Information Skills - Geography GG2021

1. Library services for Geography 2. Library website & catalogue (recap) 3. Journals and e-journals: - what they are, what they’re for - how to source a journal article 4. Resource discovery using electronic databases: full- text and bibliographic 5. Off-campus access to e-resources 6. How to use the web more effectively e.g. advanced searching, Google Scholar, Google Books, gateways 7. Quality control: critically appraising your information sources Topics

1. Library services for Geography

2. Library website & catalogue (recap)

3. Journals and e-journals:

- what they are, what they’re for

- how to source a journal article

4. Resource discovery using electronic databases: full- text and bibliographic

5. Off-campus access to e-resources

6. How to use the web more effectively e.g. advanced searching, Google Scholar, Google Books, gateways

7. Quality control: critically appraising your information sources

Geography in the Boole Library Read: Geography guide (see Subject Portal ) Also: Library handbook Floor guides Books for Geography shelved on Q+1, Q+2, Q+3 N.B. check the Library catalogue for location Dewey decimal: class numbers are assigned based on subject content of book/journal Official Pubs. & Euro. Docs.: now on Q+2 floor Maps (mostly in Special Collections Q-1) Open Reserve (4-hour loan)

Read: Geography guide (see Subject Portal )

Also: Library handbook

Floor guides

Books for Geography shelved on Q+1, Q+2, Q+3 N.B. check the Library catalogue for location

Dewey decimal: class numbers are assigned based on subject content of book/journal

Official Pubs. & Euro. Docs.: now on Q+2 floor

Maps (mostly in Special Collections Q-1)

Open Reserve (4-hour loan)

New Library Web Site New Features: Journal Portal Databases A-Z Article Finder Subject Portals How do I? Study & Research Help

New Features:

Journal Portal

Databases A-Z

Article Finder

Subject Portals

How do I?

Study & Research Help

Subject Portal Starting point for relevant library & web material - databases - journals - websites

Starting point for relevant library & web material

- databases

- journals - websites

Journals Periodicals/serials, published continuously Academic journals: Contain new research, cutting-edge ‘ Peer-reviewed ’/‘refereed’ – academic/scholarly Available in print and/or electronic (30,000+ e-journals in UCC) Open access V subscription

Periodicals/serials, published continuously

Academic journals: Contain new research, cutting-edge

‘ Peer-reviewed ’/‘refereed’ – academic/scholarly

Available in print and/or electronic (30,000+ e-journals in UCC)

Open access V subscription

Popular Magazines: (articles written by journalists) - Newspapers - Substantive news e.g. ‘National Geographic’, ‘The Economist’, ‘New Scientist’ - Journal of opinion e.g. ‘Magill’, ‘Phoenix’ - Magazines e.g. ‘Vogue’, ‘Readers Digest’, ‘Hello’ etc. Trade Journals (specific industry, enable practitioners share market and product information within an industry) e.g. ‘Macworld’, ‘Restaurant Business’, ‘Chemical Week’. ‘Beverage World’ Other Periodicals

Popular Magazines: (articles written by journalists)

- Newspapers

- Substantive news e.g. ‘National Geographic’, ‘The Economist’, ‘New Scientist’

- Journal of opinion e.g. ‘Magill’, ‘Phoenix’

- Magazines e.g. ‘Vogue’, ‘Readers Digest’, ‘Hello’ etc.

Trade Journals (specific industry, enable practitioners share market and product information within an industry) e.g. ‘Macworld’, ‘Restaurant Business’, ‘Chemical Week’. ‘Beverage World’

Finding a Journal Article Example: Bourne, L. (2007) ‘Understanding change in cities: a personal research path’. Canadian Geographer , 51(2):121-138 [To find article: Check the Journal Portal on Library homepage, or on ‘Search the Library’ page]

Example:

Bourne, L. (2007) ‘Understanding change in cities: a personal research path’. Canadian Geographer , 51(2):121-138

[To find article: Check the Journal Portal on Library homepage, or on ‘Search the Library’ page]

What if the Journal is not in UCC? Google the article title or the author and you may be lucky. Inter-library loan http://booleweb.ucc.ie/index.php?pageID=44 Visit other libraries: ‘ Letter of Introduction’ required check with customer services in Boole Library http://booleweb.ucc.ie/index.php?pageID=340

Google the article title or the author and you may be lucky.

Inter-library loan

http://booleweb.ucc.ie/index.php?pageID=44

Visit other libraries:

‘ Letter of Introduction’ required

check with customer services in Boole Library

http://booleweb.ucc.ie/index.php?pageID=340

What are Databases? 1. Collections of logically related data , designed to meet information needs of one or more users e.g. files on your computer, company database of customers or products, library catalogue A bibliographic or research database is a database of bibliographic information i.e. usually an electronic index to periodical articles, containing citations, abstracts. Sometimes information about books, conference proceedings, theses etc. also included.

Collections of logically related data , designed to meet information needs of one or more users e.g. files on your computer, company database of customers or products, library catalogue

A bibliographic or research database is a database of bibliographic information i.e. usually an electronic index to periodical articles, containing citations, abstracts. Sometimes information about books, conference proceedings, theses etc. also included.

What are Databases? 2 . Sometimes the full text of the articles is included, or links to the full text. Some are indexing and abstracting only: i.e. metadata – not necessarily a link to the full text. Some are general e.g. Web of Science, others are more subject-specific e.g. ABI-Inform, Medline. Must be used when conducting literature searches . Other examples: ARTstor for images, Music Online for streaming music

Sometimes the full text of the articles is included, or links to the full text.

Some are indexing and abstracting only: i.e. metadata – not necessarily a link to the full text.

Some are general e.g. Web of Science, others are more subject-specific e.g. ABI-Inform, Medline.

Must be used when conducting literature searches .

Other examples: ARTstor for images, Music Online for streaming music

What are Databases? 3. N.B. you need to search a range of relevant databases in order to produce a literature review Publisher databases such as Cambridge journals, Springerlink, Oxford journals (even Science Direct) alone are not sufficient for a comprehensive literature search Sometimes extras include alerting services, export to Endnote, saved searches etc. Most require payment/subscription from library e.g. JSTOR. Some are freely available on the web e.g. Pubmed (medical database)

N.B. you need to search a range of relevant databases in order to produce a literature review

Publisher databases such as Cambridge journals, Springerlink, Oxford journals (even Science Direct) alone are not sufficient for a comprehensive literature search

Sometimes extras include alerting services, export to Endnote, saved searches etc.

Most require payment/subscription from library e.g. JSTOR. Some are freely available on the web e.g. Pubmed (medical database)

How are Databases Organised? Consist of records: one record for each article, book etc. A field is the basic unit of entry in a record For a journal article fields might include: - Title, Author, Keywords, Source, Publication Year, Abstract etc. For each record (e.g. article) added to the database, these fields must be included, and data is entered in that format. Searches of the databases can be narrowed to one or more fields: e.g. Author, Title, Author + Keyword, Keyword + Publication Year etc.

Consist of records: one record for each article, book etc.

A field is the basic unit of entry in a record

For a journal article fields might include:

- Title, Author, Keywords, Source, Publication Year, Abstract etc.

For each record (e.g. article) added to the database, these fields must be included, and data is entered in that format.

Searches of the databases can be narrowed to one or more fields:

e.g. Author, Title, Author + Keyword, Keyword + Publication Year etc.

Search Skills college OR university poverty AND crime Boolean Operators: AND, OR

Search Skills cats NOT dogs Boolean Operator: NOT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsSZps3NH-M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vube-ZcJFk4 Youtube videos:

Search Skills migration AND women (migration OR emigration OR immigration) AND women (migration OR emigration OR immigration) AND (women OR woman OR gender OR feminin*) _____________________________________________ “ human geography” “ global warming” _____________________________________________ emigration NOT (Ireland OR Irish)

migration AND women

(migration OR emigration OR immigration) AND women

(migration OR emigration OR immigration) AND (women OR woman OR gender OR feminin*)

_____________________________________________

“ human geography”

“ global warming”

_____________________________________________

emigration NOT (Ireland OR Irish)

How to Find Relevant Databases Subject Portal: Geography Databases A-Z: (See ‘Search the Library’) Drop-down menu ‘Browse databases by Subject area’. Use ‘Geography’ list as a starting point only. Depending on your topic, you may need to search other lists e.g. - Sociology - Law - Government - Science - Humanities

Subject Portal: Geography

Databases A-Z: (See ‘Search the Library’)

Drop-down menu ‘Browse databases by Subject area’.

Use ‘Geography’ list as a starting point only. Depending on your topic, you may need to search other lists e.g.

- Sociology

- Law

- Government

- Science

- Humanities

Full –Text Resources (1) For Geography start with : Academic Search Premier (not all full-text) JSTOR Wilson Omnifile (not all full-text) Wiley Interscience Sage journals Taylor & Francis Science Direct PION (Environment & Planning) journals And then: American Geophysical Union (AGU), Swetswise, Springerlink, Oxford journals, DOAJ, Project Muse, Cambridge journals [All on the Databases A-Z : See ‘Search the Library’]

For Geography start with :

Academic Search Premier (not all full-text)

JSTOR

Wilson Omnifile (not all full-text)

Wiley Interscience

Sage journals

Taylor & Francis

Science Direct

PION (Environment & Planning) journals

And then: American Geophysical Union (AGU), Swetswise, Springerlink, Oxford journals, DOAJ, Project Muse, Cambridge journals

[All on the Databases A-Z : See ‘Search the Library’]

Full –Text Resources (2) Also try (not all full-text) : ABI-Inform, Business Source Premier, Econlit, EI Compendex (engineering), Annual Reviews, Socindex [All on the Databases A-Z ] Also of interest: MIDA (Marine Irish Digital Atlas) Nature Journals Online Scientific American Archive Science Online [All on the Databases A-Z ]

Also try (not all full-text) :

ABI-Inform, Business Source Premier, Econlit, EI Compendex (engineering), Annual Reviews, Socindex

[All on the Databases A-Z ]

Also of interest:

MIDA (Marine Irish Digital Atlas)

Nature Journals Online

Scientific American Archive

Science Online

[All on the Databases A-Z ]

Bibliographic Databases/Indexes Indexing and abstracting databases Metadata – descriptive information i.e. not necessarily a link to the full text Some have facility to link you to the full text if it is available in UCC You may need to search the Journal Portal to find the full text Must use as many databases as possible in order to conduct a thorough literature search

Indexing and abstracting databases

Metadata – descriptive information i.e. not necessarily a link to the full text

Some have facility to link you to the full text if it is available in UCC

You may need to search the Journal Portal to find the full text

Must use as many databases as possible in order to conduct a thorough literature search

Bibliographic Databases/Indexes Try using: - OCLC (incl. Worldcat, Articlefirst) - Web of Knowledge - Geoscienceworld (incl. Georef) - CABDirect (incl. Global health) - British Humanities Index - ASSIA ( Social Sciences Collection) [All on the Databases A-Z ]

Try using:

- OCLC (incl. Worldcat, Articlefirst)

- Web of Knowledge

- Geoscienceworld (incl. Georef)

- CABDirect (incl. Global health)

- British Humanities Index

- ASSIA ( Social Sciences Collection)

[All on the Databases A-Z ]

Resources for Law & Official Publications Official Publications: Source OECD, World Development Indicators, Eur-Lex, Parlianet, United Nations Treaty Series, House of Commons Parliamentary Papers etc. [see Government Databases ] Law: BAILII, Lexis Nexis, Westlaw, Current Legal Information, HEIN online, JUSTcite, JUSTIS, MOML, ‘Northern Ireland: a Divided Community’ etc. [see Law Databases and Law Subject Portal]

Official Publications:

Source OECD, World Development Indicators, Eur-Lex, Parlianet, United Nations Treaty Series, House of Commons Parliamentary Papers etc.

[see Government Databases ]

Law:

BAILII, Lexis Nexis, Westlaw, Current Legal Information, HEIN online, JUSTcite, JUSTIS, MOML, ‘Northern Ireland: a Divided Community’ etc.

[see Law Databases and Law Subject Portal]

Further Resources Online Reference Resources: (alternative to Wikipedia) See ‘Reference Resources’ on ‘Search the Library’ page Online Newspapers: Irish Newspaper Archive , Irish Times Digital Archive E-books: ACLS Humanities E-book Images: ARTstor

Online Reference Resources: (alternative to Wikipedia)

See ‘Reference Resources’ on ‘Search the Library’ page

Online Newspapers:

Irish Newspaper Archive , Irish Times Digital Archive

E-books:

ACLS Humanities E-book

Images:

ARTstor

Off-Campus Access Use ‘My Library Record’ (like when renewing or requesting books) Name + student number + six digit password (alpha-numeric) N.B. You should access e-resources through the Library web pages Contact the Information desk on Q floor if you have a query e.g. forgot your password

Use ‘My Library Record’

(like when renewing or requesting books)

Name + student number + six digit password (alpha-numeric)

N.B. You should access e-resources through the Library web pages

Contact the Information desk on Q floor if you have a query e.g. forgot your password

Searching the Web More Effectively 1. Web: 150 million websites, 40 billion pages (approx.) Anyone can publish Google: uses ‘Pagerank’ Spider programmes locate sites based on word occurrence, proximity, location on page, links to the page, traffic etc. about 200 ‘ingredients’ Problem: finding relevant scholarly material (also: doesn’t search the ‘deep web’) Use: Google advanced search Use ‘Google Scholar’ and ‘Google Books’

Web: 150 million websites, 40 billion pages (approx.)

Anyone can publish

Google: uses ‘Pagerank’

Spider programmes locate sites based on word occurrence, proximity, location on page, links to the page, traffic etc. about 200 ‘ingredients’

Problem: finding relevant scholarly material (also: doesn’t search the ‘deep web’)

Use: Google advanced search

Use ‘Google Scholar’ and ‘Google Books’

Searching the Web More Effectively 2 . Try other search engines, e.g. Exalead , Ask.com , Yahoo , Bing Metasearch: e.g. Metacrawler , Clusty , Search.com , Dogpile , Searching the ‘Deep Web’. e.g. Infomine , Complete Planet , Turbo10

Try other search engines, e.g. Exalead , Ask.com , Yahoo , Bing

Metasearch: e.g. Metacrawler , Clusty , Search.com , Dogpile ,

Searching the ‘Deep Web’. e.g. Infomine , Complete Planet , Turbo10

Searching the Web More Effectively 3. Recommended General Gateways & Portals BUBL , INTUTE INTUTE Geography Gateway Note: INTUTE’s Virtual Training Suite and subject booklets Other Geography Gateways See the Library’s Geography Subject Portal

Recommended General Gateways & Portals

BUBL , INTUTE

INTUTE Geography Gateway

Note: INTUTE’s Virtual Training Suite and subject booklets

Other Geography Gateways

See the Library’s Geography Subject Portal

Quality Control 1. Look for authority, currency, relevance, reliability, validity [for more click here ] Is it ‘scholarly’ enough? Scholarly resources are aimed at those already within a field; disseminates research within that discipline. Scholarly methods are used in order to make claims about the world that are valid and trustworthy. Popular resources are aimed at a wider public/mass audience; entertain, inform, promote viewpoints, sell products and services.

Look for authority, currency, relevance, reliability, validity [for more click here ]

Is it ‘scholarly’ enough?

Scholarly resources are aimed at those already within a field; disseminates research within that discipline. Scholarly methods are used in order to make claims about the world that are valid and trustworthy.

Popular resources are aimed at a wider public/mass audience; entertain, inform, promote viewpoints, sell products and services.

Quality Control 2. Checklist Who is it for? -intended audience: other researchers/scholarly community V general public Who is it by? -affiliated, qualified expert, academic credentials V journalist/other author/commentator How is it written? -language of particular field V for general/mass consumption Why was it written? -contribute to field V news and entertainment, express an opinion What is the acceptance procedure? (N.B. journals) -peer reviewed/refereed? Where is it indexed? – in a recognised research database?

Who is it for? -intended audience: other researchers/scholarly community V general public

Who is it by? -affiliated, qualified expert, academic credentials V journalist/other author/commentator

How is it written? -language of particular field V for general/mass consumption

Why was it written? -contribute to field V news and entertainment, express an opinion

What is the acceptance procedure? (N.B. journals) -peer reviewed/refereed?

Where is it indexed? – in a recognised research database?

Quality Control 3. Checklist Format and structure -scholarly structure includes abstracts, bibliographies/references, figures, statistics ( evidence ). May include introduction, literature review, methodology, results, discussion and conclusions Is the content objective? -editorial agenda/viewpoint -sponsors/bias -methodology (is the objective research to further understanding?) Who published it? -university press, professional org., established academic publisher Appearance and advertising -serious/sober V glossy appearance -advertising minimal/substantial; target audience

Format and structure -scholarly structure includes abstracts, bibliographies/references, figures, statistics ( evidence ). May include introduction, literature review, methodology, results, discussion and conclusions

Is the content objective? -editorial agenda/viewpoint -sponsors/bias -methodology (is the objective research to further understanding?)

Who published it? -university press, professional org., established academic publisher

Appearance and advertising -serious/sober V glossy appearance

-advertising minimal/substantial; target audience

Quality Control 4. Is the publication: factual, methodical, scientific, based on primary sources? OR subjective, journalistic, personal accounts/impressions, opinion? Look for clues based on the 10-point list [N.B. Refer also to ‘Learn how to…evaluate information for your assignments’ on Library website for more] Example : ‘Global Warming: The Complete Briefing’ John Theodore Houghton V ‘ Red Hot Lies’ Christopher C. Horner

Is the publication: factual, methodical, scientific, based on primary sources? OR subjective, journalistic, personal accounts/impressions, opinion?

Look for clues based on the 10-point list

[N.B. Refer also to ‘Learn how to…evaluate information for your assignments’ on Library website for more]

Example :

‘Global Warming: The Complete Briefing’ John Theodore Houghton

V

‘ Red Hot Lies’ Christopher C. Horner

Quality Control 5. For websites in particular: use the 10-point checklist plus Always check the “last updated” date on the website Always check where the information is coming from. Look at the ‘about’ or ‘who are we’ section of the site Is it clear who wrote the content and is that person contactable ? Be critical – is the information on the website actually answering your research/assignment question Is there evidence of sponsorship ? Use Google Advanced Search to ‘find pages that link to the page’ [N.B. refer also to the ‘Learn How To..’ section on Library website and the Internet Detective ]

For websites in particular: use the 10-point checklist plus

Always check the “last updated” date on the website

Always check where the information is coming from. Look at the ‘about’ or ‘who are we’ section of the site

Is it clear who wrote the content and is that person contactable ?

Be critical – is the information on the website actually answering your research/assignment question

Is there evidence of sponsorship ?

Use Google Advanced Search to ‘find pages that link to the page’

[N.B. refer also to the ‘Learn How To..’ section on Library website and the Internet Detective ]