The document summarizes a library workshop for a geology/geophysics course that teaches students how to search library databases and catalogs to find books, journal articles, and references and export them to citation management tools like RefWorks. It covers searching the library catalog, journal databases like GeoRef and Web of Science, SciFinder Scholar, and RefWorks. Students learn how to find full text of articles, view citation reports, export references to RefWorks, and create bibliographies.

1. Geology/Geophysics 9580/9680: The Library Workshop Dan Sich Earth Sciences Librarian October 8 th , 2008

2. Skills find articles using databases search by cited reference build a list of references, bibliography get article full text

3. Schedule RefWorks & RACER account set-up finding books finding journal articles & fulltext: GeoRef Web of Science SciFinder Scholar RefWorks (export, bib liography)

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

7. Your @uwo.ca email address works best

10. Register for RACER You’ll use your RACER account later in the session

16. Your student ID number will be your RACER login

17. Your on-campus mail address

18. Library Catalogue Everything that the library owns Books, journals (not articles), etc. Books: introductions, basic info, data, etc. Search by keyword, title, author, etc.

22. 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

23. Your turn 3 minutes Search the library catalogue

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

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

26. 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

31. 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.

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

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

34. 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)

38. Download to RefWorks

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

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

43. 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

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

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

46. … gets you a list of articles *in Web of Science* that have cited this article To export to RefWorks, select articles and click more options

47. … then at the bottom of the page use Output Records For Step 3, Save to Plain Text

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

49. In RefWorks, select References > Import

50. 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

51. You’ve imported your references successful Where are they? View Last Imported Folder or View > All References

52. 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

53. Your turn 10 minutes Search Web of Science View Cited References Get article full text Export citations to RefWorks

54. SciFinder Scholar

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

57. Notes on SciFinder Scholar This demo looks complicated It’s easier to use the client (download instructions are linked) A web version is coming Always click Exit when you are finished using SciFinder Scholar. We have only 8 ‘seats.’

67. How to export from SciFinder Scholar to RefWorks while in the library : Select articles Save As Download on ‘sushi’ (K:) Type = Tagged Format (*.txt) Exit SciFinder Scholar

68. Click the orange X

69. 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

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

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

72. Notes on SciFinder Scholar Remember to click Exit when you are finished

73. In RefWorks, select References > Import

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

75. 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

77. Make a Bibliography using RefWorks Click Bibliography

78. 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…

79. 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

80. 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

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

82. Your turn 10 minutes Create a bibliography using RefWorks and an appropriate style

83. 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

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