Information Literacy for MOS ECS-65100

Programme Teachers: Marja Duizendstraal Marja Maclaine Pont Lecture 1: 7 September Practicals:14 September Lecture 2:21 September Exam26 October Blackboard modules

Why should you be information literate? Now during your study Courses Thesis Later as a professional Keep knowledge up to date Basis for research Input for decisions

The role of scientific literature Scholarly communication Fotograph by Julia Margaret Camron, 1968 Sketch by Charles Darwin, 1837

The role of scientific literature Scholarly communication Fotograph by Julia Margaret Camron, 1968 Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 3:

The role of scientific literature Claiming (intellectual or commercial) ownership © Google Inc 2011 © Justin Sullivan/Getty pictures

The role of scientific literature A record of science

And there is more information..... Newspapers Wikipedia Blogs Web sites Illustration © Loet van Moll

Use of research resources Resources Identified as Most Important by Researchers Research Resources % Ranking in Top 3 Journal articles 71.1% Monographs 32.0% Chapters in books with many authors 21.8% Expertise of individuals 19.4% Organizations web sites 15.3% Original text sources, e.g. newspapers, historical records 12.5% Conference proceedings 11.6% Datasets. published or unpublished 8.1% Other sources (specified by interviewee) 6.8% Preprints 5.1% Non-text sources, e.g. images, audio, artifacts 2.9% Researchers and discovery services. Behaviour, perceptions and needs. A study commisioned by the Research Information Network, 2006.

What do you need? Introduction Comprehensive text In-depth information bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb bbbbb Practical information bbbbbbbbbbb News, opinions  Encyclopedia, Web sites  Books, Review articles  Scientific articles, reports, conference proceedings, PhD-dissertations  Professional articles, web sites  Newspapers, blogs

When are you information literate? Define the information you need Understand the variety of information sources Search efficiently and effectively Evaluate and select appropriate information Manage selected information (e.g. EndNote) Use selected information and avoid plagiarism

Find the needed information WHERE?? Use the right finding aids Illustration © Loet van Moll 2009

Where to start to find a (known) book? Sumi, A., K. Fukushi and A. Hiramatsu (2010) Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Climate Change  Google(not outside WUR-network)  Google Scholar (outside network: use link at library.wur.nl)  Catalogue WUR library  Scopus (no books)

Where to start to find a (known) article? Peeters, P. and Dubois, G. (2010). Tourism travel under climate change mitigation constraints. Journal of Transport Geography, 18 (3),  Google (not outside WUR network)  Google Scholar (outside network: use link at library.wur.nl)  Catalogue WUR library (no articles)  Scopus

Resources and finding aids Resources Journal articles scientific professional Monographs books reports dissertations proceedings Encyclopedias Websites Blogs Datasets News Finding aids Bibliographies Library catalogues Internet search engines Gateways/ portals Illustration © Loet van Moll 2009

Access Login at library site when you are outside WUR network! Use the get-it button or link:

Example topic Master thesis on: Effect of windmills on the marine environment

Step 1: Orientation on the topic EncyclopediaWikipediaWikipedia Virtual Reference Desk Web sitesInternet search engine BooksLibrary Catalogue NewsLexisNexis, news sitesLexisNexis Review articlesScopus

Results orientation  Search terms: windmills, wind turbines, wind farm, windfarm, wind park, wind power, sea, ocean, offshore, mammals, fish, birds....  Adapted search question: Effect of wind turbines on marine mammals

Step 2: Structured Search Effect of wind turbines on marine mammals /2008/10/beaked-whale.jpg

Will this search find title 1? Effect of wind turbines on marine mammals A Yes B No Note: “effect” is not in the record

Will this search find title 2? wind turbines marine mammals A Yes B No Note: No wind turbine and no mammals in the record Add synonyms!

Will this search find title 2? wind turbines wind farm marine mammals seals A Yes B No Note: Wrong search statement. Right search: (wind turbines OR wind farm) AND (marine mammals OR seals)

Concept or structured search  Identify key concepts (split your subject into main themes)  Formulate search terms per concept  Apply database tools and combine search terms with Boolean operators  Improve your search (evaluate and select) Illustrations © Loet van Moll 2009

Identifying key concepts Effect of wind turbines on marine mammals

Search terms per concept windmills OR wind mills OR windturbines OR wind turbines OR wind farms OR windfarms OR wind parks OR windparks OR wind power marine OR sea OR ocean OR offshore Mammals OR seals OR Phoca OR porpoises OR dolphins OR whales

Truncation and phrase searching windmills OR wind mills OR windturbines OR wind turbines OR "wind farm*" OR windfarm* OR "wind parks" OR windparks OR “wind power” marine OR sea OR ocean OR offshore Mammals OR seals OR Phoca OR porpoises OR dolphins OR whales

What will you learn? Wind turbines mammals marine

Combining with Boolean operators Within concept: OR (any word) Between concepts: AND (all words) (Exclude concepts: NOT) Make sets per concept, or use parentheses Adjust during search

Improving your search To narrow: more specific terms, less truncation, more concepts…. To broaden: more (general) terms, more truncation, less concepts ………… Build on what you have found: More or better terms (thesaurus!) Key authors/ groups References (citation search)

Limiting years of publication geographic region language additional concept(s)

Bibliographic databases Multidisciplinary Scopus Web of Science Google Scholar Specific topics CAB-Abstracts Biological Abstracts FSTA Medline/ PubMed …………….. Overlap Additional Use several databases

Bibliographic databases: overlap and unique records Web of ScienceScopusCAB AbstractsSciFinder Unique records after deduplication Sensitivity of models on leaching of pesticides to groundwater

Choosing a bibliographic database Multidisciplinary databases: Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar. Most used resources at Specialized subject oriented databases Use the Portals, Resources by subject, on the Library sitePortals Choose a bibliography by checking the content

Search strategies Known item search Concept or structured search Following a thread

Start from a relevant publication Search citations: In references (older) Cited by (more recent) Search related articles based on: Authors Keywords Shared references Illustration © Loet van Moll 2009

Assignment Write an assignment together with one or two fellow students Information on how to write it can be found in BB - > Assignments The subject is: topic 10 or topic 14 Read the description of this subject -> Assignments Start in practicals Upload the document via Blackboard before h on 19 September 2011 Feedback lecture 21 September

Course contents and evaluation Self Study – Blackboard modules at Before practicals: 1, 2, 3.1, 3.2, 4a, and 7 Later: 4b1, 4b2, 4b4, 4b9, 5, and 8 Quizzes in Blackboard to test your knowledge Assignment: compulsory to hand in. Exam on 26 October Final grade is based upon this exam (minimum 5.5) Contact: