The document outlines a workshop on conducting literature reviews for Earth Sciences, focusing on using various databases such as Georef, Web of Science, and Scifinder Scholar. Participants will learn how to set up accounts, find articles, build bibliographies, and utilize citation management software Refworks. The sessions include hands-on exercises and encourage participants to ask questions and seek feedback.

1. Earth Sciences 4490: Getting Started on your Literature Review Dan Sich Earth Sciences Librarian Sept 24 th and Oct 1 st , 2008

2. I want you to be able to… find articles using databases search by cited reference build a list of references, bibliography get article full text

3. schedule Day 1: Sept 24 account set-up sources library catalogue GeoRef (find articles) Web of Science get article full text RefWorks (export) homework Day 2: Oct 1 What did you find? SciFinder Scholar get article full text RefWorks (export) RefWorks (bibliography) Questions & feedback

4. account set-up Login Help / Synchronize my password RefWorks / Sign up

5. Need to synchronize your password today so that you can use SciFinder Scholar later – it takes 15 minutes to sync

7. Register for RefWorks You’ll use your RefWorks account later in the session

10. @uwo.ca works best

11. (Some) Types of Information Sources Websites Books, Handbooks, and Encyclopedias Scholarly Journals

12. Library Catalogue Everything that the library owns Books, journals (not articles), etc. Search by keyword, title, author, etc. E.g., United States Geological Society, Geological Society of America

16. Get location, call number, status Use subject headings (none shown here) to find similar items See table of contents (none shown here) If signed-out (i.e. not in library), Request Item Send to RefWorks to add to your list of citations

17. Your turn 3 minutes Search the library catalogue Ask us questions

18. Journal Articles & Databases Find peer-reviewed (scholarly) journal articles, conference articles, and review articles using journal article databases GeoRef (geology) Web of Science (cited ref. searching) SciFinder Scholar (chemistry)

19. Scholarly vs. Popular Publications availability audience aesthetics authors topics length language advertizing sources, credits

20. Peer-review process author writes paper, sends to publisher publisher sends to referees (experts) referees send feedback to publisher publisher decides to publish or not paper is published journal is distributed

24. Search tips identify concepts, keywords, synonyms use AND, OR, NOT, * E.g., mineral* AND (mars OR martian) AND soil* limit date range, document type(s), etc.

25. Look at Peer-Reviewed Journals (articles) tab Use Descriptors to find similar items Download to RefWorks Get it @ Western to find fulltext (online or print)

26. We have this article online The online journal will show up in the library catalogue as well

27. We don’t appear to have this journal issue online Check the library catalogue for print or online version If we don’t have print or online, use Interlibrary Loan ($5 per article; take 4-10 business days)

29. Your turn 10 minutes Search GeoRef Get article fulltext Export citations to RefWorks Ask questions

31. Publication date? Brand new articles = usually not yet cited Read abstracts Refine Results Get it @ Western

32. Times cited? The older the article, the longer it’s been around to be read & cited by others Which are the most highly cited articles? Create Citation Report

33. What are the most highly cited articles on this specific topic?

34. See who has cited this article (Times Cited) See who this article has cited (References)

35. List of articles *in Web of Science* that have cited this article Select articles and click more options

36. At bottom of page use Output Records For Step 3, Save to Plain Text

37. Save File to desktop In a separate tab or browser, login to RefWorks

38. In RefWorks, select References > Import

39. Import Filter/Data Source = ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) Database = Web of Science Import References into Folder (optional) Browse to your .txt file Encoding = ANSI – Latin I Click Import

40. Success… but what does it mean? View Last Imported Folder or View > All References

41. All of your references are in one place From here you can make a Bibliography relatively easily (part of next week’s class) From here you can also use Get it @ Western

42. Your turn 10 minutes Search Web of Science View Cited References Find highly cited, ‘classic’ articles Find new articles (latest research) Find relevant articles (any date) Get article full text Export citations to RefWorks Ask questions

43. Homework Using GeoRef and Web of Science, find more journal articles and add their citations to your RefWorks database You’ll need these citations to be in RefWorks for next week’s session Next week we’ll find more articles using SciFinder Scholar (chemistry), and build your bibliography using RefWorks

44. SciFinder Scholar This will only work if you synchronized your password (takes 15 minutes to take effect)

54. Select articles Save As Download on ‘sushi’ (K:) Type = Tagged Format (*.txt) Exit SciFinder Scholar

55. Click the orange X

56. Then you *should* get this screen If you don’t (if it crashes), then re-login to SciFinder Scholar and exit again. You should then see this screen. Click Retrieve your search results

57. Click download Browse to your file (or folder) Click your filename

58. Save the file to your desktop as file type Text Document Then go to RefWorks and References > Import

59. Notes on SciFinder Scholar Always click Exit when you are finished using SciFinder Scholar. We have a limited number of ‘seats’ (8). Today you’re using training seats (15). It’s easier to use if you download the client (see link on Earth Sciences 4490 page) A web version is coming…

60. Import Filter/Data Source = CAS SciFinder Database = CAPlus Import References into Folder (optional) Browse to your .txt file Encoding = ANSI – Latin I Click Import

61. Your turn 15 minutes Search SciFinder Scholar Search by Research Topic Analyse, Refine, Get Related Get article fulltext Save File of results (to Sushi drive if you’re in the library) Exit SciFinder Scholar Retrieve your search results Do Save As again Import citations into RefWorks Ask questions

62. RefWorks web app for citation management automatically formats notes, bibliographies Export citations directly from database, or import citations from .txt file use the Write-N-Cite plugin for Word

64. Make a Bibliography using RefWorks Click Bibliography

65. We need to add a more appropriate style to our list of Favorites E.g., American Geophysical Union, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, etc. Click Output Style > Access Output Style Manager…

66. Choose the appropriate Output Style(s) from the list of the left E.g., American Geophysical Union, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, etc. Click Add to Favorites

67. Select Output Style from drop-down Select References to Include (e.g., All References , Last Imported folder, another folder, All References , etc.) Click Create Bibliography

68. Creates a bibliography relatively easily Check the formatting for errors

69. Your turn 5 minutes Create a bibliography using RefWorks and an appropriate style

70. Questions & feedback On a piece of paper, briefly describe the one thing that you’re still confused about It doesn’t have to be something I covered in the session

71. contact info Dan Sich, Earth Sciences Librarian phone: 519.661.2111 ext. 80962 eMail/MSN: [email_address] Subject: Earth Sciences 4490 question Skype: dansich