Library introduction for Sociology/Social Policy Library homepage Discovery service LIMO: books, articles, dissertations, journals, newspapers Specific databases for sociology/social policy
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Practical info: group work, wifi … 3
Homepage: search guide 4 User guides and ppts Link to other Belgian and foreign catalogues f.e. WorldCat
About Limo? limo.libis.be 5
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Searching Limo 7 Two options: A.Simple Search Fill in your search terms in 1 single box and discover millions of references of books, articles, etc.…. 7
Searching Limo 8 A. Simple Search: search tips boolean operators: AND OR NOT “exact phrase” truncation and wildcards ? 0 or 1 character f.e. wom?n = woman and women hono?r = honor and honour * 0, 1 or more characters f.e. cultur* = culture, cultural, culturally warm* = warm, warmer, warming Grouping terms within a query: use parentheses
Searching Limo: more search fields 9 B.Advanced Search 9
Searching Limo: use facets to limit 10 Limit my results Physical print items: print collections K.U. Leuven a.o. LIBIS libraries Peer-reviewed: checked by other scholars or researchers Full Text Online: online access Cited in WoS: publications cited once or more in Web of Science databases Physical Items
Searching Limo: use facets to refine 11 Refine my results: Resource type: book, journal, article, database … Creation date: publication date Creator: author(s), editor(s) Topic Language Source: database Journal title Library (KU Leuven/other institution)
Searching Limo 12 Facet: displayed when there are one or more results Per facet: 3 items with most results + Show X more Per facet: select only one item Combine 2 or more facets Selected facets are displayed
Using search results 13 To sort search results Relevance (standard) Date newest Title A-Z
Using search results 14 Before each record Tab shows material type and/or book cover Short bibliographic description Availability indication Full text available on campus Available in K.U.Leuven/other institutions (physical item) No full text available Currently not on shelf May be available
Using search results 15 Below each record Two or more tabs with additional info Fysical items max. 3 tabs electronic publications max. 4 tabs At first Limo groups multiple related items
Using search results: locations 16 Click to open the floor plan
Using search results: locations 17 ITEM requests via Locations tab
Using search results: details 18 No full text ? > link to print edition More info about the publication Links to other catalogues Link to request in another library Request in another library
My Account:manage your ILL-requests + create “free” ILL-request 19 Manage loans and requests ILL-request via My Account
Manage search results: Select, save, my citations 20 Select > my citations To save?
Example: search database? 21 Simple search: >Resource type: database >Choose record >Click view online
Search database by type or subject 22 Choose subject or type >click search >select title
There’s more then LIMO? 23 LIMO is a discovery service for hundreds of millions of books, articles e.o. publications. Use special databases to search for specific info: Communication and Mass Media Complete, International Political Science Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, OECD (statistics)…
Most important databases: Sociology Ebsco-databases : Academic Search Elite and Business Source Premier / Full text archives: JSTOR / Muse / PAO Bibliographic : Francis / Intern. Bibliography of the Social Sciences/ PsycInfo/ ProQuest Sociology / Sociological Abstr. / Social Services Abstracts Citation Index: Web of Science: SSCI Statistics : OECD iLibrary Specific : Social Care Online
Example: Social Science Citation Index 25
Results in LIMO 26 select
Native interface database 27
Results list 28 More info?
: access to FT or print copy? 29
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Full text collections in Leuven Archives: JSTOR: FT archive of journal articles from the first issues onwards till about 2006 PAO: references and FT of journal articles from the first issues onwards till about 2006 Publisher’s journal collections: Cambridge Emmerald, Elsevier Oxford Sage (also backfiles), Springer Taylor &Francis Wiley-Blackwell 31
Statistics: OECD iLibrary 32
Results in LIMO > view online 33
Homepage > choose tab statistics 34
Search results: Belgium 35 export
Other statistical databases 36
Don’t forget To look for synonyms To use an encyclopedia or dictionary Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Britannica Online Encyclopedia of Social Networks Van Dale (dictionaries)