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- 1. © Middlesex University Library resources and research Psychology 2020
- 2. © Middlesex University Before we start…. MyUniHub > My Study > My Library Log in to MyUniHub Go to My Study tab Find My Library Always do this for FREE access to Middlesex University resources Presentation title | 2
- 3. © Middlesex University By the end of the workshop… • Know what is available to you • How to access and use MDX resources to start your research • What to do next if you want to know more, or just get stuck
- 5. © Middlesex University Keywords – What are they? Keywords are words or phrases that describe content you are searching for
- 6. © Middlesex University Thinking about keywords http://www.flickr.com/photos/rossjamesparker/89414788/
- 7. © Middlesex University What can you use? • Library Search • Google Scholar • Databases
- 8. © Middlesex University Accessing library resources – MyUniHub – MyStudy – MyLilbrary Presentation title
- 9. © Middlesex University My Library Presentation title
- 10. © Middlesex University Library Search Presentation title Tools Sign in Search Refine Pin Save and tag RefWorks Cite Email
- 11. © Middlesex University Full library search record Presentation title
- 12. © Middlesex University APA reference from Library Search Presentation title
- 13. © Middlesex University When you are looking for information about anything where do you go first? Presentation title
- 14. © Middlesex University Google…grumpy cat says no….. Presentation title
- 15. © Middlesex University Good Google…. Presentation title Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites
- 16. © Middlesex University Presentation title Google Scholar 16
- 17. © Middlesex University Presentation title Search for and select Middlesex University 17
- 18. Then point Scholar to RefWorks 18
- 19. © Middlesex University Google Scholar Presentation title | 19
- 20. © Middlesex University • Simple search function • Searches huge range of journal websites • Not all full text (but can set up to access MDX journals through Unihub) • Up-to-date articles from the big publishers – not so good coverage of small journals • Hard to filter • Searching all subject areas • Simple search function • Google for the University resources • Searches many journal databases and subscriptions • A lot of full-text • Up-to-date – largest databases are paid for, updated daily/weekly and include prepublications • Easy to filter to Psychology- only journals Presentation title | 20 Google Scholar vs. Library Search
- 21. © Middlesex University Have a go with Google Scholar and Library Search Presentation title Things to try: Use advanced searches Save references Create lists Open and save pdf articles
- 22. © Middlesex University Evaluate Your Sources C A R P • Currency • Authority/Accuracy • Relevance • Purpose/Point of View
- 23. © Middlesex University Reliable Resources With all the information out there what can you trust…… Presentation title
- 25. © Middlesex University Databases • A database is a collection of data or information that is specifically organised for rapid search and retrieval by a computer • They can be free or commercial • They can cover one subject or many subjects • Remember that you are the brains in this relationship! The computer will only respond to your keywords so think about those before you begin your searches. Presentation title
- 26. © Middlesex University Databases available via Middlesex University • PsycInfo • PsycTests • PsycArticles • PEP-web • Psychotherapy.net • PubMed • Medline • Cinahl • Web of Science Presentation title
- 27. © Middlesex University Psychology Library Guide: Journals & Databases Presentation title | 27
- 28. © Middlesex University How to get to the databases… myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases
- 29. © Middlesex University PsycINFO Presentation title | 29
- 30. © Middlesex University Choose Databases Presentation title
- 31. © Middlesex University PsycInfo Basic search Presentation title
- 32. © Middlesex University Boolean Operators • AND = Less: You are combining search terms NARROWER • OR = MORE: You are asking for either of the search terms WIDER • * = Truncation – You enter the beginning of a key word e.g. Psych* will find all search terms beginning with these 5 letters • “ “ = Phrase searching – You want the words to be next to each other in your search e.g. “substance abuse” Presentation title
- 33. © Middlesex University PsycInfo Advanced Search Presentation title
- 34. © Middlesex University PsycInfo Advanced Search - Results Presentation title
- 35. © Middlesex University Options and search limiters Presentation title
- 36. © Middlesex University Combining searches Presentation title
- 37. © Middlesex University Checks MDX holdings Presentation title
- 38. © Middlesex University Citation searching • Which articles have cited an earlier article • Updates to the research study you’ve been looking at • Find articles on similar/related subject • How many times an article has been cited • Best journals in your field
- 39. © Middlesex University PEP – Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing Presentation title
- 40. © Middlesex University PEP Easy search Presentation title
- 41. © Middlesex University Menu options Presentation title You can order results by date here
- 42. © Middlesex University Full article Presentation title
- 43. © Middlesex University Have a go • Pick a database • TRY • advanced searches • boolean operators and tools – “phrases”, truncation * • Open and save pdf articles • Try emailing results and/or individual articles to yourself
- 44. © Middlesex University Presentation title Referencing…
- 45. © Middlesex University Why Reference? • Give credit to the original author/creator • Demonstrate that you have read widely on the subject and have considered and evaluated the writings of others • Show the evidence of your research by quoting, paraphrasing or summarising from the original text • Establish the credibility and authority of your ideas and arguments by highlighting and backing-up relevant points • Enable the reader to locate the original material you used • Distinguish between your own ideas and opinions and those of others • Achieve a better mark or grade • Avoid plagiarism. Presentation title
- 46. © Middlesex University Cite Them Right Presentation title
- 47. © Middlesex University Cite them right Presentation title
- 48. © Middlesex University Presentation title Collecting and managing your references • Refworks collects, manages and organizes references • Save your references on the go:. • From Library Search and Google Scholar • From the database you are using • Only Refworks is supported by Middlesex University library • You will need to set up a Refworks account using your Middlesex email address
- 49. © Middlesex University More Refworks Information and Training Presentation title
- 50. © Middlesex University Keeping up-to-date Presentation title
- 51. © Middlesex University Zetoc – creating a journal or keyword alert Presentation title | 51
- 52. © Middlesex University If we don’t have it… Presentation title | 52
- 53. © Middlesex University Presentation title | 53 The same access to all the resources and services that are available to on-campus, taught-course students.
- 55. © Middlesex University Other libraries and resources • Sconul Access to use any other library in UK and Ireland • Eduroam: Login at another University to access MDX e- resources Presentation title | 55
- 56. © Middlesex University Library guide – other libraries Presentation title
- 57. © Middlesex University Psychology Library Guide Presentation title
- 58. © Middlesex University Any Questions? • Psychology Library Subject Guide http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/psych • Librarian s.parry@mdx.ac.uk
Editor's Notes
- Welcome and intros.
- How to log-in to get to Library resources…
- Your finished piece of work is just the tip of the iceberg. Below it is should be loads of research ie. looking at theory and facts, being inspired, getting ideas, stimulating your imagination etc. Research at Uni of Huddersfield shows that students who use library resources get better degrees. We’re going to start off with an exercise to get you thinking about keywords.
- Keywords are words or phrases that describe content you are searching for
- Group discussion: Or lead from the front and ask someone to write on flip chart – Printouts in pack What can you see in the picture…fruit If type ‘fruit’ into database will get millions of hits, how can you break it down ie. search for something more specific to get more manageable results Can you be more specific ie. Type of fruit: apples, oranges, bananas etc Location: Stall, market, outdoor market, fruit market, Britain Detail: boxes, signs, astroturf, prices, colour of fruit, lights, pound £ signs, special offer etc People in background: old, young, male, female > stall holder, customers, browsers etc Think of related subjects eg. retail, commercial, financial, point-of-sale Shopping, shops, fish/meat/clothes market, shopping centres, high street Town, city, centre, British town Nutrition: vits and mins Also: Orange or Blackberry: fruit NOT telephone Apple: fruit NOT computer Thinking beyond the obvious, looking for the detail that might make a difference.
- What library resources can you use to find research material? Library Search is the Middlesex University catalogue/database Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine which indexes the full text of scholarly literature MDX has a wide range of general and specialised databases available to students
- Always use MyUniHub – MyStudy - MyLibrary
- Where you will find access to key library resources eg Library Search, Library guides, databases and e-journals Also a useful link to Referencing and Interlibrary loans
- Demonstrate: Sign in Searching Refinement tools (all the usual) Pinning
- APA good on library search but check using Cite them right online
- Do you agree with Grumpy Cat? Why?
- What is Google Scholar? Google Scholar allows users to search for digital or physical copies of articles, whether online or in libraries. It indexes "full-text journal articles, technical reports, preprints, theses, books, and other documents, including selected Web pages that are deemed to be 'scholarly.'“ Because many of Google Scholar's search results link to commercial journal articles, most people will be able to access only an abstract and the citation details of an article, and have to pay a fee to access the entire article. The most relevant results for the searched keywords will be listed first, in order of the author's ranking, the number of references that are linked to it and their relevance to other scholarly literature, and the ranking of the publication that the journal appears in. Features of Google Scholar Search all scholarly literature from one convenient place Explore related works, citations, authors, and publications Locate the complete document through your library or on the web Keep up with recent developments in any area of research Check who's citing your publications, create a public author profile Limitations Google Scholar does not publish a list of journals crawled or publishers included, and the frequency of its updates is uncertain. Google Scholar puts high weight on citation counts in its ranking system and is criticized for strengthening the citation cycle as highly cited papers appear in top positions they gain more citations while new papers hardly appear in top positions and therefore get less attention by the users of Google Scholar and hence fewer citations Google is also vulnerable to spam and some scholars have created fake articles to show its vulnerability
- Locate the full-text document through your library or on the web: Change settings etc to link to MDX resources. You only need to do this once on your own laptop/device, but need to be logged on to MyUniHub.
- Point Scholar to refworks and click save then click on coloured google scholar link top left of the page RefWorks is a web-based commercial reference software package. Users' reference databases are stored online, allowing them to be accessed and updated from any computer with an internet connection. Institutional licenses allow universities to subscribe to RefWorks on behalf of all their students. So create your Refworks account through Middlesex University
- Star = save “ = create reference Mention number of citations Related articles Link to full text at Middlesex
- 10-15 mins??
- Don’t’ forget to evaluate your resources Currency – how old is the information? Has it been revised or updated? - You will probably require more recent information in your work Authority – Is the information supported by evidence e.g. data, references. Has the information been reviewed or refereed. Is there contact information about the author, where do they work, are they being sponsored? Relevance – Does the information relate to your topic? Is it at the right academic level. Have you looked at a variety of sources before deciding to use this source? Sometimes students get so excited at finding information they forget to assess if it is actually relevant to their topic Purpose – What is the purpose of the information? Is it to inform, teach, sell, entertain or persuade. Do the authors make their intentions clear, Is it objective and impartial?
- Possibly if group v large 3 A3 posters for Trustworthy, Risky, Be suspicious and have 3 volunteers to stand holding the posters then we hand out the cards randomly and get student to read out their card, discuss and go up and give their card to the person holding the poster Or use one set of cards per group and feedback Sources game Magazine (A regular publication aimed at a profession, business or interest....trade/popular) Good: Latest news: events, jobs, products etc., concise info, easy to obtain Bad: lacks detail, can be bias, old issues hard to come by Standards (An agreed, often legally binding level of quality or way of doing something....regional, national, International, profession/sector) Good: Created by experts, confidence Company/market research report (Well researched overview of a company or product market. Could contain future trends, financial data, competitors and SWOT analysis) Good: Up-to-date: latest research/data, Insider information: information not freely available elsewhere, objective, accurate Bad: Hard to locate Webpage Good: All subjects covered, easy to use, mobile Bad: accuracy, no editorial control, anyone can add information, provenance Newspapers Good: Daily information i.e.. up-to-date, edited, current issues accessible Bad: Sensationalist, biased (unbalanced), harder to get back issues Conference proceedings (Collection of papers distributed after a conference, containing the contributions made by researchers, academics etc) Good: Up-to-date: latest research, ideas, thinking on a subject, focussed/specialist, stringent quality control Bad: Can be too specific Journals Good: Up-to-date, Focussed: specialist subject areas, quality resources, peer reviewed Bad: Too specific Books Good: overview, background knowledge, edited/quality Bad: Currency, detailed/specific information
- Decide if you want to be systematic in your searching and use the same key words and combinations in all your searches before you start entering random search terms
- PsycInfo – Psychology PEPweb - Psychotherapy
- This is the page on the Psychology library guide about journals and databases Mention ppt on accessing journal databses
- Remember to go in through MyUnihub so you are signed in to get full online access Access via subject heading or by name of database if known
- Remember to go in through MyUnihub so you are signed in to get full online access
- Mention you can search Cinahl, PsycInfo, Medline, PsycArticles and PsycTests in one go as all provided by same host company EBSCO
- Even in basic search see the difference in result numbers when I use Boolean operators
- Searched for Trump on the first row AND mental health on the second row OR mental disorders on the third row Click on the + sign to add extra search rows Use limiters to narrow your search e.g. Scholarly peer reviewed journals, publication date etc.
- Note the number of results for this search…..
- Limiters include – Full text, publication year, language, peer reviewed, publication type…. All familiar with the term peer reviewed?
- Recommend that if you are searching for individual keywords do each search individually then combine using the search numbers on the left You get more results than putting everything into 1 search box Mention Check MDX Holdings
- Remember to see how many other authors have cited the article Usually more citations the better Also check the references at the end of an article for further sources Also look at the Related articles if there are any
- Which articles have cited an earlier article ie. Way of looking forward in the literature-if have found excellent article, can use a citation index to see which articles have subsequently cited it Find articles on similar/related subjects: Citation implies subject relationship, so can find papers on a similar topic without using any keywords or subject terms Find out how many times a paper has been cited ie. gauge the usefulness/quality. esteem of a paper Determine which are the best journals in your field: citation data used to rank journals within particular subject areas…..useful way of seeing how journals perform in relation to others in the same subject area
- Searched for Psychoanaly* - truncation Asked it to show matches in text Can search by author, title, year All sources has a drop down list Click on search tips for more help Standard search operators You can type part of the word you're looking for, then an asterisk (*), to find anything starting with those letters, e.g., psycho* To find a phrase (words in order), surround the phrase in quotes, e.g., "primal fear" You can combine multiple terms, requiring both or either to be present (AND and OR respectively.), e.g., fear or loathing
- Scroll down to the bottom of the article to see the citation reference for this article
- Let students use either or both databases
- Remind them they can get references from library search and databases but always check against Cite them Right online Remember to use the correct referencing style
- Demonstrate that you have read widely on the subject and considered and evaluated the writings of others Show your tutor the evidence of your research and thereby appreciate your contribution to the topic Establish the credibility and authority of your ideas and arguments Enable the reader to locate the original material you used Give credit to the original author/creator Enable the reader to form their own views on the value of your sources and how you have interpreted them Distinguish between your own ideas and opinions and those of others Highlight and back-up relevant points by quoting, paraphrasing or summarising from the original text Achieve a better mark or grade Avoid plagiarism.
- Recommend that they read the basics section
- Mention information types across the top Select referencing style – APA new edition Learn more about APA Citation order Examples of In-text citation and Reference list – check they know the difference. In-text citation is the “signpost” to the full reference at the end of the assignment Box you can type in your own reference then copy it into your reference list
- RefWorks is a web-based commercial reference software package. Users' reference databases are stored online, allowing them to be accessed and updated from any computer with an internet connection. Institutional licenses allow universities to subscribe to RefWorks on behalf of all their students. So create your Refworks account through Middlesex University Only RefWorks is supported by MDX – other systems are available e.g. Endnote and Mendeley
- Separate PPT presentation on Refworks as it has changed slightly
- BPS research digest blog MDX Psychology Blog Zetoc for Journal content alerts
- Provides access to the British Library’s electronic table of contents of around 20,000 current journals and around 16,000 conference proceedings. It includes an email alerting service to enable you to keep up to date with relevant new articles and papers.
- Free to PhD students
- Distance Learners will need to register with the Distance Learning Library Support Service in order to make use of our additional distance learner support services.
- I recommend you all register as distance learners asap. That way you get access to some specific services, the most important of which are: Postal delivery of books from within the MDX collection Electronic delivery of journal articles and chapters of books (as allowed within British copyright law). General help with searching for and use of material. You can do this by emailing the mailbox on the slide/sheet to say that you wish to register and you will get an email back with a template to complete the necessary information that we need from you. You must register with us and receive a confirmation email before you place any requests for postal loans.
- SCONUL Access is a reciprocal scheme which allows many university library users to borrow or use books and journals at other libraries which belong to the scheme. The scheme covers most of the university libraries in the UK and Ireland Middlesex University now provides an eduroam wireless service—this is a free wireless service that allows students and visitors access to the internet when visiting a participating organisation. Eduroam - is an international internet roaming service for users in research, higher education and further education. It provides researchers, teachers, and students easy and secure network access when visiting an institution other than their own. If you want access to the internet when visiting another organisation, you will need to connect to their eduroam network with your Middlesex University credentials. You only need to do this once—you will then connect automatically whenever you visit any participating eduroam organisation. Access is freely available to Senate House Library for Members of the British Psychological Society. If you have joined the BPS all you need to do is telephone their Records Office and they will provide you with an official letter to take to Senate House Library