Transcript Electrifying History - University of Reading

Library
Finding
articles and
book reviews
David Brown
[email protected]
© University of Reading 2009
www.reading.ac.uk/li
Session outline
• Finding journal articles
• Using databases
• Search strategies
• Finding book reviews
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Journals or periodicals
• Scholarly magazines
• General, specific
• Monthly, quarterly,
annually
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Reference on a reading list
Author of
article
Date
Title of article
Moorhead, J. (1983). Italian loyalties
during Justinian’s gothic war. Byzantion
53, 575-96
Volume
number
Page
numbers
Title of
periodical
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Searching for journal articles
Drop down menuselect journal title
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Item information
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Where to find journals
• Post 1960 volumes on subject
floors
– Journals have call numbers, with prefix
PERIODICAL
• 1959 and before in closed
access
– Request using link in Unicorn record
• Folio and normal sequences
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Electronic journals
• Many electronic
versions of journals
• Links from Unicorn
record
• Not all titles
available
electronically
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Electronic journals
• Dawson, K (2006). “Enslaved swimmers and divers in
the Atlantic world”, Journal of American History 92(4),
1327-1355.
• Search Unicorn for Journal of American History
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Print
Electronic
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Athens
• Not that Athens!
• Athens a gatekeeper to online
resources
• Need to download Reading
Athens Cookie
– Info on Library website
© Microsoft Clip Art
• Without Athens you might pay
for content that should be free
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Using databases
• Databases are collections or lists of resources
• Allow you to search for articles from different journals
(and other sources) at once
• More reliable than public websites and search engines
(e.g. Google and Wikipedia)
– Database content written by subject experts
– Information is checked and authorised
• Access through the Library website
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Library website
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History subject guide
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Discovering databases
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Types of database
Full-text
Bibliographic
• Provide access to the
complete article or item
• Lists of items published
in a particular subject
• Sometimes link to full
text
• No need to search
elsewhere for the article
• Examples:
– JSTOR
– Project MUSE
• Examples:
– Arts and Humanities
Citation Index
– Bibliography of British
and Irish History
(BBIH)
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Introducing Boolean
• AND
• OR
• NOT
• These are linking words- they join your search term
and tell a database how to interpret your search
• eg: Martin Luther NOT King
• Unicorn’s default search is ‘AND’- just like Google!
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AND
revolution
AND
religion
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OR
revolution
OR
insurgence
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NOT
revolution
NOT
French
(Revolution or insurgence) AND (religion OR religious
OR Christian) NOT (France OR French)
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Truncation
• Truncation saves time
• You can enter the first part of a word: pilgrim$ will find
– pilgrim
– Pilgrims
– Pilgrimage/s
• Useful to find singular and plural
• More usual symbol is
*
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Wild cards
• Useful for spelling variations
– medi?eval
– wom?n
• Or American / English variations
– colo?r
• Again, most times symbol is
*
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Help with databases
• More information is available in the Library’s guide to
searching databases
• Contains further details on search strategies and
troubleshooting advice
• Available in print from the Library, or to download from
the website:
http://www.reading.ac.uk/library/finding-info/guides/libguides.aspx
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Finding book reviews
• You must find and consult other book reviews on your
chosen item
• Where to go to find reviews:
– Subject databases (e.g. JSTOR)
– Citation indexes (e.g. Arts and Humanities Citation Index,
Google Scholar)
• An example:
– Pettegree, A., Europe in the sixteenth century (Blackwell,
2002).
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Finding book reviews
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Finding book reviews
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Finding book reviews
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Google Scholar
• Google Scholar shows which other authors have cited
the book you are looking for
• Shows a list of items that cite the book
• Check this list carefully for any related items or
reviews
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Summary
• Understand how to find journals in
print and online
• Explore online databases to find
articles
• Use Boolean and other search
techniques to improve your
searching
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Things to do after the session
• Become familiar with using Unicorn
to find journal articles
• Practice using the databases
available through the Library website
• Experiment with different search
techniques
• Download the Reading Athens
cookie
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Getting help
• Library guides
– Printed and online
• Information desks staffed 9am-5pm
• Liaison Librarian
– [email protected]
• Library home page
www.reading.ac.uk/library
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Any Questions?
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