Let's Talk Research 2015 - Mary Hill - What have librarians ever done for us? NHSNWRD
What have librarians ever done for us?
Mary Hill & Tim Jacobs
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Naomi Leech & Steve Glover
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust
Let's Talk Research 2015 - Mary Hill - What have librarians ever done for us? NHSNWRD
What have librarians ever done for us?
Mary Hill & Tim Jacobs
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Naomi Leech & Steve Glover
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust
What ARE we thinking? Collections decisions in an Academic LibraryLinda Galloway
When faced with multiple competing priorities for investment in library resources, there are many important aspects to consider. From student enrollment to prominence of programs, there are both data-driven and intangible factors to weigh. In addition, most library collections now focus on the immediate needs of students and researchers instead of collecting for posterity. This just-in-time versus just-in-case collection development mindset prioritizes different resource attributes and requires an often unfamiliar level of acquisitions flexibility.
This presentation was provided by Sarah Young of Cornell University during a NISO webinar on the topic of Compliance With Funder mandates, held on September 14, 2016.
What ARE we thinking? Collections decisions in an Academic LibraryLinda Galloway
When faced with multiple competing priorities for investment in library resources, there are many important aspects to consider. From student enrollment to prominence of programs, there are both data-driven and intangible factors to weigh. In addition, most library collections now focus on the immediate needs of students and researchers instead of collecting for posterity. This just-in-time versus just-in-case collection development mindset prioritizes different resource attributes and requires an often unfamiliar level of acquisitions flexibility.
This presentation was provided by Sarah Young of Cornell University during a NISO webinar on the topic of Compliance With Funder mandates, held on September 14, 2016.
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How to Find Articles
Finding research articles
1 Why find research articles?
2 What is a research article?
3 Strategies to find research articles
4 Advanced search interface
5 Logistics of how to find full-text articles
6 How to read research articles
What is a research article?
Before we talk about how to find research articles, we have to
agree on what we're looking for. We're looking for scientific
truth. Where do you get it? From a Trustworthy Authority? Give
me a break! (see rant).
Scientific truth resides in research articles. A research article is
one that provides observations or the observed results of
experiments (not merely conclusions) and a description of how
the experiments were performed, in sufficient detail that
someone else might replicate them. You will recognize them by
the detail paid to the methods on which the results were based.
A news report of a scientific finding is not a research article. It
doesn't describe how to do the experiment. A review article is
not a research article. It combines lessons learned from multiple
research articles but, again, does not describe how to do the
experiments it covers.
Strategies to find research articles
If you know the exact title of the article you're looking for, then:
http://www.people.vcu.edu/~elhaij/bnfo300/17/Units/Intro-course/why-find-research-articles.html
http://www.people.vcu.edu/~elhaij/bnfo300/17/Units/Intro-course/how-to-read-articles.html
http://www.people.vcu.edu/~elhaij/bnfo300/17/Units/Intro-course/trustworthy-authority.html
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/lsl/help/modules/review.html
• Your favorite search engine may be the fastest way to reach
the article (if you have its exact title). However, if you're
doing this from off-campus, the site you reach will not
recognize your IP address and not realize that you are a
member of the VCU community and thus deserving of the
full text of articles in journals to which VCU subscribes.
•
• VCU library general search facility is an excellent way of
getting most articles. If you are accessing it from off
campus, you'll be prompted for your eID and password if
needed. But no database is perfect, and you may sometimes
need to look elsewhere.
If you don't know the exact title, then:
• Using a search engines is generally a poor strategy -- too
low of a signal-to-noise ratio
•
• Google Scholar is much better but I haven't used it enough
to know how its database compares to others. Note that
Google Scholar allows advanced searches by clicking the
down arrow in the search box.
•
• For greater flexibility, try dedicated services, such as
PubMed and Web of Sciences.
There are two major strategies to use these indexes to find
research articles (plus one general fallback strategy):
• Keyword search: Looks for articles whose titles, abstracts,
or author lists contain a set of words that you supply. Used
by all the sites. This is what you're already used to.
http://scholar.google.com/schhp? ...
Searching electronic resources effectively BLDS, November 2012
BLDS catalogue, BLDS E-Library, University of Sussex E-library. Search tips and strategies
Library Services & Finding Information for M.Sc (DL) StudentsGaz Johnson
Talk given in April 2008 to distance learning students studying postgraduate degrees in education at Leicester. Covers general library practice and basic data resources available.
Finding Information for Foundation Degree in MVCO (DL) StudentsGaz Johnson
Slides for the 19th April lecture given to foundation degree in Managing Community & Voluntary Organisations - detailing data resources and good searching practice.
Lesson 1 presentation to go along with the TexShare Basic Reference Training in a Box. This goes along with the participant manual available here:
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/workshops/texshare/
Opportunities: Supporting the extended project qualificationJohn Iona
Slides from a workshop delivered at the SLA Conference 2014. The sessions looked at the EPQ, what it involves and how it is assessed, how I am involved and how Librarians might like to get involved in it in their schools.
An introductory lesson for GCSE EPQ pupils. The first part of the lesson is focussed on giving information to pupils about the course. The second part is an activity focussed on the August riots in England.
2. What can I show you? How to break down the process of research What resources are available over the internet How to access these resources How to search effectively
3. Research Process What am I looking for? How will I find it? Planning your search strategies Where do I start Search for information… and find it! What do I do with the information I find
4. What am I looking for? Research on your particular area of interest Journal articles Books Reports (Ofsted, DCSF etc.) Other such as news/newspaper articles, radio shows, TV programmes Why? Demonstrate a knowledge of relevant previous research Identify areas that might require further research Locate your research within the context of previous work Develop an understanding of particular methodologies
5. How will I find them? Middlesex Library Resources – Athens access Subject association websites and journals Other websites: Teachernet, Ofsted etc. Academy Library Local Library
6. Before you begin your search… Identify key words and terms to ensure you search effectively Remember to use Boolean and/not/or as well as “_” for specific terms How will you limit your search? Date ranges Subject UK publications Peer-reviewed articles only?
7. Where do I start? Middlesex University Library website (http://www.lr.mdx.ac.uk/) Click Electronic Resources – Athens - Login Log in to MyAthens and from here open the following databases Sage Journals Online EBSCOhost (Education Research Complete) Informaworld
8. Online Journals: MyAthens These databases will search across a huge range of journals, theses, conference proceedings and ebooks Remember to narrow your searching using the relevant tools Specify the subject or database when available Search specific journals Boolean search operators
9. Demo… I thought it would be useful to demonstrate how to access these resources http://www.lr.mdx.ac.uk/
10. Other Online Journal Databases British Education Index (http://www.leeds.ac.uk/bei/) is a UK-maintained, searchable database with access to free, full-text collections of journals. Directory of Open Access Journals (http://www.doaj.org/) provides access to open access journals. Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.co.uk) will search for journal articles and link to open access if available. Intute(http://www.intute.ac.uk) is a very useful portal providing links to pre-selected websites on a range of academic subjects. Also provides links to online journals too. AERA SIG Communication of Research (http://aera-cr.asu.edu/ejournals/) list of open-access journals related to education (US-based).
11. Other online resources TES www.tes.co.uk TeacherNethttp://www.teachernet.gov.uk/ Ofstedhttp://www.ofsted.gov.uk/ DCSF http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/ National Strategies http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk Academic Researchers’ Blogs
13. Once I have found an article (or information) Read the abstract to get an idea of what the article is about Save/print a copy of the full-text (if possible) Organise your articles into folders if relevant Make sure you have the full reference, including the database from which the article was found and date accessed (for your bibliography)
14. Library Subject Guides Check the Library Subject guides available at http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/ Identifies ways in which to begin your research Databases Library catalogues Journals Literature searching Internet sources