1. Class 3 Finding theses, conferences and research publications

2. Session Overview How to find theses, conference proceedings and research papers Why these are important Resources at LSE and further afield

3. Theses LSE Library Catalogue for LSE theses ‘Dissertations Academic’ limit Senate House Library – UoL theses EThOS (UK) Open Access theses project form the British Library Many UK universities participating Digitized & Available Open Access but not yet digitized – can be requested Not yet digitized – payment requested. Do NOT proceed. Use ILL.

4. Index to Theses UK and Ireland, 1715 onwards. Abstracts. More complex searching than EThOS but doesn’t automatically link to EThOS holdings so will need to check both. Updated regularly, but usually a time lag of three months between the university submitting the information to the database and it appearing in the Index.

5. Dissertations & Theses Coverage Searchable abstract and full text database of theses covering social sciences and humanities subjects. 1861 to the present Includes doctoral, PhD and Masters theses. North American universities as well as many other higher education establishments worldwide. Abstracts to most items, and links to full text versions are provided in many cases. LSE staff and students should note that full-text theses not contained in this database can conveniently by obtained using the LSE Library Interlending service, http://www2.lse.ac.uk/library/services/idd/idd.aspx http://www2.lse.ac.uk/library/services/idd/idd.aspx

6. More theses resources LSE Library Delicious pages - http://delicious.com/LSELibrary/theses http://delicious.com/LSELibrary/theses Institutional repositories – we will be looking at these later in the class. If you’re looking for theses from a particular country, then why not look at the library catalogues of their National Library Service.

7. Conference Papers Why are they important? May be articles in earlier form Not always published May be published just as name of conference or just as e.g. 4 th conference of… Sometimes published as journal articles

8. Conference resources at LSE ISI Conference Proceedings ZETOC Subject focussed databases may include details InterLibrary Loan Look for name of Holding body Delicious British Library lists conferences in their general catalogue Google Scholar

9. Open Access Most universities now have archives of freely available research available as ‘Open Access’ What it is? http://www.jisc.ac.uk/openaccess; http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/guidance/authors.htmlhttp://www.jisc.ac.uk/openaccess http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/guidance/authors.html http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/ Resources for locating OA materials OAIster: http://oaister.worldcat.org/http://oaister.worldcat.org/ OpenDoar http://www.opendoar.org/search.phphttp://www.opendoar.org/search.php LSE Research Online: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/ Versions & citing issues

10. Working / discussion papers Ongoing research, public lectures.. Increasingly published online Where to locate them? Library catalogues, e.g. NBER, EUI, Adelphi Google Scholar OpenDOAR Delicious http://www.delicious.com/LSELibrary/workingpapers http://www.delicious.com/LSELibrary/workingpapers

11. Conclusion Lots of different types of materials are available Finding details is only part of the process Leave enough time for access

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