The New Oviatt Library Website Your Portal to Academic Success

Presenters Stephanie Ballard Stephanie Ballard Librarian Liaison for: Psychology, Educational Psychology, Child and Adolescent Development Librarian Liaison for: Psychology, Educational Psychology, Child and Adolescent Development Marcia Henry Marcia Henry Database Coordinator and Librarian Liaison for Health Sciences, Communicative Disorders, Kinesiology, Leisure Studies Database Coordinator and Librarian Liaison for Health Sciences, Communicative Disorders, Kinesiology, Leisure Studies Credit also to Elizabeth Altman, Web Developer Credit also to Elizabeth Altman, Web Developer

Website Redesigned Summer 2005

Design Goals Make information easier to find Make information easier to find Refresh the library's online presence with an updated look Refresh the library's online presence with an updated look Address accessibility issues: Address accessibility issues: CSU Executive order 926 demands adherence to accessibility standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) CSU Executive order 926 demands adherence to accessibility standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Accessibility Most pages designed to comply with the highest level of accessibility (AAA) currently defined by the W3C Most pages designed to comply with the highest level of accessibility (AAA) currently defined by the W3C Presentation of pages supported by style sheets Presentation of pages supported by style sheets Visitors to the site can customize text size using browser settings Visitors to the site can customize text size using browser settings

Homepage

Organization: 5 Category Tabs 1. Find Resources 2. Library Services 3. Research Assistance 4. Collections 5. About the Library All tabs visible from main pages of the website.

Find Resources Links to all major research resources

Library Services Circulation, ILL, computing and classroom services, special services for faculty, including online version of Faculty Guide

Research Assistance Instructional Documentation

Collections

About the Library Hours, News, Administration, Contacts, Policies

New Interlibrary Loan Service (Fall 2005) Requests submitted electronically Patrons can monitor status of requested materials

Electronic Research Resources

Overview Subscriptions or access to: Subscriptions or access to: 200 databases 200 databases 134 online encyclopedias 134 online encyclopedias 11,000+ electronic books 11,000+ electronic books 20,000+ electronic journals 20,000+ electronic journals

Additional collection statistics

Access electronic subscriptions Find Resources Find Articles and Research Data Find Articles and Research Data Databases A-Z Databases A-Z MetaSearch MetaSearch

Find Articles and Research Data

Databases A-Z

Databases for all disciplines MetaSearch Has 63 disciplines Offers simple interface Can search across 10 databases at a time Offers my space to store retrieved records, search strategies, custom database lists

Databases most used by undergraduates InfoTrac OneFile InfoTrac OneFile Academic Search Elite Academic Search Elite Proquest databases-ABI/Inform, Newspapers and more Proquest databases-ABI/Inform, Newspapers and more Library Online catalog Library Online catalog

Academic Search Elite (EbscoHost)

InfoTrac OneFile

InfoTRAC has many databases

Proquest Databases

Library Online Catalog

MetaSearch Quick Search most popular – uniform interface

MetaSearch offers 63 categories and simple search form

MetaSearch results

Articles available full text

MetaSearch My Space for you

Databases of special interest for faculty DIALOG has Citation indexes. Acess now with a self service dialog form which includes the account and password to search DIALOG has Citation indexes. Acess now with a self service dialog form which includes the account and password to search Science Citation Index Science Citation Index Social Sciences Citation Index Social Sciences Citation Index Retrievals give total citing and titles Retrievals give total citing and titles Partner with MetaSearch’s simultaneous search to identify titles Partner with MetaSearch’s simultaneous search to identify titles

Cited reference searching help

How to track citations of your published works Tools available through the Oviatt Library and the Internet

Uses of Citing Reference Authors track citations of their works Authors track citations of their works (ego-centric citation searching) (ego-centric citation searching) Faculty RTP evaluation Faculty RTP evaluation Funders select grant recipients Funders select grant recipients Scholars and students follow trends Scholars and students follow trends in theories and review literature

Databases Covered ISI databases: Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index ISI databases: Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index CINAHL adds cited references CINAHL adds cited references PsycINFO adds cited refs PsycINFO adds cited refs Google Scholar & Books Google Scholar & Books

Cited Reference Searching (backward/retrospective) P A S T

Citing Reference Searching (forward/prospective) T E U F U R

PsycINFO Find Citation feature

“A comparison of eyewitness and physical evidence...”

Find Citing Articles feature: two citations found

Verify References for Citing Article

Create Automatic Alert

CINAHL: Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature

“The hemodynamic effects of arm or leg exercises...” Times Cited in this Database

Google Scholar

Advanced Search Screen

Search Results for author Joyce Munsch

First Article Cited by 20

Google Books (formerly known as “Print”)

Advanced Search Screen

Search Results for book Sandplay

Details of Citing Reference

Conclusions Retrievals grow quickly Retrievals grow quickly Google Scholar/Books find unique retrievals: online theses, reading lists, class notes, online journals Google Scholar/Books find unique retrievals: online theses, reading lists, class notes, online journals ISI citation indexes continue to offer unique retrievals ISI citation indexes continue to offer unique retrievals

Self-Serve DIALOG ISI citation databases

Log-in page

Sample retrieval for RR Mitchell

DIALOG retrievals give title

Partner with MetaSearch

Search for Title

Metasearch screens

Retrieve article information found in just 1 database

Another example which picks up record in 2 databases

Article 1 st brief record; PsycInfo includes abstract

Full text available in 2 databases

Article info given but item not owned so ILL link offered

Request on Interlibrary Loan

Correct ILL form populated with bibliographic information delivered

Interlibrary Loan menu

Review outstanding requests. Can prefer electronic delivery if possible

Review Requests, Review Personal Information in your ILL account

New Databases

New Databases Spring 2006 Index to Jewish Periodicals (EbscoHost) Index to Jewish Periodicals (EbscoHost) Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISTA) (EbscoHost) Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISTA) (EbscoHost) CINAHL Plus with Full text (EbscoHost) CINAHL Plus with Full text (EbscoHost) SciSearch and Social SciSearch (DIALOG) SciSearch and Social SciSearch (DIALOG) ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) SciFinder (Chemical Abstracts) SciFinder (Chemical Abstracts) Oxford University Press (130 ejournals) Oxford University Press (130 ejournals) Springer/Kluwer. Springer/Kluwer.

International Guitar Research Archive (online Fall 2005) Searchable database of guitar discography with cover images Online inventory of manuscripts

Tseng Family Collection of Chinese Antiquities

How to connect from off campus: Activate your 14-digit barcode at Library’s Circulation Desk or use VPN Virtual Private Network

Important URLs Free Library Classes library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/classes.html Free Library Classes library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/classes.html library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/classes.html Librarian Subject Specialists library.csun.edu/About_the_Library/librarians.html Librarian Subject Specialists library.csun.edu/About_the_Library/librarians.html library.csun.edu/About_the_Library/librarians.html Electronic Research Databases Electronic Research Databases The New Oviatt Library Website: Your Portal to Academic Success... PowerPoint linked from The New Oviatt Library Website: Your Portal to Academic Success... PowerPoint linked from

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