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connecting you with information, support and your community A Guide to Basic Literature Searching - Getting Started University of Warwick Library 4 October 2013 Helen Ireland, Academic Support Librarian

connecting you with information, support and your community What Types of Information Are Available? Books Journal articles Conference papers, theses & dissertations Standards/codes of practice / Patents Company and marketing information Government publications Statistics /reports/ Grey literature Always make a note of references used!

connecting you with information, support and your community Most of an iceberg is below the water…so the Library has more than what you see on the shelves

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Books Reading lists or supplementary reading Use the Library catalogue Increasingly, books are now available electronically (E-books) Buy books which you are going to need to refer to regularly – be guided by your tutors. Look for books in other libraries.

connecting you with information, support and your community Books QA (Maths, Statistics, Computing), QC (Physics and Engineering Science) T-TS (Engineering and Manufacturing) Floor 2 Extension Reference and Oversize books (Mobile shelving) H-HY (Social Sciences, Business and Management), Floor 5 Electronic books (E-books)

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Encore Simple Search, Scholarly Results Searches content of e-books, e-journals and databases “Quick & Dirty” search Doesn’t cover all the Library’s e-resources For a systematic and thorough search, use the advanced search option on individual databases

connecting you with information, support and your community Print Journals 2000 onwards volumes in mobile shelving in Floor 2 Extension A-Z by title of journal or publisher Pre-2000 volumes in Store – fetched on request Online request form

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Basic Database Searching Why do you need to search? Books can quickly become out-of-date. The only information available might be in journal articles, conference papers or patents. You will need to use one of the subject specialised databases.

connecting you with information, support and your community Choosing a Database Does it cover my subject? Does it cover the years I need to search? What kind of material is it searching? Is the database full-text or abstract only?

connecting you with information, support and your community Full-Text Databases –Advantages Quick route to information. Easily available off-campus. –Disadvantages Limited material type. Limited title/subject coverage. Limited time scale. –Often not subject specific.

connecting you with information, support and your community Indexing/Abstracting Databases –Advantages Good time span Subject specific Best material coverage in terms of range and type –Disadvantages Item may not be in the library Extra stages might be needed to obtain the full-text article

connecting you with information, support and your community Key Resources Web of Knowledge Scopus Engineering Village (Compendex and Inspec) ScienceDirect Construction Information Service OHSIS E-book packages such as ICE and Springer Fame (Company Information) ABI Inform Business Source Premier Explore our web pages to find others!

connecting you with information, support and your community Starting to Search Think about the different ideas / concepts covered by your topic Identify keywords or phrases Think about any synonyms or alternative spellings Use truncation symbols or wildcards for different word endings and spellings Phrases can often be placed in “speech marks”

connecting you with information, support and your community Combining Your Search Terms Boolean operators OR Will find articles containing either search term. OR broadens a search ANDWill find articles containing both search terms. AND narrows your search. NOTWill exclude a term from your search. Use NOT with caution! You might exclude something useful!

connecting you with information, support and your community Limits Year –Most recent? All years? Language –English only? Publication Type –Journal articles, conference papers, standards, case studies, company reports

connecting you with information, support and your community Citation / Cited Reference Searching Search for articles which have cited / quoted a previously published work. Through a cited reference search, you can discover how a known idea has been confirmed, applied, developed, improved, extended, criticised or corrected Web of Science is the key resource for citation searching, although other database providers are beginning to offer it Search by name of author and date of publication

connecting you with information, support and your community Search Results Link to full text if available Mark useful references , download or print references Export to EndNote Web or other reference manager

connecting you with information, support and your community Reviewing the Search Review results and identify possible additional keywords which could be used Consider alternative spellings, word endings or broader or narrower terms Edit and re-run the search Re-run the search in alternative databases / resources

connecting you with information, support and your community No Link to Full-Text? Check the Library Catalogue for a paper or electronic copy – search for the journal title Check the A-Z list of titles on the Electronic Journals webpage for an electronic copy. Not in the Library? –Ask for the article through Article Reach or Document Supply –Visit another local library.

connecting you with information, support and your community Document Supply For students working on dissertations Forms are available from the Library. No charge. Your supervisor needs to countersign the form. You need to sign the copyright declaration.

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Evaluating Internet Resources Who has written it? Bias and authority. When was it written? Are there contact details on the site? Is there any way of validating the information? Use a subject gateway Work through an online tutorial such as the Internet Detective

connecting you with information, support and your community Google Scholar Better quality research information than Google Scholar preferences  Click on Library Links and enter “Warwick” to get access to all our full text journal subscriptions  Click on Settings and then on Bibliography Manager to import references into EndNote or other reference management packages Scholar Advanced Search

connecting you with information, support and your community Referencing Departmental guidelines Library online tutorial on referencing PLATO (Plagiarism Teaching Online) Reference Manager software such as EndNote Web

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Further help

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Questions? Good Luck with Your Studies!