Transcript Where to find - Columbia University

JUMPSTART YOUR
DISSERTATION
TIME SAVING METHODS FOR
SEARCHING AND CITING
Presenters
• Danianne Mizzy, Engineering Librarian
• Song Yu, Chemistry Librarian
Outline
• Literature Review
• Searching
– Digital Dissertations
– Web of Science
– PubMed
• Citing using EndNote
• Q&A
Literature Review
Overview of significant literature published
on your topic.
– To establish novelty of your topic/approach
– To identify information and ideas that may be
relevant to your project
– To identify methods that could be relevant to
your project
– To avoid reinventing the wheel
Literature Search
Finding materials relevant to the subject
being explored
• For a dissertation
– Should be comprehensive and exhaustive
– Requires knowledge of all relevant sources
Literature Output
Using bibliographic management software to
import, organize and output your library of
citations
– EndNote
– RefWorks
– Zotero [Firefox]
– Papers [Macs]
Informal Communication
Early Communication of Research
• To Colleagues, Department, Other Researchers
– Oral , email, blogs, wikis
– Preprints/technical reports
Formal Communication
Via Publication
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Theses/Dissertations
Conference Proceedings
Journal Articles
Books
Handbooks/Textbooks/Encyclopedias
Patents
Where to find
Theses and Dissertations
– CLIO (for Columbia dissertations)
– Digital Dissertations (includes Columbia)
– NDLTD (Networked Digital Library of Theses
and Dissertations )
– Other open access sources
Where to find
Conference Papers and Journal Articles
Multidisciplinary databases
– Web of Science (ISI Citation Indexes)
– Scopus
– JSTOR
– GoogleScholar (http://scholar.google.com/)
Where to find
Conference Papers and Journal Articles
Discipline Specific [Science]
– Chemistry –SciFinder Scholar
– Computing - ACM Digital Library
– Engineering- Compendex
– Medicine - PubMed
– Physics – INSPEC
… and many more
Where to find
Books (Handbooks, Encyclopedias, etc)
• CLIO, Columbia’s Library Catalog
• Libraries beyond Columbia
– WorldCat (use BorrowDirect or Interlibrary
Loan for requests)
• Google Book Search, Amazon
• Ebook Collections
Digital Dissertations
• Citations for more than 2.5 million doctoral
dissertations and master’s theses
• 1861 to the present (master’s theses from 1962)
• Over 1,000 North American graduate schools
and European universities represented
• Dates of coverage
– 1861-1979 citations only
– 1980-1996 citations and abstracts
– 1997-present 24-page preview and full-text available;
registration required to download full-text
Digital Dissertations
• Searchable by author, title, institution, etc
• Author keywords or broad subjects
• Alerts
Digital Dissertations
• Export
• Export directly to ProCite, EndNote or
Reference Manager
• [In EndNote Dialog Box] Select a
Reference Library
Web of Science
• Science Citation Index Expanded
1899-present; 8,060 major journals
• Social Sciences Citation Index
1956-present; 2,697 journals + selected
• Arts & Humanities Citation Index
1975-present; 1,470 journals + selected
Web of Science
• Searchable by topic, author, title, etc.
• Can set up Alerts
– Must register
– From Search History
Web of Science
• Save to EndNote
– From Results list
– From Marked List
• Can select fields to include like references
PubMed
• Bibliographic information for life sciences
literature from 1947
• +5000 journals, books, web pages
• NCBI and NLM
• Free to everyone
PubMed
• Limit your search by
– Article type
– Species
– Ages, etc.
• MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)
– Controlled vocabulary
– Caution! Not all citations have MeSH terms
• Alerts
PubMed
• Export/Import to EndNote
– From PubMed
• From Send to, select File.
• Select MEDLINE from the Format menu.
• Save it to your computer (.txt file)
– From EndNote
• File  Import
• Find your file
• Import Option: Find the filter: PubMed (NLM)
Citing References
• Before you start
– GSAS Dissertation Office
• Dates and deadlines
• Formatting guidelines
• Style
– EndNote
• Find and remove duplicate citations
• How many libraries should I have in EndNote?
– ONE!
– Use Groups
EndNote – Find Full Text
• Edit  Preferences
• OpenURL Path:
http://rd8hp6du2b.search.serialssolutions.com/
• Highlight Citations
• Right Click Find Full Text
Cite While You Write (CWYW)
• Using EndNote in Microsoft Word
• Start
– With/without template
– EndNote tool bar
Why spend a day in the library when you can
learn the same thing by working in the
laboratory for a month?
--FH Westheimer
Summary
• Literature review
– Know the types of publications in your area
– Search in general and subject specific
databases
– Use various resources
• Work with information sources
– Coverage, unique features
– Search methods
– Keep up with the new literature
Summary (continued)
• Work with bibliographic software
Searching
– Import citations from different sources
– Organize your citations
Writing
– Using template
– Insert citations
Questions?
• Dissertations Guide
• http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eguides/
science/dissertations.html
• Linked from Engineering Library
Homepage
Contact Us
• Danianne Mizzy
– [email protected]
– 422 Mudd
– 212-854-9087
• Song Yu
– [email protected]
– 422 Mudd
– 212-854-5778