1. Information Literacy for MOS ECS-65100 September 2012

2. Schedule and Teacher:  Teacher: Marja Duizendstraal  Schedule:  See course information in Blackboard sessiondatetime 1, lectureWednesday, week 115.30 – 17.15 h 2, practicalsWednesday, week 215.30 – 18.00 h 3, lectureWednesday, week 315.30 – 17.15 h ExamWednesday, exam week14.00 – 15.30 h

3. Learning outcomes After this course you will be able to:  Identify and understand various information sources  Construct strategies for locating information and data  Locate and access the information and data you need  Review the research process and compare and evaluate information and data  Organise and use information professionally and ethically  Select appropriate publication and dissemination outlets.

4. Modules in Blackboard 1. Introduction 2. Information sources 3. Finding your way in the Wageningen UR library 4. a. Searchingb. Databases 5. Evaluating search results 6. Setting up alerts 7. Citing and referencing 8. Publishing URL: https://edu6.wur.nl/https://edu6.wur.nl/

5. Session 1, lecture: Introduction to setting up a search strategy Keywords: When are you information literate?; defining your information need; variety of information sources; locating known publications; simple search; following a thread; structured search; search assignment; EndNote After the session:  Study Blackboard modules 1, 2, 3.1, 3.2, 4a, and 7  Do corresponding quizzes and exercises in Blackboard  Check with whom you would like to do the search assignment

6. Define the information (source) you need  Purpose ● orientation, in-depth search  Topic ● research question  Level ● scientific, professional, news  Type ● data, news, books, research article, laws ● company information, government information see: Blackboard module 2

7. Internet  Everybody can publish on internet ● No quality control on websites  Search engines Google finds a lot, but does it find everything? http://www.google.com/logos/sesamestreet.html

8. Deep Web or Invisible Web Deep web or invisible web

9. Information sources in library WUR

11. Wageningen UR Digital Library

12. Search strategies: overview  Locating known publications  Following a thread  Simple searches on a topic: ● Quick and dirty: some information  Complicated searches on a topic: ● Time consuming and systematic: much information ● Search assignment See Blackboard module 4a

13. Where to start to find a (known) article? Peeters, P. and Dubois, G. (2010). Tourism travel under climate change mitigation constraints. Journal of Transport Geography, 18 (3), 447-457

14. Where to start to find a (known) article? Peeters, P. and Dubois, G. (2010). Tourism travel under climate change mitigation constraints. Journal of Transport Geography, 18 (3), 447-457  Googlebut no off-campus access  Google Scholar off-campus: via library.wur.nl, login  Cataloguejournals A-Z: title of journal  Scopus, other off-campus: via library.wur.nl, login bibliographic database

15. Off-campus access Login at library.wur.nl!! Google: Google Scholar via library.wur.nl:

16. Bibliographic databases  Mainly refer to scientific articles but may also include books, theses, conference papers etc.  Consist of structured references with abstract, keywords, link to full-text (if WUR has subscription): In some also: cited by, related records  Searching mostly based on metadata, not on full text  Different search platforms  Multidisciplinary or specific topics  Examples: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, CAB…..

17. Example of a bibliographic record

18. Google Scholar  Bibliographic database  Multidisciplinary with very broad coverage ● journal articles, books, theses, patents  Simple + advanced search interface  Index based on full text rather than bibliographic metadata  Relevance ranking

19. Following a thread  Start with a relevant publication  Search citations: ● In references (older) ● Cited by (more recent)  Search related articles based on: ● Authors ● Keywords ● Shared references Illustration © Loet van Moll 2009

20. Simple search When: ● Only some records needed ● Orientation ● To find search terms ● Straightforward topic (e.g. species, product) Where: ● Google (Scholar), other search engines ● Global Search at library.wur.nl What do you type: ● Some terms or phrase

21. Complicated search: example Scientific information about: Effects of windmills on marine wildlife http://www.bmt.org/?/51/37/2www.duurzameenergiethuis.nl

22. Consequences of choice of search terms Effects of windmills on marine wildlife 0 records Windmills marine wildlife 1 record Wind turbines marine wildlife 2 (new) records Wind turbines marine fishes 8 records And there are more nice terms in the found records …….

23. Additional search terms  Windmills: wind turbine, wind turbines, wind farm, wind farms, wind power, windpower, wind plant  Marine: North Sea, Adriatic Sea, Baltic Sea, offshore, off- shore, nearshore, ocean  Wildlife: fish, fishes, pouting, Triopterus luscus, mammals, bluefin tuna, thunnus thynnus, other fishes, dolphins, whales, seals Questions: 1. Do you need to include these terms in the search? Why? 2. Yes: How to set up a search while using all these terms? No: What do you advise for the search?

24. Identifying key concepts Effect of windmills on marine wildlife

25. Windmills marine wildlife

26. Combining with Boolean operators  Within concept: OR (any word)  Between concepts: AND (all words)  (Exclude concepts: NOT)  Make sets per concept, or use parentheses

27. Example search -1 (Windmills OR wind turbine OR wind turbines OR wind farm OR wind farms OR wind power OR windpower OR wind plant) AND (Marine OR North Sea OR Adriatic Sea OR Baltic Sea OR offshore OR off-shore OR nearshore OR ocean) AND (Wildlife OR fish OR fishes OR pouting OR Triopterus luscus OR mammals OR bluefin tuna OR thunnus thynnus OR dolphins OR whales OR seals)

28. Applying database tools  Will the search engine find singular/ plural forms ? yes:use 1 form (in Scopus for example) no:use both forms  Will the search engine find Adriatic Sea when I type Sea? yes, always!!  Will the search engine find spelling or word variations? mostly not, so type them or use wildcards  Do you have to indicate phrases? fore example to prevent salmon farms instead of wind farms, search for “wind farms” Check Search Tips or Help!

29. Selection of search terms  Which terms do you like to include? ● Use background material Example: windmills in wikipediawikipedia ● Look at found records ● Check database thesaurus if available ● Which terms will add something? In records on tuna the word fish will probably be there. ● (Re)define your focus

30. Example search after applying database tools for Scopus (windmills OR "wind turbine" OR "wind farm*" OR "wind power" OR windpower OR "wind plant") AND (marine OR sea OR offshore OR "off-shore" OR nearshore OR ocean) AND (wildlife OR fish OR mammals OR dolphins OR whales OR seals) 83 records

31. Retrieved articles  Importance of using multiple sampling methodologies for estimating 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: … seals; oceans; seas; power plants …

32. Improving your search  To narrow: more specific terms, less truncation, more concepts, add limits like year, ….  To broaden: more (general) terms, more truncation, less concepts …………  Build on what you have found: ● More or better terms (thesaurus!) ● Key authors/ groups ● References (following a thread)

33. Complicated search: summary  Identify key concepts (split your subject into main themes)  Formulate search terms per concept  Apply database tools and combine search terms with Boolean operators  Improve your search (evaluate and select) Illustrations © Loet van Moll 2009

34. Practical training ● Write an assignment together with one or two fellow students ● Information on how to write it can be found in BB -> Assignments ● The subject is: Coping with natural disasters in farming practice ● Read the description of this subject -> Assignments ● Upload the document via Blackboard Monday 17 September 9.00 h-> Assignments

35. Session 1, lecture: Introduction to setting up a search strategy Keywords: When are you information literate?; defining your information need; variety of information sources; locating known publications; simple search; following a thread; structured search; search assignment; EndNote After the session:  Study Blackboard modules 1, 2, 3.1, 3.2, 4a, and 7  Do corresponding quizzes and exercises in Blackboard  Check with whom you would like to do the search assignment

36. EndNote  Software to store references in a database and to make reference lists in Word  Blackboard module 7.2  Optionally

37. Thank you for your attention! Blackboard invitation Guest account: ecs65100