Transcript What is your problem?
Who is giving you this short introduction?
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Joost Hegle Research Librarian Master degree in Social Anthropology from 1996 Main subject: African studies, Geography and Social Anthropology
Define your problem
Try to break down your topic in smaller pieces….
Find synonym words you could search for finding literature on your topic
We have links to several electronic resources both licenced and freely available from the library ”portal”.
http://www.ntnu.no/ub/english or the original Norwegian site http://www.ntnu.no/ub [more information available but just in Norwegian].
What database suite my needs?
Metalib(e-UBiT) database list http://x port.uio.no/V?func=find-db 1&mode=title&new_lng=eng
The main catalogue for book holdings in Norway is BIBSYS Ask http://ask.bibsys.no/ask/action /stdsearch
It’s not always easy to pick a database given the background information about the database
Our databases http://x-port.uio.no/V?func=find-db 1&mode=category&new_lng=eng • Our you could also try the subject area pages, here you will handpicked resources chosen by each subject/research librarian along with standard linked resources taken from the Metalib (e-UBiT) subject list.
http://www.ntnu.no/ub/english/subject
Having problems finding literature?
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Your topic is too narrow Your topic is not easily divided into a certain subjects.
You haven’t found the right database.
Etc.
Why not try Google Scholar?
http://scholar.google.com
Google Scholar harvests our licenced resources.
You will find SFX@eUBiT indicating that it is our resource.
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Why not search everything through Google Scholar if it is so easy?
You miss the different functionalities you find in each database.
The structuring of the result list is different than in each database.
In relation to what relevance is your results being structured?
No ”advanced search” with functionalities like thesaurus and clustering giving you the possibility to find related words/subjects.
The e-UBiT button telling you if we have the document in fulltext, in physical library holdings or if you have to order it from another library (you have the SFX e-UBiT button, referering to online e-holdings).
But also advantages…
• • • • Fewer hits The results come quick Everything is searchable from one box search.
SFX e-UBiT is our harvested Google resources available within the reach of one click.
Databases
• • • • Jstor ISI-web of science Pubmed Sociological Abstracts Just to name a few…..
Similarities between searching in the different databases
• Advanced search – Field box search picking the field you want to search in.
– Combining your search with the logical operators and,or, not.
– You get information about if the document is available or not by pressing the e-UBiT button.
– The databases are usually indexing journals and book chapters.
How to get hold of our resources outside campus (access from home) or with your laptop at campus.
• Download VPN client http://infoweb.ntnu.no/read_article.php?aid=222 http://infoweb.ntnu.no/dialup/vpn/vpnwindows _e.html
Or use Eduroam http://infoweb.ntnu.no/nettverk/eduroam/eduroamen.html
Read and follow the descriptions!
Contact information
Building 8, Room:8585 NTNU library, Dragvoll.
http://ubitlibrary.blogspot.com
Step-by-step guide to information literacy
VIKO A online guide to information literacy that is good to use as your study companion.
http://www.ub.ntnu.no/viko/en