1. DATA COLLECTION FOR RESEARCH : WHAT PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS MUST KNOW
Dr Chinwe Veronica Anunobi
Digital Librarian
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka

2. PREAMBLE Information Sourcing :Who ?
What Data Collection?
Information Sourcing :Who ?
Information Sourcing : Where & How?
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3. SCHEMA Data Collection Literature Search Information Sourcing
How
Think
Understand
Plan
Move
Search
Where
Referral /Resource Person
Institutional Library
Personal Library
Who ?
Information Literate
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4. Requires Information Literate person
WHO?
Requires Information Literate person
ABILITY TO KNOW
When Information is needed
Where to find it
How to evaluate it
How to use it
Communicate it in ethical manner
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5. INFORMATION LITERATE PERSON
Should be
Understand , adapt , evaluate as well as use current and emerging information tool
Tool Literate
Understand type , characteristics , format , location and access methods of information Resources
Information Resource Literate
Understand & use tools relevant to today’s research & scholarly works
Research Literate
Present , format and publish research output in any format
Publishing Literate
Adapt , understand , evaluate and continuously use emerging innovation in information world
Emerging Technology Literate
Critically evaluate information sources and information taking note of strength, weakness and their prospects
Critical Thinking Literate
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6. WHERE OF INFORMATION SOURCING?/
Information Sources
Referral/Resource Person
Personal Library
Institutional Library
Format:
:Print & Electronic
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7. LIBRARY FORMATS Electronic Print
Bibliographies & References from other sources
Library catalogue
Indexes & Abstracts
Consult a Librarian
Electronic
Directory
Web search : Search engines, Deep Web
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8. ELECTRONIC
Directory
Not very useful now though was used to get other sites . E.g Yahoo Directory
Web Search
Search Engines
Meta Search Engines
Deep Web
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9. WEB SEARCH Search Engines
Google ( Google scholar ,images, Maps, News, Translate, Books etc
MSN
Yahoo
Ask : , ETC
Meta Search : Searches within Search engines Result
Deep Web : Library websites, Databases, Repositories, Catalogues
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10. GOOGLE SEARCH
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11. YAHOO SEARCH ENGINE
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12. DEEP WEB Deep Web 11/8/2018 Dr Chinwe Anunobi Library Websites
Repositories
Databases/Portals
Library Websites
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13. SUBSCRIBED DATABASES / PORTALS
These are the resources the Digital Library has subscribed to, and which is expected help you carry out your research effectively. Please use them. If you encounter any problem using them, do let us know through our or personal contact.
1. Online Access to Research in the Environment: (OARE). Containing peer reviewed journals in Sciences, Engineering, Education, Social Sciences, Law and Arts broadly defined. To access full text of these journals, log in at with this user ID :NIE628 and password : 26379
2. Access to Research Initiative: HINARI. Provides full access to over 7385 major journals in biomedical and related several sources. From HINAR,I you will have access to oxford textbook of Medicine, 5th Edition. You may login at with this userID: NIE122 and password: 39FN99
3. Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture. (AGORA). Agora provides online access to peer reviewed research publications mainly in Agriculture, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Entomology, Food Sciences, Forestry and Ecology/Environment. You may access full text publications by logging in at with this userID: ag-nga149 and password: rdewasujo
4. EBSCO Host Resources. This is a database of complete resources on numerous walks of life. The Academic Source Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions. It offers Multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text Periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Other definitive online resources include: Business Source Complete, Computers & Applied Sciences Complete, Education Research Complete, Health Source - Consumer Edition, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, Legal Collection, etc. You may login at with this userID ns and this password= password
5. PROTA. PROTA contains publications on over 7,000 useful plants of Tropical Africa and this can be accessed on:
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14. SUBSCRIBED DATABASES / PORTALS
6. WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY. The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free -of - charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. Access these materials on
7. BIOLINE INTERNATIONAL.. BIOLINE INTERNATIONAL provides open access to peer reviewed bioscience journals published in developing countries. These journals contain timely research on public health, international development, tropical medicine, food and nutritional security and biodiversity resourcesAccess full texts at
8. BIBLIOMANANIA. BIBLIOMANANIA has thousands of e-books, poems, articles, short stories and plays. This is a rich source for Literature and History. Access complete documents at
9. BRITISH LIBRARY OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (BLDS). BRITISH LIBRARY OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (BLDS) provides Research collection on economic and social change in developing countries and can be accessed at
10. DATABASE OF AFRICAN THESES AND DISSERTATIONS (DATAD). This a programme to improve management and access to African scholarly work. To access this database login at / database with Username: unizikdiglib and Password: admin001
11. DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL (DOAJ). DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS OURNAL (DOAJ) is an online repository containing free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly Journals in Sciences, Social Sciences, Arts and Architecture, Agriculture and Food Sciences, Technology and Engineering. You can access for free full Text articles online at J
12. JSTOR. Contains peer reviewed multidisciplinary research publications including sources like Arts and Sciences I-VII, Life Sciences, 19th Century British Pamphlets and Business III. You can only become and authorized user by proceeding to the provided link below; You will be directed to the login/register for MyJSTOR page. Click on the “Register” link to go to the MyJSTOR Registration page. Complete the required fields to register a unique username and password. A unique address is required, but the address may be of any type (Gmail, Yahoomail, Hotmail, an institution-issued account, etc.) -Click “Submit” to register. You will be redirected to the new JSTOR main page, where you may use JSTOR via this account from any location.
13. International Network for Availability of Scientific Publications: (INASP). This site provides access and links to peer reviewed publications in the following fields:- Agriculture , Biology & Life Science ,Chemistry ,Earth Sciences , Education ,Engineering & Technology ,Environment ,Humanities , Information & Communication Technologies (ICTs) ,Library and Information Science, Mathematics & Statistics , Medicine & Health Sciences , Physics, Science General and Social Sciences
14. The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL). This is an offline Database for Agriculture and Agricultural related disciplines such as Veterinary Medicine, Biotechnology, Applied Microbiology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Entomology, Pest Control, Ecology, etc. TEEAL is robust and can be accessed in the Digital library through the assistance from our help desk. No link is required as Internet is not involved.
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15. LIBRARY WEBSITES
Any library of your choice depending on what you are looking for : World Digital Library, HathiTrust Digital library
OPAC
Online and Offline Digital Libraries
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16. FESTUS AGHAGBO NWAKO LIBRARY
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17. WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY
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18. HATHITRUST DIGITAL LIBRARY
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19. THE SUMMER SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY AT MT. DESERT, BY J. A. MITCHELL.
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20. DATABASES & PORTALS Collection of interrelated resources: JSTOR;
Online Access to Research in the Environment(OARE);
Bibliomania;
Directory of Open Access Journals(DOAJ);
Database of African Theses and Dissertations(DATAD);
African Journal Online(AJOL);
International Network for Availability of Scientific Publication (INASP);
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21. JSTOR
JSTOR: Online Portal
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22. ONLINE ACCESS TO RESEARCH IN THE ENVIRONMENT(OARE)
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23. DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS(DOAJ)
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24. BIBLIOMANIA: You must register free
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25. AFRICAN JOURNAL ONLINE
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26. Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya
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27. INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR AVAILABILITY OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (INASP)
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28. The Directory of Open Access Repositories - OpenDOAR
Search for Repositories
Search Repository contents
List of Repositories
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29. DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORY
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30. SEARCH DOAR CONTENTS:PHILOSOPHY
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31. ADVANCE SEARCH FOR REPOSITORIES
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32. SEARCH PARTICULAR REPOSITORY CONTENT: ASSOCIATION FOR THE SCIENTIFIC SEARCH OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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33. Bruce ManganRepresentation, Rightness and The Fringe
Sample Resource: Mangan Bruce B. Representation, Rightness, and the Fringe Phenomenology Philosophy Article
Bruce ManganRepresentation, Rightness and The Fringe
One of Awret’s epigraphs is by the great Japanese poet Issa; it reminds me of another of Issa’s haiku which I will use here as my ownepigraph: The children imitating the cormorants Are more wonderful Than the real cormorants…
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34. DOAR: LIST OF REPOSITORIES
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35. HOW? The Who and where have strengthen you Now the How
What makes you a philosopher
Think deeply about the research!
Understand the concepts!
Plan on how to carry out the search ( May involve schema)!
Move to the where of data ( Resource person, personal library or Institutional Library )!
Begin the search always consulting a librarian
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36. There is always plenty but not all are relevant & qualitative ;
BENCHMARK
Be wise !!!
There is always plenty but not all are relevant & qualitative ;
General search may or may not yeild the best ;
Deep Search is good;
Always evaluate based on : author, publisher/ source and even the age .
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37. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME & GOD BLESS
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