Library of Social Sciences

   Library Website Discovery Service LIMO: books, articles, dissertations, journal titles, newspapers Specific databases for political sciences    Alerts LIRIAS Orders

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A. Simple Search

Fill in your search terms in one single box and discover millions of references of books, articles, etc.….

All content: available documents (print, online ..) Physical items: printed, audiovisual e.o. info Workshop Limo 6 en 8 september 2011

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 6

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B. Advanced Search

Searching Limo: use “facets” to limit • •

Limit my results: Physical items Peer-review

: in a library : checked by other • scholars or researchers

Full Text Online

: online access 8

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• Resource type: book, journal, article, database … • • Creation date: publication date Creator: author(s), editor(s) • • Topic: subject

Language

• • Source: database

Journal title

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Library (KULeuven/other

institution): alphabetical list 9

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 Per facet: select only one item  Combine 2 or more facets  Selected facets are displayed 11

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Using search results Add Tags >searchable in advanced search 13 To sort search results: Relevance (standard) Date newest Title A-Z Access: Print (location) or online (view)

Using search results: locations 14 Click to open the floor plan

Using search results: “locations” Hold or stack requests 15

Using search results: “details”    More info about a document Links to other catalogues Links to LibriLinks (full text) Request in another library 16

Using search results: “details”    More info about a document Links to other catalogues Interlibrary loan: Request No full text ?

> link to print edition Request in another library 17

My Account: info about loans, requests 18

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Managing search results: My Citations Exporteren/printen 20

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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)… 23

Databases for Anthropology 

Specific: Anthropological Index Online

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Ebsco-databases:

Academic Search Elite 

Bibliografic:

Francis / Intern. Bibliography of the Social Sciences/ PsycInfo/ Sociological Abstracts 

Citation Index:

Web of Science: Social Science CI and Arts and Humanities CI

Databases for Media and Communication 

Ebsco-databases

: Academic Search Elite and Business Source Premier / Communication and Mass Media Complete 

Bibliographic

: Francis / Intern. Bibliography of the Social Sciences/ PsycInfo/ ProQuest Sociology / Sociological Abstr. / Social Services Abstracts 

Citation Index:

Web of Science: Social Science CI and Arts and Humanities CI

Databases for Political Sciences 

Ebsco-databases:

Academic Search Elite / Business Source Premier / Intern. Political Science Abstracts (IPSA), Greenfile 

Bibliografic:

Francis / Intern. Bibliography of the Social Sciences/ PsycInfo/ Sociological Abstracts 

Citation Index:

Web of Science: SSCI and AHCI

Most important databases: Sociology 

Ebsco-databases

: Academic Search Elite and Business Source Premier / 

Bibliographic

: Francis / Intern. Bibliography of the Social Sciences/ PsycInfo/ ProQuest Sociology / Sociological Abstr. / Social Services Abstracts 

Citation Index:

Web of Science: SSCI 

Specific

: Social Care Online

Statistics & News 

Statistics:

OECD i library and info SBIB website (searching our collections) 

News

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Mediargus, Westlaw, Balkan Insight, Agence Europe, Current digest of the Post soviet press 

Other library catalogues:

ECLAS, Unicat, WorldCat 28

Example International Political Science Abstracts 29

Native interface database 30

Results list More info or link 31

Librilinks: full text / other library? / other article?

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Full text collections in Leuven      E-books: OECD Springer Individual titles    Journal archives/collections: JSTOR Muse PAO          Publisher’s journal collections: Cambridge UP Elsevier Emmerald Oxford UP Sage (also backfiles) Springer Taylor &Francis Wiley-Blackwell 33

Westlaw: international news Details: more info View online: access 34

Westlaw: Newsroom 35

Statistics: OECD iLibrary 36

Homepage > choose tab statistics 37

Search term: Belgium export 38

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Other catalogues: searching collections 40

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 Eduroam (laptop): to use your own files and e sources on your own devices http://bib.kuleuven.be/english/ub/access-and use/access/access-to-e-sources/wifi

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

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    Input data: Political Science: Greet Louw Other units: researchers     Info: Anthropology: Kathleen Geens IO: Inge Vermeulen Mediastudies/centre: Françoise Van Dessel Social Policy: Sophie De Rijck 

Validator: Kris Scheys

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New acquisitions    Website SBIB: right side: Quick to: Website SBIB: left side: research: practical info  Book orders (selections): Contacts:      Anthropology: F. De Boeck (IARA) and P. Devlieger (IMMRC) Media and Communication: G. de Meyer (Media Studies), K. Roe (Mass Media) Political science: Niels Matheve (Centre Pol. Research), Yf Reikers (International-European Politics) Public Management Institute: Inge Vermeulen Sociology: V. Dekocker (labour), K. Hermans (Soc. Policy), R. Laermans (Theory), G. Loosveldt (data), R. Schepers (Medical), S. Van Assche (family), J. Van Bavel (demogr.).

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