Information Literacy ECS-65100

Teachers Marja Duizendstraal Corrie van Zeist

Teachers Marja Duizendstraal Marja Maclaine Pont Hans FransenMarco van Veller Corrie van Zeist

Agenda January 5 15:30 – 17:30 hrs PC512: Introduction January 12 15:30 – 17:30 hrs PC512, Practical training – working on assignment and modules January 19, 15:30 – 17:15 hrs C321: lecture + feedback and questions January 26, 14:00-15:30 hrs PC602/606, Exam

Course contents ECS 65100_2010_0 Self Study – Blackboard modules at Before practicals: 1, 2, 3, 4a Later: 4b1, 4b2, 4b4, 4b9, 5, 7 and 8 Quizzes in Blackboard to test your knowledge Practical training Write an assignment on the subject of your choice, alone or together with a fellow student; The information on how to write it can be found in BB -> Assignments Define your subject before the practical training Information specialists will be available to assist you Upload the document via Blackboard -> Assignments Exam on January 26.

The role of scientific literature Scholarly communication

The role of scientific literature Claiming (intellectual or commercial) ownership

The role of scientific literature A record of science

And there is more information..... Newspapers Wikipedia Blogs Web sites

Information literacy An information literate individual is able to: 1.Determine the extent of information needed 2.Access the needed information effectively and efficiently 3.Evaluate information and its sources critically 4.Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base 5.Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose 6.Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally

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

Skill 1: Define your need Purpose locate a known item, orientation, in-depth search Topic research question Level scientific, professional, news Type data, news, books, research article, laws, company information, government information

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 published or unpublished 8.1% Other sources (specified by interviewee) 6.8% Preprints 5.1% Non-text sources, e.g. images, audio, artifacts 2.9% Researchers and discovery services.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.

Skills 2: Access the needed information WHERE?? Use the right finding aids HOW?? Search effectively

Examples access-1 Look up fulltext Wang, R.,2010. Shaping urban transport policies in China: Will copying foreign policies work? Transport policy 17(3) Paste into Google Scholar Look up journal in Journals A-Z Look up article in a database like Scopus

Getting the articles Access to licensed resources only when logged in! Use our link resolver SFX

Examples access-2 Find Van Dale dictionary English – Dutch Start – WUR – Dictionaries Library.wur.nl – Portals – Virtual Reference Desk Library.wur.nl – Catalogue – Dictionary

Examples access-2 Get the book D.B. McGilvray and Gamburd, M.R Tsunami recovery in Sri Lanka : ethnic and regional dimensions Library.wur.nl – Catalogue Google Scholar

Examples access-3 Find more books on tsunamis Library.wur.nl – Catalogue – tsunami* Worldcat Books.google.com, amazon.com etc.

Examples access-4 Find scientific articles on tsunamis Google Scholar Scopus, Web of Science Other bibliographic databases

Resources and finding aids Resources Journal articles scientific professional Monographs books reports dissertations proceedings Encyclopedias Websites Blogs Datasets News Finding aids Bibliographic databases Library catalogues Internet search engines Gateways/ portals

Library catalogues Are always linked to a library collection Show you where to locate books and journals Don’t contain journal articles Don’t contain book chapters

Bibliographies - bibliographic databases

Bibliographic references Represent the publication Consist of metadata -> data about a publication Title Author Source Abstract Classification/keywords/subject identifiers Appear in both primary publications and bibliographic databases Can have many puzzling formats and styles Accary, F., & Roger, J. (2010). Tsunami catalog and vulnerability of martinique (lesser antilles, france). Science of Tsunami Hazards, 29(3),

Bibliographic databases Consist of structured references with abstract, keywords, link to full-text (if WUR has subscription) in some also: cited by, related records Mainly refer to scientific articles but may also include books, theses, conference papers etc. Searching based on metadata, not full text Different search platforms

Bibliographic databases: one or more? All disciplines Scopus Web of Science Google Scholar Specific topics CAB-Abstracts Biological Abstracts FSTA Medline/ PubMed …………….. Overlap Additional Use several databases

Example search Sensitivity of models on leaching of pesticides to groundwater WoSScopusCABSciFinder After deduplication

Choosing a bibliographic database Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar Use links on Library home page Specialized subject oriented databases Use the Portals on the Library web sitePortals Choose a bibliography or start a metasearch from there From off-campus: Log in first Read the FAQ item on off-campus access if you have problems connecting

Skills 2: Search effectively Find the focus Identify key concepts Find search terms (keywords) Combine with Boolean operators Limite to: period, language, region

Finding the focus Effect of windmills on the marine environment Questions: Which effects? What kind of windmills do exist? What does the marine environment exist of? Background: Encyclopedia, books, reviews Adapted: Effect of windmills on marine organisms

Search in Scopus Effect of windmills on marine organisms Exact sentence? Synonyms, e.g. wind power, sea, fish? Search history?

Selected articles Importance of using multiple sampling methodologies for estimating changes of fish community composition in offshore wind power construction areas of the Baltic Sea Spatial planning of offshore wind farms: A windfall to marine environmental protection? abstract: … no-take zones for fish, with possible spill- over effects… Underwater noise from three types of offshore wind turbines: Estimation of impact zones for harbor porpoises and harbor seals keywords: … seal; oceans; seas; power plants …

Identifying key concepts Effect of windmills on marine organisms

Finding search terms Windmills OR wind power OR wind energy OR windfarm marine OR sea OR ocean fishes OR fauna OR macrobenthos OR seals OR ……. Effect OR impact OR influence OR disturbance OR ……..

What will you learn? Windmills organisms marine

Search history

Use parentheses around concepts WRONG windmill* OR “wind power” OR “wind energy” OR windfarm* AND marine OR sea OR ocean RIGHT (windmill* OR “wind power” OR “wind energy” OR windfarm*) AND (marine OR sea OR ocean)

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)

Other skills (next lecture) Know how to evaluate Bibliographic references Internet resources Know how to apply search results Referring, citing, quoting Reference lists Plagiarism Reference management EndNote Publishing

For next week Blackboard modules 1, 2, 3, 4a Assignment: exercise 1 Start with EndNote – hr Contact: Discussion board