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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 Synonym Dictionary,Thesaurus viewer Synonym Dictionary 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

Final search in CAB Abstracts 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* OR public administration 4.explode "Central-Europe" in BT,DE,GE,OD 1 AND 2 AND 3 AND 4

Evaluating the results Judging bibliographic records type of document subject and scope – abstract information primary of 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 Dissertations: WaY Open access journals: BioMed Central PLoS Biology Review process David Holtzman, GlobalPOV September 26, 2006

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 Upload at the latest 15 December via Blackboard MS Word format (not pdf!) Filename: fransen.doc or bergvander&miller.doc or suarezbarranco&sevilla.doc

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