Transcript Current Awareness - Bodleian Libraries

WISER Focus on
Resources for Geography
and Environment
An introduction to the major electronic
resources available
Sue Bird March 2008
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OLIS & OXLIP
• Reference works
• Databases
• Searching techniques
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• Using OLIS
– Subject searching
• tw=ecotourism
• sw=ecotourism
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• Use OxLIP to access
• Reference tools
• Electronic newspapers
• Abstracting and Indexing services
Electronic resources
OxLIP : Oxford Libraries Information
: http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip/
Platform
• Access to Electronic Resources available in Oxford (i.e. those the
University has subscribed to which isn’t everything)
• N.B. :Web version will only give approx 25% access outside of the
Oxford Domain unless –
• Oxford Single Sign-on (i.e. Web-Mail) account
• Personal Athens Account or Virtual Private Network
give more -- you need both
• http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/registration/
• http://welcometoit.ox.ac.uk/wit_net.html
Electronic resources
• OxLIP Default = Subject Screen
• OxLIP Title list (button always at the
top)
– If you know which database you wish to
use it is usually easier to go to it via the
alphabetical title list. If you are not sure
browse the lists under subject.
Reference Sources
 General reference tools.
• CREDO Reference (formerly Xreferplus)= Reference
works incl. Dictionaries, encyclopedias etc
• Encyclopaedia of Life Science; International
Encyclopaedia of Social and Behavioural Sciences.
• Dictionaries. OED; Oxford Reference On-line
• Biography: Whos Who; Know UK
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides//maps/
Newspapers
• Electronic newspapers
– Some are freely available. Alphabetic list
on OxLip
– Best source for the “Text Only” of huge
range of newspapers and magazines is
Lexis-Nexis News Service. Goes back
approximately 10 yrs in most cases and
is very current i.e. today’s daily news
items
Newspapers
Legal information, cases etc.
• Lexis Nexis Professional
• WestLaw – both UK & US editions
(Ask in the Law Library for help in
this area - Angela Carritt )
References / Bibliography
Organize your research and manage
your database of references
• Include citations while you write your
paper
• Build a bibliography in a variety of
formats
• Import references from many different
data sources
References / Bibliography
EndNote system:-
Web version available within the Oxford
domain (otherwise)
Software package that you purchase from
O.U.C.S. but you then have it
permanently
• Courses laid on at OUCS
(http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk)
References / Bibliography
RefWorks http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/eresources/refworks
• Refworks is a free (whilst you are at Oxford) web-based
bibliographic software package. You pay an annual fee
after you leave.
• Being web-based means no software to download and
update, and you can access your personal account
from any computer connected to the web. This includes
via V.P.N.
• various courses laid on by OUCS (http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk)
e.g. RefWorks level 2
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Abstracting and Indexing Services
• Vast range.
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SCOPUS (includes GEOBASE)
OVID SP
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Web of Knowledge
SCOPUS
Research Service from Elsevier
+++ Includes GeoBase
Searches abstracts
Full text links to
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Initially limited to Elsevier &
associated publishers but expanding
Bibliographic Databases
Bibliographic Databases
• E.R.L. (Electronic Reference Library)
• (a.k.a WebSpirs)
• GeoRef – physical geography
• EconLit – economic literature
Bibliographic Databases
• OVIDSP
• Biosis Previews – biogeography
• CAB Abstracts – biogeography
• International Bibliography of the Social
Sciences
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Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
– Various useful databases (not just science)
– Full text journal link to SfX (but not all
journals are available electronically)
– Recommend you use Advanced searching
– Similar search mechanisms to other
databases using keywords etc.
– can print, emails results etc
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• Web of Science/Knowledge
– Includes Science, Social Science & Arts
and Humanities Citation Indexes
– Citation indexes can be used in the same
way as any other abstracting and indexing
service. Their extra facility is the option to
search the bibliographies of any articles
i.e. a citation search. Academics use the
citation index to find out who has cited
their work.
Bibliographic Databases
Search :- Ecotour* 2004-2008
Results so far:OLIS : tw=46 books sw=152 books
Scopus = 397 articles
WebSpirs = 197 articles
Ovid = 951 articles & book chapters
C.S.A = 531 articles
W.o.K. = 230 articles
Google Scholar = 287 or 362 articles,
book reviews, etc.
Bibliographic Databases
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.
Bibliographic Databases
Search Tip : 2
– Uses Boolean Logical Operators AND, OR,
NOT and additional 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
– Combining searches: #1 and #2
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Search Tip : 3
Take time to explore the various databases.
Some will be more useful to you than others.
• Scopus
• Web of Knowledge
• Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
• OVIDSP & E.R.L.
but there are others – e.g. Historical Abstracts
http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/services/information_skills/wiser
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Search Tip : 4
• 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.
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• 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.
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• Apart from Bibliographic Electronic
Resources there are some factual
databases available via Oxlip e.g.:• World development indicators,
• EIU Country Reports,
• Demographic Yearbook etc.
If they are CD-ROM based they may
require you to download software
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• Please ask a Librarian if you get stuck
trying to use any of the resources or
would like advice on the most suitable
databases for your enquiries.
• [email protected]
Avoiding Plagiarism
• All academic work will inevitably at some point
involve the use and discussion of critical material
written by others with due acknowledgement and with
references given. This is standard critical practice
and can be clearly distinguished from appropriating
without acknowledgement and presenting as your
own material produced by others, which is what
constitutes plagiarism.
• (Modern History and English - Preliminary
Exams Handbook 2003/4)
• http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/undergraduate/info/fhs/plagiarism.html
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.
http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/epsc/plagiaris
m/index.shtml
http://www.tla.ed.ac.uk/resources/efflearn/sources.pdf
Referencing and Citation
• 2 main ways of organizing your
references
• a)Parenthetical or author/date – often
called the Harvard system
• b) Footnotes on a page or endnotes for
a chapter
N.B. This is not to be confused with the
References / Bibliography
Be uniform in your referencing system:• Probably use the Harvard system as
suggested on the School’s web-site may not be appropriate for historical
dissertations – just be consistent.
• http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/undergraduat
e/info/fhs/dissertation/referencing.html
Citation practice
Also large number of manuals available to give
guidance and sound practice.
• 1:Doing a literature review / Chris Hart
(London, 1998) [H 62 HAR (#2)]
• 2:Manual for writers / Kate Turabin
(7th ed. Chicago, 2007) [LB 2369 TUR (#3)]
• 3:Communicating in geography & the environmental
sciences / Ian Hay
(3rd ed. Oxford, 2006) [G 70 HAY (#3)]