1. INFORMATION LITERACY FOR MOS STUDENTS November 2, 2011 Marja Maclaine Pont and Ans Brouwer, information specialists WUR

2. AGENDA November 2: Room C321: introductory lecture November 9: PC rooms 421 and 425, work on your assignment (in groups of 2), upload the result ultimately November 14 in Blackboard November 16: Room C321: feedback lecture For the rest of the schedule: see Blackboard

3. DIGITAL LIBRARY http://library.wur.nl/desktop The starting point for all library links, e.g. portals, news, calender, user information and services, FAQs, etc.

4. WHAT AND WHERE: EXAMPLES Looking for: Journal articles Books, reports, etc. News Institute information Encyclopedias, dictionaries Search in: Bibliographies Catalogues Newspapers, WWW WWW Catalogue/ WWW

5. THE LIBRARY VS. THE WEB Library Selection Organized Permanent Free access Comprehensive Web No selection Less organized Not permanent Access ??? Not comprehensive

6. WAGENINGEN UR CATALOGUE Entrance to all resources we possess or subscribe to: books, reports, journals, (bibliographic) databases, encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries, etc. Also a limited number of websites and other free sources are added No journal articles, book chapters, papers

7. CATALOGUE SEARCH EXAMPLES The new search interface uses stemming and synonyms to find results, e.g.: Searching for SHOPS also yield results with SHOP or SHOPPING Searching for COW DISEASES also yields results with VETERINARY MEDICINE The results are presented in chronological order The number of records presented is variable The records are analysed for “facets”, e.g.: keywords, authors, subject classification, language, publication year, etc.

8. WAGENINGEN YIELD: WaY http://library.wur.nl/way Publications by WUR staff Information on publishing and copyright Up-to-date list of publications, using a list wizard

9. E-BOOKS Via the Digital Library, Portals, E-books e.g.: Springer: 2005-2010 and all available books from before 2005; over 17,000 titles CAB: 1999-2010, approx. 473 titles Elsevier (Agric. and Biol. Sci + Biochem + Gen. and Mol. Biol.): 1995-2010, approx. 875 titles Etc.

10. E-JOURNALS You can find them in two ways: Via the catalogue: Journals A-Z, choose: e-journals Via the Digital Library, Search, e-journals A-Z Approx. 12,805 titles

11. PORTALS Starting pages for scientific literature in the research fields of WUR Made by the information specialists of WUR One portal for each subject (WU Department) and one general portal They list the main bibliographies, textbooks, core journals, and reference works You can find them via the Digital Library, Portals

12. METASEARCH Search in several bibliographies in one go Several options in each subject-oriented portal Not possible to use specific command language, truncation signs, field names

13. ALERTS In our catalogue: (first: register in My Library): for ToC alerts (e.g. Current Issues in Tourism), either as an email alert, or as an RSS feed Via the publisher: e.g. www3.interscience.wiley.com: Acta Zoologica: as a email alert, or as an RSS feed In our portals: for new publications library.wur.nl/desktop/portals/ In Wageningen Dissertation Abstracts: library.wur.nl/wda

14. MORE ALERTS In our catalogue for any search (first: register and login): email alert In Web of Science (WoS) (first: register and login): for any search, go to: Search History, create an email alert In Scopus (first register and login): for any search: as an email alert or as an RSS feed Via OvidSP (first register, and login): as an email alert or as an RSS feed; in 1 or more databases, perform your search, go to: Search History, either select the RSS button, or choose: more, choose: Auto alert.

15. WHAT IS A SEARCH STRATEGY? It is not just searching, it is a strategy It is an iterative process The aim is: high precision, high recall, few irrelevant hits Precision: no false positives Recall: no false negatives

16. Climate change Global warming Greenhouse effect Climatic change Kyoto Research: Publication of results

17. THE OPTIMAL BIBLIOGRAPHY contains all relevant publications has links to the full text, if WUR has a subscription is updated frequently has good search facilities can be searched from anywhere ………………………………

18. EXAMPLE OF A SEARCH STRATEGY REMOVAL OF SULFUR FROM VEHICLE EXHAUST what are the concepts?............. Synonyms? Different writings?..............

19. REMOVAL OF SULFUR FROM VEHICLE EXHAUST Concept 1: removal Synonyms, etc: remov*, extract*, filter*, desulphur*, etc. Concept 2: sulfur Synonyms, etc: sulphur*, sulfur* Concept 3: exhaust Synonyms, etc.: emission*, particula*, particl* Concept 4: vehicles Synonyms, etc.: cars, trucks, buses

20. ONE SEARCH LINE (Remov* OR extract* OR desulphur* OR desulfur* OR filter*) AND (sulfur* OR sulphur*) AND (exhaust* OR emission* OR particula* OR particle*) AND (vehicle* OR cars OR truck* OR bus OR buses)

21. SEARCHING IN VARIOUS BIBLIOGRAPHIES In Scopus: OK (in the default fields) In OvidSP (selecting: Biological Abstracts, CAB Abstracts from 1984, Medline): too much time; in two portions and combine the results In Google Scholar: not possible, find alternative ways to get relevant results

22. WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM IT?

23. CONCLUSION On how to use GS, Scopus and OvidSP: Use GS for:  quick searches Use Scopus for:  detailed searches  citation information  finding recent articles (articles in press) Use OvidSP to:  perform a search in more than one bibliography

24. BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES All disciplines Scopus Web of Science Google Scholar Specific topics CAB-Abstracts Biological Abstracts FSTA Medline/PubMed SciFinder on the Web …………….. Overlap Additional Different search platforms Use several databases

25. Books Journals Maps Reports, theses, etc. WoS Scopus CAB BA ASFA LSW SocIndex PsycInfo Google Scholar

26. IMPROVING YOUR SEARCH To narrow: more specific terms, less truncation, more concepts…. To broaden: more (general) terms, more truncation, less concepts ………… Build on what you have found: More or better terms (thesaurus!) Key authors/ groups References (citation search)

27. WoS Scopus CAB BA ASFA LSW SocIndex PsycInfo Google Scholar Portals MetaSearch Which databases?

28. THE CONCLUSION your information need is solved by information literacy. Be information literate!! © Wageningen UR

29. WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO Study the Blackboard modules, see: edu6.wur.nl You can study the modules also via: library.wur.nl/desktop/services/infolit (the quizzes are not available) Do the quizzes to test your knowledge Write an assignment, together with one or two colleagues; the information on how to write it can be found in BB; upload the document via Assignments, MOS assignments information literacy period 2 (via Turnitin), at the latest on November 14 th Exam on Thursday December 22 nd, from 14.00 till 15.30 hrs, so not till 17.00 hrs!!

30. SELECTION OF THE SUBJECT There are two subjects to choose from: 1. Snack patterns of elderly in Europe The objective is to describe snack consumption of elderly in different European countries and the effect of snack consumption on energy and micronutrient intake and health status of the elderly. Source: Haveman- Nies A., De Groot L.C.P.G.M., Van Staveren W.A. Snack patterns of older europeans (1998) Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 98 (11), pp. 1297-1302 2. Influence of climatic change on food security Climate change has a direct impact on local weather patterns. Rising temperatures and less predictable and more erratic rainfall patterns resulting in periods of droughts or floods will directly affect agricultural production. This will have a negative impact on the food security of many rural households. To reduce the risks of crop failure and to be less vulnerable farmers will have to take action. What are the opportunities and possibilities for farmers in developing countries to adapt their farming systems to climate change?