Transcript Search alerts

Library introduction
SBIB
Chris Schroeven / Kris Scheys
Introduction April 2012
• Website SBIB
• Search engines: LIMO, databases
• Alerting services
www.kuleuven.be/sbib/english
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Homepage: search guide
User guides and ppts
Link to other Belgian and foreign catalogues
f.e. WorldCat
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About Limo? limo.libis.be
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Sign in!
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Searching Limo
Two options:
A. Simple Search
Fill in your search terms in 1 single box and discover
millions of references of books, articles, etc.….
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Searching Limo
A. Simple Search: search tips
 boolean operators: (AND) OR NOT
 “exact phrase”
 truncation and wildcards
 ? 0 or 1 character
f.e. wom?n = woman and women
hono?r = honor and honour
 * 0, 1 or more characters
f.e. cultur* = culture, cultural, culturally
warm* = warm, warmer, warming
 Grouping terms within a query: use parentheses
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Searching Limo: more search fields
B. Advanced Search
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Searching Limo: use facets to limit
Physical Items
Limit my results
• Physical print items: print
collections K.U. Leuven a.o.
LIBIS libraries
• Peer-reviewed: checked by
other scholars or researchers
• Full Text Online: online
access
• Cited in WoS: publications
cited once or more in Web of
Science databases
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Searching Limo: use facets to refine
Refine my results:
• Resource type: book,
journal, article, database …
• Creation date: publication
date
• Creator: author(s), editor(s)
• Topic
• Language
• Source: database
• Journal title
• Library (KU Leuven/other
institution)
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Searching Limo
 Facet: displayed when there are one or more
results
 Per facet: 3 items with largest resultset
+ Show X more
 Per facet: select only one item
 Combine 2 or more facets
 Selected facets are displayed
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Using search results
To sort search results
• Relevance (standard)
• Date newest
• Title A-Z
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Using search results
• Before each record
– Tab shows material type and/or book cover
– Short bibliographic description
– Availability indication
Full text available on campus
Available in K.U.Leuven/other institutions (print copy)
No full text available
Currently not on shelf
May be available
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Using search results
• Under each reference
– Two or more tabs with additional info
• Fysical items max. 3 tabs
• electronic publications max. 4 tabs
– At first Limo groups multiple related items
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Using search results: locations
Click to open the floor plan
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Using search results: locations
• ITEM requests
via Locations tab
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Using search results: details
• More info about the publication
• Links to other catalogues
• Link to request in another library
Request in another library
No full text ?
> link to print edition
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My Account:manage your ILL-requests
+ create “free” ILL-request
Manage loans and requests
ILL-request via My Account
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Manage search results:
Select, save, my citations
Select > my citations
To save?
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Example: search database?
Simple search:
>Resource type: database
>Choose record
>Click view online
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Search database by type or subject
Choose subject or type
>click search
>select title
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There’s more then LIMO?
• LIMO is a discovery service for hundreds of millions of
books, articles e.o. publications.
• Use special databases to search for specific info:
Communication and Mass Media Complete, International
Political Science Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, OECD
(statistics)…
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Most important databases: Anthropology
 Specific: Anthropological Index Online
 Ebsco-databases: Academic Search Elite
 Full text archives: JSTOR / Muse / PAO
 Bibliographic (abstracts): Francis / Intern.
Bibliography of the Social Sciences/ PsycInfo/
Sociological Abstr. / Scirus (Elsevier)
 Citation Index: Web of Science: SSCI
 Statistics : OECD ilibrary
Important databases: Media and
Communication
 Ebsco-databases: Academic Search Elite /
Business Source Premier / Communication
and Mass Media Complete
 Bibliographic(abstracts): Francis / Intern.
Bibliography of the Social Sc./ PsycInfo/
Sociological Abstr. /Scirus (Elsevier)
 Citation Index: WoS: Social Sciences and
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
 Statistics: OECD iLibrary
 Newspapers: Mediargus / Westlaw
Important databases: political science
 Ebsco-databases: Academic Search Elite
/Business Source Premier / International
Political Science Abstracts (IPSA)
 Full text archives: JSTOR / PAO
 Bibliographic (abstracts): Francis / Intern.
Bibliography of the Social Sciences/
PsycInfo/ Sociological Abstr. /Scirus
(Elsevier)
 Citation Index: Web of Science: SSCI
 Statistics : OECD iLibrary
 Specific: Agence Europe: Europe Daily
Bulletin… / Newspapers: Mediargus
Most important databases: Sociology
 Ebsco-databases: Academic Search Elite
and Business Source Premier /
Full text archives: JSTOR / Muse / PAO
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 Bibliographic (abstracts): Francis / Intern.
Bibliography of the Social Sciences/ PsycInfo/
ProQuest Sociology / Sociological Abstr. /
Social Services Abstracts /Scirus (Elsevier)
 Citation Index: Web of Science: SSCI
 Statistics : OECD iLibrary
 Specific: Social Care Online
Example: Social Science Citation
Index
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Results in LIMO
select
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Native interface database
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Results list
More info?
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: access to FT or print
copy?
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Full text collections in Leuven
• E-book collections: Springer
• Archives:
– JSTOR: FT archive of journal articles from the first issues onwards
till about 2006
– PAO: references and FT of journal articles from the first issues
onwards till about 2006
• Publisher’s journal collections:
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Cambridge
Emmerald, Elsevier
Oxford
Sage (also backfiles), Springer
Taylor &Francis
Wiley-Blackwell
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Other library catalogues?
• ECLAS: European Union Library Brussels
• Unicat: all Belgian Scientific Libraries
• Worldcat: 14.000 libraries worldwide: 44 mio records
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Access? Via Website SBIB>Links>Catalogues
Statistics: OECD iLibrary
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Results in LIMO > view online
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Homepage > choose tab statistics
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Search results: Belgium
export
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Other statistical databases
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Access to e-sources at home
• Stuiterproxy: popup!
– https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/stuiterproxy/
• Eduroam (laptop): to use your own files and e-sources
in other institutions: www.eduroam.be
Alerts
Three types of electronic alerts:
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TOC alerts:
e-mail or RSS-feed about articles published in a new journal
issues
Search alerts:
e-mail or RSS-feed about new results for a saved query in a
specific database after a specified period
Citation Alerts:
e-mail or RSS-feed when a specific article has been cited
• !To register for e-mailalerts (= choose a password)
• ! Some problems with RSS feeds are due to the stuiterproxy
Example 1: search for a specific
journal (TOC alerts)
Link to the full text
Select “tools”
Activate alerts for one or more journals
or subjects
Example 2: save your search alerts
Select advanced search
Select set > save > register (free)
Example 3: create citation alert