1. James Buczynski April 27 th, 2009

2. Data Being Searched  Library Catalogue  Journal Title Finder (SFX Link Resolver)  Google Scholar  Ulrichsweb.com  Publisher Web Sites  Article Search (MetaLib)

3. Search Options 10 to 20 Years Ago  Ask someone  Look at references in a book, article  Search library catalogues  Use an abstract and index search tool

5. Texas Christian University Libraries

7. Today  Ask someone  Look at references in a book, article, website, etc.  Search 1000’s of Library Catalogues  Use an abstract and index search tool (print)  Search 1000’s of online indexes (“databases”)  Google, or other web search engines

8.  Data being searched is more complex.  Library Catalogue  Journal Title Finder  Article Search (MetaLib)  Ulrichsweb  Google Scholar  Worldcat.org  Libraries don’t have a master index of all their collection materials like Google.

9. In Catalogue  Stand alone books  Most ebooks  Print serials  Most Electronic serials  Ebooks we don’t have  Serials we don’t have  Web sites  Government docs  Databases Absent from Catalogue  Most book table of contents.  Book reviews  Full text of books  Many ebooks in collections  Ebooks in databases  Many electronic serials  Course reserve items

10. 8264 + 3450 Open Access 7323 + 5277 + 84 154 ?? 600 + Audiobooks

11.  Oxford Reference Online Titles (150+)  Gale Virtual Reference Library (30+)  Ovid eBooks  ScienceDirect ebooks (10)  CRC EnvironetBase (350+)  National Academies Press Digital Library (500+)  Newest open access Netlibrary eBooks  Newest Books24X7 eBooks  Newest Safari Tech Books Online eBooks

12.  Fulltext of books  Table of contents  Book reviews  Book summaries

16. MARC records loaded June 1 st and December 1st MARC records we buy are absent

18. In Catalogue  Stand alone books  Most ebooks  Print serials  Most Electronic serials  Ebooks we don’t have  Serials we don’t have  Web sites  Government docs  Databases Absent from Catalogue  Most book table of contents.  Book reviews  Full text of books  Many ebooks in collections  Ebooks in databases  Many electronic serials  Course reserve items  eISBNs, eISSNs

19. Print Only (674 Unique Titles) Online Subscription + Databases Print + Online Subscription + Databases Online Government Document - Serial 30 000+ Titles ???? Serials we don’t have Ex. Environment Complete ???? Serials are missing Ex. CEDROM

20.  Magazine, journals and newspaper titles added to our online library since the last bulk load of MARC records.  New titles in aggregator databases; EBSCO, PQ, Gale. Business Source Premier Journal of ABC added Fear Research added Biotech VC deleted Business models deleted SFX Knowledgebase is undated MARC Records Exported MARC Records Added to Voyager Journal Title Finder

25.  Access to 30 000+ titles across 120+ products  Accesspoints:  Journal Title Finder  Search box at top of website  Within databases (results list or record view)  Article Search (MetaLib)  Google Scholar (on campus or via Firefox Extension off campus)

27. Who makes these subjects?

28. Find It Button on the Record Appears whether or not we have access to Fulltext

29. Find It Button on the Record

31. Find It Button on the Results List

32. Searches 120+ collections of magazines, journals and newspapers for you! Check our SFX Knowledgebase Connect to the resource: -Article itself -List of issues -Resource search screen

33. ProQuest says fulltext coverage is: Title: Freeman Issn: 1559-1638 Coverage: June 1998 to present 1559-1638 Actually is: Freeman: June 1998 to Dec 1999 Ideas on Liberty: Jan 2000 to Nov 2003 Freeman: Dec 2003 to present

34.  Print and Online holdings (Subscribed and Open Access)  Government serials, grey literature not tracked. (ex. Trade-marks journal, PubMed Central)  U.S. Centric in database/resource coverage.  Knowledgebase Errors (Technical or Vendor)  False positives – says we have when we don’t.  False negatives – says we don’t have when we do.  Report issues to: LibraryTechHelp@senecac.on.caLibraryTechHelp@senecac.on.ca  Connect to Resource Errors  Missing citation data (no issn, no volume, no issue)  Newspapers, weeklies, dailies  ISBN, eISBN, ISSN, eISSN searching.

35.  If on campus, the IP number of your computer is recognized by Google, and your results will include:  Find it: Seneca Libraries link  or possibly  If off campus or using the regular Google, install the Following Firefox or IE Extension:  http://libx.org/editions/download.php?edition=1E1D56E9. http://libx.org/editions/download.php?edition=1E1D56E9

38.  Find out which databases index a specific serial title.  Find out which databases have fulltext of a specific title.  Find out if a title is peer reviewed.

39. Pulled Ulrichs Peer Reviewed Info Into Bib Records for Print

41. Which products cover the title?

42.  Some titles are not indexed by any of our databases.  Check the title’s website to find a search engine.

43.  Cross product, cross vendor search tool.  Accessed from:  Search Box at the top of the website  Article Search link on the website  Subject Guides  MySeneca: My.Research Tab

47. EBSCO ProQuest Gale CSA Wilson ScienceDirect JSTOR PubMed Oxford Ovid Oxford Books24X7 Highwire Press Safari Tech Books ACM Digital LibraryLibrary Catalogue Sends A Search String Sends Back First 30 “Hits”

48. Search Query -> Index -> Results -> Link Resolver Index 1 Index 2 Search Index 3Results->Link Resolver Query Index 4 Index 5 Index 6 30

51.  AccessScience  AP Images  Associations Canada  Auto Repair Reference Centre  Canada Statute Service  Canadian Encyclopedia Online  Canadian Literary Centre  Career Cruising  CEDROM (EUREKA)  Culturegrams  Current Biography (user limitation)  Dictionary of Canadian Biography  eCPS, e-laws, eStat  Corporate Profiler  Lawsource  Lexis-Nexis  Marketline  NFPA Codes  Scotts Directories  Teen Health and Wellness  Thesis Canada Portal  Toronto Star Pages of the Past  VetMed (forthcoming)  Weissman Online

54. Search Query -> Index -> Results -> Link Resolver Index 1 Index 2 Search Index 3Results->Link Resolver Query Index 4 Index 5 Index 6 30