetaPress – covers all subjects

Subsidised housing 397

Subsidi z ed housing 1392

Social housing 536

MetaPress

Search options Full text availability

Engineering Village 2 – large subject database

Structural engineering 633554

Structural engineering [in title] 3323

Structural engineering [in title, articles] 1946

Structural engineering [in title, articles, refine results to only classification code ‘structural design’ and also only UK] 17

Searching techniques

Web of Knowledge – large multidisciplinary

Searching techniques

Google Scholar

Indexes a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the Web

Covers peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, etc

Full text sometimes available Book details Articles, books, conference papers, preprints, citations, etc etc 14 other papers have cited this item by Clapham

Database search strategy summary