Transcript Information Skills for Projects

Information Skills for Projects
Roger Mills and Catherine Dockerty
March 2007
This session
• How to do subject searches for journal
articles, conference papers, book
chapters etc
• How to cite electronic sources correctly
• How to avoid plagiarism
Subject searching
• OLIS and TDNet cover Oxford holdings
only
• Better to use specialist indexes covering
the world’s literature
• Use inter-library loan for items not held
in Oxford and not online
Major sources
Today we cover:
• Web of Knowledge
• Biological Abstracts
• Zoological Record
• Many others available: see OxLIP
Going home
• These are mostly subscription
databases
• Only available on Oxford network
• To use outside Oxford, use VPN
• Register for it at OUCS and get software
BEFORE you leave Oxford
• Also get ATHENS personal password
https://register.oucs.ox.ac.uk/
ATHENS
VPN
Citing your references
• An article in an online journal which
also exists in print can be cited in the
same way as print
• To cite something which only exists
electronically, e.g. a web site, follow
special rules which include the date
viewed
Avoid plagiarism
• Easy to copy and paste paragraphs and
make it look like your own work
• Heavy penalties if caught!
• Make sure you always give correct
citation
• See:
http://www.jiscpas.ac.uk/referencing.php
[or Google ‘plagiarism uk’]
• http://www.jiscpas.ac.uk/referencingcitations.php
Keeping track of your
references
• Make sure you keep a systematic listing of
your references, so you can find them again
when you need them
• A simple listing in Word should be fine, but if
you have a large number of references,
software like RefWorks (free) or EndNote
(£90 from OUCS) can be very helpful.
• Some databases allow you to export
references directly to RefWorks of EndNote.
Maps
• If you need to do much mapping,
consider using the MapInfo software.
The Bodleian Map Room staff can give
you guidance.
www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/oxlip
• To find the databases go to OxLIP and
look in title index:
• Web of Knowledge
• Electronic Reference Library
• Nb turn off pop-up blockers!
Quick Reference Guides
• Web of Knowledge:
http://wok.mimas.ac.uk/support/documentation/present
_version/newwok101.pdf
• WebSPIRS:
http://www.ovid.com/site/pdf/WebSPIRS5.1_QRC.pdf
• Biological Abstracts:
http://www.biosis.org/media/pdf/qrc/BIOSIS_on_Silver
Platter_QRC.pdf
• Zoological Record:
http://www.biosis.org/media/pdf/qrc/ZRonSP.pdf
These slides are available on
• www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/isbes/training