Transcript Keeping up with Current Research: October 2009

Introduction to Research Skills:
Autumn 2012
Sue Bird
Bodleian Subject Librarian
This session
Introduction to Bibliographic Databases
Introduction to Reference Management Software
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/science
GUIDE to RESOURCES
libguides/engineering
Databases vs. Search engines
• Contents are indexed by subject
specialists
• Subject headings
• Limiting functions e.g.
publication types, language
Allow you to
• View Search history
• Combine searches
• Mark and sort results
• Print/save/email/export
• Save searches
• Set up alerts
• Searches done by
automated “web
crawlers”
• No thesaurus / subject
headings – just free
text searching
• No limiting functions
• Usually none of these!
Databases (Scopus or Web of
Science) enable you to:
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Refine results overview to find the main journals, disciplines and authors that publish in your area of interest.
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Link to full-text articles and other library resources
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Click on the cited by and reference links to track research trends and make connections. You can do this
within or across disciplines you are interested in.
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Find out who is citing you or your supervisor, and how many citations an article or an author has received.
Use Citation Tracker to simply find, check and track citations in real-time
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Use Author Identifier to automatically match an author’s published research including the h-index
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Use Journal Analyzer to provide quick insight into specific journal performance
Analyze citations for a particular journal issue, volume or year.
Use this information to complete grant or other applications quickly and easily.
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Use Alerts, RSS and HTML feeds to help you stay up-to-date
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Document Download Manager to easily download and organize multiple full-text articles simultaneously
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Data export via bibiliographic managers such as RefWorks, EndNote and BibTeX
SCOPUS
Includes the COMPENDEX database
Abstract and citation database containing both peer-reviewed research literature
and quality web sources. With over 19,500 titles from more than 5,000
international publishers, including 340 book series.
47 million records:
26 million records with references back to 1996 (of which
78% include references).
21 million records pre-1996 which go back as far as 1823.
4.9 million conference papers from proceedings and
journals.
435 million scientific web pages indexed via Scirus
24.7 million patent records from five patent offices
eReader Formats
The eReader Formats application allows users
to convert ScienceDirect articles as seen in the
browser into ePUB or Mobipocket format,
whichever is appropriate for the user's
electronic reader device.
Patent Search
Find top-ranked patents for your query
and see a detailed patent profile on
PatentMiner. This application uses the
US Patent Office information.
Methods Search
Methods Search application helps you
find the methods you need for your
research.
E-Journals
I didn't check for the hard copy
- so used to getting online access!
Dissertation Techniques
Search Tip : 1
– Use Boolean Logical Operators AND, OR, NOT
also proximity operators Adj (literally adjacent);
Near(same sentence); With(same field)
– Field descriptors: AU(author); TI(title); AB
(abstract); SO(source or reference); DE (general
descriptor) etc are likely to be specific to each
database and won’t operate in ‘cross searches’
– Combining searches: #1 and #2
Dissertation Techniques
Search Tip : 2
• Consider subject synonyms & British and US spellings.
• Apply truncation, usually * to find plurals/alternative word
endings and ? to replace a single character.
• Expand search by following hypertext links esp subject
headings
• Use tagging facilities within database to mark articles for
printing, emailing, downloading or exporting.
• Authors names: Check the online help for formats. Use the
database index to find different forms of author’s name,
otherwise truncate first initial.
Dissertation Techniques
Three ways to keep up to date:
• E-mail alert – you can specify a search to be repeated and
the results emailed to you at chosen intervals or Zetoc will
tell you when the next issue of a journal is available.
• Saving and rerunning searches – you save a search and
run it again in the future.
• Citation Alert – you will receive an email every time a
particular article is cited in another WoK or Scopus
indexed article.
Avoiding Plagiarism
"...You must always indicate to the examiners when you have
drawn on the work of others; other people's original ideas and
methods should be clearly distinguished from your own, and
other people's words, illustrations, diagrams etc. should be
clearly indicated regardless of whether they are copied exactly,
paraphrased, or adapted...
...The University reserves the right to use software applications to
screen any individual's submitted work for matches either to published
sources or to other submitted work. Any such matches respectively
might indicate either plagiarism or collusion...
...Although the use of electronic resources by students in their
academic work is encouraged, you should remember that the
regulations on plagiarism apply to on-line material and other
digital material just as much as to printed material..."
Section 9.5 Proctors' and Assessor's Memorandum
Good academic practice
So by following the citation principles and
practices in place in your subject area, you will
develop a rigorous approach to academic
referencing, and avoid inadvertent plagiarism.
Citing your references
An article in an online journal which also exists in print
should 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
A specific quote must include the page reference in the
citation.
Also any number of style manuals:The complete guide to referencing and avoiding plagiarism /Colin Neville. 2nd
ed 2010 RSL LB 2369 NEV – also available on-line !
Cite them right : the essential referencing guide / Richard Pears and Graham
Shields. 2010 RSL LB 2369 PEA
So what can reference management
software do?
Store references to items in many different formats and
material types
Search, select and output references in a variety of predetermined styles, or one of your own making
Import references direct from databases like Scopus or
Web of Knowledge, or library catalogues like SOLO
Search external databases from within the reference
management software, and save references retrieved
Insert references into a word-processed document and
format them in a particular style at the touch of a button
Store links to documents – pdf’s, images – or copies of
them within database
Reference Management Systems
RefWorks
(web based – access your records anywhere - free to
members of university – even after you leave)
• ProCite, Reference Manager and EndNote (works without
web access – but software needs to be installed on own
machine – charge of c£80 from OUCS)
• EndNote on the Web
(free to members of university, but has limited feature set –
designed to be used alongside desktop version)
• Zotero is a free plug-in for Firefox browser (only) – limited but
growing capability
• Mendeley, etc.
http://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/referencemanagement
Compatibility of different reference
management packages
• Mobile Devices
• Some reference management packages have mobile
versions offering generally more limited functionality
and adaptations to better suit small screens. Some
software also has dedicated app versions for iPads.
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RefWorks – mobile version.
EndNote Web – mobile version.
Mendeley – dedicated iPad app.
ColWiz – dedicated iPad app coming very soon.
[email protected]
Bibliographic Searching
Search Tip : 1
– Important to remember that although each database
covers thousands of journal titles no single database
is ever comprehensive.
– If you are having difficulty finding material on a topic
use the keywords you find in any relevant reference
and search again.
Web of Knowledge
Similar but not the same : a.k.a. Web of Science
WEB of Science: ISI citation indexes
Broad Coverage – all subject areas
Inspec : now included under this umbrella but best searched
separately
(Journal Citation Reports – help choose the most effective
title in your area)
Bibliographic Databases
Search :- wind turbine* AND (energy OR power) AND
(home OR domestic OR residential) 2008-2011(2012)
Scopus = 157 articles
Web of Science = 80 articles
Inspec (via Web of Knowledge) = 90 articles
RefWorks (after de-duplication)
= 210
Oxford Research Archive
• Students registered on the D.Phil. programme
from 1st October 2007 are required to deposit
both a print copy (in the Bodleian Library) and
a digital copy (in ORA) of their thesis.
http://ora.ox.ac.uk/
OXFORD E-THESES
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ora/oxford_etheses
Conclusion
• Maintain a balanced diet!
• Five a day…
– WoK, Scopus, Solo, subject-specific database,
Google Scholar…
Introductory Research Skills
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