The document provides guidance on finding and managing information for a final year university project. It discusses using the library search tool and specific databases to conduct thorough yet selective literature reviews. It recommends developing search strategies using keywords, phrases, Boolean operators and truncation. The document also outlines services for reserving books, requesting items through interlibrary loan, and recommending new book purchases.
Open Metrics for Open Repositories at OR2012Nick Sheppard
Slides for a paper on "Open Metrics for Open Repositories" based on the paper available from http://opus.bath.ac.uk/30226/ and presented by Nick Sheppard at the Seventh International Conference on Open Repositories (OR2012) held in Edinburgh from 9-13th July 2012.
Open Metrics for Open Repositories at OR2012Nick Sheppard
Slides for a paper on "Open Metrics for Open Repositories" based on the paper available from http://opus.bath.ac.uk/30226/ and presented by Nick Sheppard at the Seventh International Conference on Open Repositories (OR2012) held in Edinburgh from 9-13th July 2012.
Finding the annotation needs of the botanical community in a digital libraryWilliam Ulate
The Center for Biodiversity Informatics at the Missouri Botanical Garden and Saint Louis University are analyzing the web annotation needs of the botanical community to develop a prototype of how those needs may be met within a digital library platform. We want to assess the practicality of existing tools to satisfy the technical, economic, and operational needs of botanical users to annotate. This will inform on requisites, best practices, and further developments for a research project to integrate an annotation tool within a virtual library. We surveyed 14 members of 10 different institutions in the botanical and scientific communities. We included both, those who currently annotate online as well as those who have only annotated offline (e.g. print or analog), in order to better understand the functionality needed to encourage and support online annotation activities. The answers to this survey were analyzed in the context of an annotation tool in a digital library and a prioritized list of annotation needs for users of a botanical virtual library was produced, taking into account the minimal and recommended functionality required to comply with the users requirements. Preliminary results from the report of the in-depth user assessments of annotation needs in the specific domain of botanists are shared with the attendees. Advances in the definition of a prototype are also shown.
Crossroads Academy@Elverson FLP Library Research 2013FLPdewey
How to use the Free Library of Philadelphia's digital and print resources, and their savvy librarians, to do research. Note: This presentation works best when downloaded and opened in Powerpoint, rather than viewed directly on this site.
Online library session for Dr. DeFalco's ENGL416 course, "Literature and the Sea." Using these recommendations will greatly assist the success of your third research paper for class.
Finding the annotation needs of the botanical community in a digital libraryWilliam Ulate
The Center for Biodiversity Informatics at the Missouri Botanical Garden and Saint Louis University are analyzing the web annotation needs of the botanical community to develop a prototype of how those needs may be met within a digital library platform. We want to assess the practicality of existing tools to satisfy the technical, economic, and operational needs of botanical users to annotate. This will inform on requisites, best practices, and further developments for a research project to integrate an annotation tool within a virtual library. We surveyed 14 members of 10 different institutions in the botanical and scientific communities. We included both, those who currently annotate online as well as those who have only annotated offline (e.g. print or analog), in order to better understand the functionality needed to encourage and support online annotation activities. The answers to this survey were analyzed in the context of an annotation tool in a digital library and a prioritized list of annotation needs for users of a botanical virtual library was produced, taking into account the minimal and recommended functionality required to comply with the users requirements. Preliminary results from the report of the in-depth user assessments of annotation needs in the specific domain of botanists are shared with the attendees. Advances in the definition of a prototype are also shown.
Crossroads Academy@Elverson FLP Library Research 2013FLPdewey
How to use the Free Library of Philadelphia's digital and print resources, and their savvy librarians, to do research. Note: This presentation works best when downloaded and opened in Powerpoint, rather than viewed directly on this site.
Online library session for Dr. DeFalco's ENGL416 course, "Literature and the Sea." Using these recommendations will greatly assist the success of your third research paper for class.
For many libraries, an institutional repository is an online archive to collect, preserve, and make accessible the intellectual output of an institution. For a growing bloc, the goal is to go further, beyond knowledge preservation to knowledge creation. These libraries are using their repositories to provide faculty with a proven publishing option by facilitating the production and distribution of original content often too niche for traditional publishers.
How do metadata librarians sift the incoming metadata with these different goals in mind? How do they optimize content for discovery in a wide range of resources such as online catalogs, external research databases, and major search engines? For a library that is also providing publishing services, what additional steps are necessary?
As the provider of Digital Commons, a repository and publishing platform for over 350 institutions, bepress has first-hand experience with these topics, and our consultants advise regularly on best practices for collecting, publishing, distributing, and archiving content. This presentation is intended for library professionals, whether their goal is to collect previously published works or to go further into library-led publishing. After an overview of common sources and destinations for metadata, attendees will come away with a set of considerations for streamlining workflows and optimizing content for discovery and distribution in major venues.
Eli Windchy is the VP, Consulting Services at bepress which provides software and services to the scholarly community. She received a Master's in Archaeology from University of Virginia, taught organic gardening, and for the last ten years has also been getting dirty with the metadata of Digital Commons repositories. She co-directs courses in institutional repository management and publishing, and she enjoys addressing the challenges of interoperability and scholarly communication.
Presented at Industry Symposium, IFLA, 14 August 2008. Describes a new environment of global information services using metadata, taxonomies, and knowledge organization. Makes the case that these changes will permanently affect what it means "to catalog" materials for the purpose of connecting citizens, students and scholars to the information they need, when and where they need it.
Do Libraries Meet Research 2.0 : collaborative tools and relevance for Resear...Guus van den Brekel
Presentation June 30th 2009 Toulouse at LIBER Conference 2009
http://liber2009.biu-toulouse.fr/
Research Libraries & Web 2.0. Scientists engage in science & research 2.0, libraries should follow, outreach, engage, explore and facilitate etc
Scholar voices 1 - international scholars perspective of UK libraries
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1. Finding and managing information
for your final year project
Moira Bent
Faculty Liaison Librarian
University Library
2. You asked about….
How the Library’s changed
LibrarySearch – what’s that?
Building up complex searches
Which resources?
EndNote
University Library
7. Literature review – essential for projects
Inform your research Contextualise your work Identify gaps
Summarise, synthesise, Track key
critically evaluate issues/debates/people
Pic credit: Flickr Commons: US National Archives; Microsoft clipart
8. It needs to
be
thorough….
…but
selective
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10. Keywords and phrases?
What kind of info?
Which databases?
Check keywords and revise
Did you find what you need?
Which are the best?
In print?
Online?
Inter Library Loan?
University Library
Image from http://potsdam.libguides.com/content.php?pid=367113&sid=3005275
12. Use search techniques
Use a phrase
• “environmental policy”
Use AND, OR and NOT to make logical connections
• conservation AND land
• (Regeneration OR redevelopment) AND (UK OR Great Britain OR
England)
Use truncation
• Conserv* finds conserve, conservation, conserving (and also
conservatory!)
University Library
13. Building up a search
UK OR GB OR
England
Redevelopment
OR Expansion Polic* OR
OR legislation
regeneration
University Library
14. Books: print
and
electronic
Journal
Company articles and
information conference
Resources papers
to help
you
Social
Official
media and
information
news
15. Library Search is a good place to start
Includes data from the
library catalogue and a
range of electronic
Full and mo resources
Full & mobile views
16. Use Library Search
To find printed books in the Library
To find electronic books
To get a general overview of a topic
To find a few journal references for an essay
DON’T rely on Library Search as the only source for
your literature review – not all our resources are
included.
University Library
17. Library Search is easy!
Why use specific databases?
CAB and Scopus – journal articles
Unique content not covered by Library Search
Index of search terms
Lexis for newspapers
Environment online for official documents
To download results to EndNote
University Library
18. Use your Library Guide to identify key resources:
libguides.ncl.ac.uk/environment
19. Maybe you’re
looking in the
wrong place
altogether?
Or perhaps it
doesn’t exist at
all?
Flickr Commons/LSE Library and (CC BY 2.0) flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/4812269151
20. • For books on loan
• Place a “hold” on books which are on loan
Reserve • Borrow when book is returned
• For articles and conferences we don’t have
• Apply for an Inter Library Loan
Request • 25 requests @ £1.50
• New books to buy
• ‘Books on Time' service to recommend
Recommend new books for the library to buy