Library Tutorial for FST Year 1 10 August 2016 Loh Mee Lan http://bit.ly/fst1101aug2016
Why Attend This Session Feedback From FST Honours Year Students Who Attended Library Tutorial in August 2016 Have the sessions earlier, perhaps in year 1 to aid in report writing have this library session at the start of our undergraduate studies (in Year 1) as it will be very useful throughout the 3-4 years and not only during thesis writing Conduct this session for the year 1 students everyone should go through this program in year 1 or 2 instead of year 4 offer this session to year 1 students so that nus students can learn to cite properly for all their reports
Session Outline Research Topics Basics : Search Strategies Identify database based on topic Develop search strategy Select relevant articles Obtain full text of identified articles Write assignments with references Check before submit assignments Research Topics Basics : Search Strategies Find Relevant Articles / Full Text Articles Basics : Endnote Plagiarism Assignment Cycle
Research Topics Definition of functional foods Recent research development in functional foods Involvement of biotechnology in functional foods Regulations of functional foods around the world Information available to consumers on functional foods Food industry outlook of the functional foods business
Resources Handout Books & E-books Government& Regulatory Boards Books Popular Science / General articles Science journals & databases Dictionaries & encyclopedias Science journals & databases Popular Science / General articles Newswires & newspaper websites Books & E-books Resources Handout Trade publications & reports Business journals & databases Books & E-books Newswires & newspaper websites Government& Regulatory Boards Popular Science / General articles Newswires & newspaper websites Books & E-books Books & E-books Popular Science / General articles Science journals & databases
Session Outline Research Topics Basics : Search Strategies Identify database based on topic Develop search strategy Select relevant articles Obtain full text of identified articles Write assignments with references Check before submit assignments Research Topics Basics : Search Strategies Find Relevant Articles / Full Text Articles Basics : Endnote Plagiarism Assignment Cycle
Basics : Search Strategies
Book Citations (ACS style) Authors Book title Anastas, P. T.; Warner, J. C. Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice; Oxford University Press: Oxford, 1998. Publisher & publication place Publication year
Journal article citation (ACS style) Authors Article name Ott, I., On the medicinal chemistry of gold complexes as anticancer drugs. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 2009, 253 (11), 1670-1681. Journal Title Publication year, volume (issue) Article page
Broaden/Refine Your Searches Find the synonyms / alternate terms of the keywords Regulations OR Law OR Legal Look for different variations of keywords Regulat* - Search for regulation, regulate, regulates Note: some databases may use “?” instead of “*” Use phrase searching - “Functional foods” When using Google, you need to enter your search in one search box. In searching databases, there are methods to help you increase or broaden your results.
Boolean Operators OR - either of the terms may be present - used for broadening a search - e.g. fruits OR nuts AND - both terms must be present used for narrowing a search e.g. fruits AND nuts NOT - eliminate an unwanted concept or word e.g. fruits NOT nuts Fruits Nuts Fruits Nuts Fruits Nuts
Session Outline Research Topics Basics : Search Strategies Identify database based on topic Develop search strategy Select relevant articles Obtain full text of identified articles Write assignments with references Check before submit assignments Research Topics Basics : Search Strategies Find Relevant Articles / Full Text Articles Basics : Endnote Plagiarism Assignment Cycle
FindMore@NUSL & Web of Science
Library Catalogue LINC provides details at the journal level (e.g. title, volume) but not information within each volume. We are not able to know what are the journal articles within each issue in traditional library catalogue (e.g. LINC).
Abstracts An abstracts database (e.g. Web of Science) or FindMore allows you to view the details at article level (e.g. journal title, volume number, issue number, page number and abstract or summary of the article).
FindMore@NUSL Goggle Chrome Access FindMore@NUSL at NUS Libraries Portal Page @ http://lib.nus.edu.sg
FindMore@NUSL Filter Sort
Inserts item into temporary folder FindMore@NUSL Content type Inserts item into temporary folder Option to read online, export citation, email item’s bibliographic information
Find more resources in: Essential Resources FindMore@NUSL Web of Science Scopus ScienceDirect References Selected FST Databases AGRICOLA FSTA (Food Science & Technology Abstracts) Reaxys (Register for Account) SciFinder – Registration Site TOXLINE Find more resources in: Chemistry LibGuide FST LibGuide Biological & Life Sciences LibGuide
Web of Science Use Google Chrome Go to Librry Portal Page (http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg) Databases tab Browse by Major & Popular Databases
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science Click “Add Another Field” for additional lines
Web of Science Sort By: Relevance Document Types Reviews (Click “Refine”) Sort by : Relevance Document Types: Reviews Full Text – click on Find It@NUS Libraries
Proxy Bookmarklet FAQ
Guide on installing the Proxy Bookmarklet Enables full-text access to subscribed journal articles on any page that requires users to pay Guide on installing the Proxy Bookmarklet Library must have online access to the materials
Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com.sg/ FAQ
FAQ on setting up NUS Libraries access in Google Scholar
Session Outline Research Topics Basics : Search Strategies Identify database based on topic Develop search strategy Select relevant articles Obtain full text of identified articles Write assignments with references Check before submit assignments Research Topics Basics : Search Strategies Find Relevant Articles / Full Text Articles Basics : Endnote Plagiarism Assignment Cycle
Basics : EndNote
Introduction to Reference Management Software A software that: stores and organises references from many sources inserts these references into a Word document automatically formats your references according to a predefined citation style
EndNote Add references to EndNote Library Export references from a database (e.g. Web of Science) to EndNote
Insert/edit citations EndNote Insert/edit citations Change citation style Insert references into Word document Format according to the citation style required in Word
EndNote vs Mendeley EndNote X7 Mendeley Generates & updates the reference list automatically as you add more citations Generates the reference list when you want to More built-in compatibility with some databases (Web of Science, BIOSIS preview) Easier citation editing in Word (no hidden codes) EndNote LibGuide Mendeley LibGuide
Session Outline Research Topics Basics : Search Strategies Identify database based on topic Develop search strategy Select relevant articles Obtain full text of identified articles Write assignments with references Check before submit assignments Research Topics Basics : Search Strategies Find Relevant Articles / Full Text Articles Basics : Endnote Plagiarism Assignment Cycle
Plagiarism
What is Plagiarism? The act of plagiarizing; taking someone’s words “In NUS, it is defined as the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.” Source: Plagiarism | Breeze presentation by Centre for English Language Communication The act of plagiarizing; taking someone’s words or ideas as if they were your own. Source: Avoiding Plagiarism | Breeze presentation by Dr Yang Ying, Centre for English Language Communication
What is Plagiarism? More info http://emodule.nus.edu.sg/ac/ NUS Turnitin Website http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/plagiarism-prevention/
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