Information Literacy ECS-65100

Program feedback lecture Example of a search + demo on using Endnote for reference management Evaluation of results Managing of results Using of results when writing and publishing Exam, exercises and assignment report Questions

Searching What: specifying search question Where: selecting sources See Blackboard module 4b How: tools and rules Subject: Government policies in Eastern Europe regarding wetland degradation Ramsar, 2003;

What – specifying search question Sources for orientation: Reference works: catalogue, Virtual Reference Desk, WikipediaVirtual Reference DeskWikipedia Internet Search Engines (e.g. Scirus)Scirus Review papers (e.g. Scopus)Scopus Newspapers? (LexisNexis, NYT)

Search example – concepts Government policies in Eastern Europe regarding wetland degradation

Search example – concepts Government policies in Eastern Europe regarding wetland degradation Concept 1 wetlands

Search example – concepts Government policies in Eastern Europe regarding wetland degradation Concept 1 wetlands Concept 2 degradation

Search example – concepts Government policies in Eastern Europe regarding wetland degradation Concept 1 wetlands Concept 2 degradation Concept 3 policies

Search example – concepts Government policies in Eastern Europe regarding wetland degradation Concept 1 wetlands Concept 2 degradation Concept 3 policies Concept 4 eastern europe

Search example – keywords 1. wetland?, marsh*, bog?, swamp? (Thesaurus viewer or Wordtracker,Thesaurus viewer Wordtracker In Blackboard: see Keyword Finding Assistance under Extra Materials) 2. degradation, contamination, pollution, but also…. conservation 3. policy, policies, government, politics, authorities 4. Eastern Europe, Central Europe, Poland, etc. (explode)

Search example – search profile Within aspect: OR Between aspects: AND (Exclude aspects: NOT) Make sets per concept, or use parentheses Adjust during search

Where – selecting sources Choice of information source: Bibliographic databases portals: nature/environmental management metasearch for selection of database Test them ! Quantity Quality

How: Search tools difference in platforms different tools phrase searching? plural searching? field searching? operators? wildcards? thesaurus? see Search Tips and Help

Scopus and CAB ScopusCAB (OvidSP)CAB (EBSCO) "" for phrasephrase phrase search pluralssearch no pluralssometimes ti, ab, kwall fieldsall fields AND/OR/AND NOTAND/OR/NOTAND/OR/NOT PRE/WADJ/NEAR/WITHN/W *= any/ ? =1*=any/ ?= 0,1*=any/?=1/#=0,1 no thesaurusthesaurusthesaurus

Final search in CAB Abstracts and Scopus 1.wetland? OR marsh* OR bog? OR swamp? 2.degradation OR contamination OR pollution OR conservation 3.policy OR policies OR government? OR politic* OR authorit* 4.explode Central Europe via thesaurus CAB: 1 and 2 and 3 and 439 refs Scopus25 refs 1 AND 2 AND 3 AND 4

Following a thread Reference lists Cited by Related records

Evaluating the results Judging bibliographic records type of document subject and scope – abstract information primary or secondary research audience date of publication author details Evaluating internet resources anyone can publish coverage, relevancy for your question quality criteria: accuracy, objectivity, authority, currency Peter Steiner, The New Yorker July 5, 1993

Managing the results Selecting references Print, download, Export to database management software EndNote (short demo) Getting the paper document: link, catalogue, request Management of Pdf’s

Using the results Citing, avoid plagiarism Writing Publishing Journal selection, impact factors Wageningen publications: WaY Open access journals: BioMed Central PLoS Biology Review process

Exam, exercises and assignment report Exam: Example under Extra Materials Date: see Course Information Library exercises Blackboard module 3.3 Hand in at library information desk at Forum library Assignment Report to Before 19 February 2010 MS Word format (not pdf!) Filename: fransen.doc or bergvander&miller.doc

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