Oceanography honours training
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The document provides tips for finding journal articles using Boolean operators like "and", "or", and "not" to combine or exclude search terms. It also describes using wildcard and truncation symbols to account for unknown characters or multiple spellings/endings. Useful databases for oceanography are listed, and it recommends creating database accounts to set up article alerts that will keep you up to date on the latest research.
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Oceanography honours training
- 1. Philosopher Artist Oceanography Honours • Library Training • Gcobisa Xalabile • Gcobisa.Xalabile@uct.ac.za • 021 650 4733
- 6. Finding journal articles 1.Use of Boolean operators: • And – combines search terms so that each search result contains all of the terms. For example, Ocean and Biochemistry finds articles that contain both terms. • Or – combines search terms so that each search result contains at least one of the terms. For example, ocean or sea finds results that contain either term. • Not – excludes terms so that each search result does not contain any of the terms that follow it.
- 7. 2. WILDCARD (?) AND TRUNCATION (*) SYMBOLS • Use the wildcard and truncation symbols to create searches where there are unknown characters, multiple spellings or various endings. • For example, type alumin?m for aluminum or aluminium. • To use truncation, enter the root of a search term and replace the ending with an *, e.g. type biogeochem* to find the words biogeochemistry, biogeochemical
- 21. Other useful databases • Academic Search Premier • Science Direct • Scopus • Web of Science • GeoRef
- 22. Keeping up to date • Create an account in a database • Sign in when searching • Create alerts for your search terms