Transcript Library Workshop for EdD Students

Library Workshop for EdD Students
24 Apr 2010
HKIEd Library
Outline
 Accessing Educational and Social Sciences Databases at
HKIEd
 Database in Focus
 ERIC
 SCOPUS
 Social Sciences Citation Index
 How to Export Records into RefWorks
HKIEd Library Website
http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk
Search for books,
journals, media
resources
E-Journals
 Search by Keywords
 Browse by Subject or Title
 Citation Linker
How the Citation Linker works?
 Is this article available in the Library?
Sadler, P. M. & Good, E. (2006). The impact of self- and peer-grading on student
learning. Educational Assessment, 11(1), 1-31. doi:10.1207/s15326977ea1101_1
Use Citation Linker
to check
availability of
journal article
How the Citation Linker works?
Input as many essential
information as you know:
journal title, year, volume,
issue and start page
Direct link to the
e-journal article
Click on any link to
access full text
Try yourself
 Use the Citation Linker to check if these articles are available in the Library
Odafe, V. U. (2006). Oral examination in college mathematics: An alternative
assessment technique. PRIMUS, 16, 243-256.
doi:10.1080/10511970608984149
Jonsson, A, Baartman, L. K. J., & Lennung, S. A. (2009). Estimating the quality
of performance assessments: The case of an ‘interactive examination’ for
teacher competencies. Learning Environments Research, 12(3), 225-241.
doi:10.1007/s10984-009-9061-z
E-Resources
 Include E-Databases & E-Book Collections
 Search by Keywords
 Browse by Subject or Title
E-Resources by Subject
– E.g. Education
Major Education Databases
 ERIC (via EBSCOhost)
 Education Research Complete
 ProQuest Education Journals
 Education Full Text
Other Relevant Social Sciences
and Multi-disciplinary Databases
 Academic Research Library (ProQuest)
 Academic Search Premier (EBSCOHost)
 ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
 JSOTR. Arts & Sciences Collection
 Social Sciences Citation Index
 Scopus
 PsycINFO / PsycArticles
 Sociological Abstracts
 Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
Major Local / Chinese Databases
 Dissertations and Theses Collection (DTC)
 中國知網
 中國期刊全文數據庫
 中國優 秀碩士學位論文全文數據庫
 中國博士學位論文全文數據庫
 臺 灣期刊論文索引系統 PerioPath Index to Taiwan Periodical
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Literature System
中文電子期刊服務 CEPS
中文電子學位論文服務 CETD
中國學位論文全文 數據庫
華人社會教育文獻資源中心 Chinese ERIC (Chinese
University of Hong Kong)
香港中文期刊論 文索引 HKInChiP
Database in Focus – ERIC
Find ERIC by Browsing "E" (or browse by
education subject; or search ERIC)
Access to ERIC database
Enter
keywords
Search
Results
Limit your
search
Example
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Your research topic: Using web-based portfolio assessment in
secondary education
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Identify the Keywords:
Web-based AND Portfolio Assessment AND secondary education
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Use indexes / thesaurus / descriptors to check related terms
where necessary.
How many records retrieved?
Example
Check
Library’s
holdings
Full Text
available
Searching tips: Expand your search
 Use “expanders” from the database search screen to expand
your search
 Use Boolean operator “OR” to include more search terms
e.g. web-based OR internet OR electronic OR digital
 Use truncation (*) to expand your search term in alternative
way
e.g. adolescen* to search for adolescent, adolescence, etc.
Searching tips: Narrow your search
 Use “Limiter” from the database search screen to limit your
search results in various way
 Consider the suggested “Narrow Search Results by Subject”
from the search result screen
 Use Boolean operator “AND” to limit search results to a
narrower scene
e.g. peer assessment AND higher education
ERIC EBSCOHost Special Features – Find
Similar Results (SmartText Searching)
Try yourself
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Topic: Use of scoring rubrics in mathematics education of
secondary school
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Suggested keywords:
scoring rubrics AND mathematics AND secondary education
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Limit your search to full text articles
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How many records retrieved?
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Try Find Similar Results (SmartText Searching)
Database in Focus – SCOPUS
What is Scopus? What can it do?
 As a Comprehensive Abstracts Database
 ~18,000 sources (90% peer-reviewed journals) from 5,000
publishers
 Comprehensive coverage on Scientific, Technical, Medical and Social
Sciences , Arts & Humanities area
 Substantial Asia-Pacific and non-US/UK sources
 As a Citation Analysis Tool
 Citations Analysis of researchers, institution, journal, research area,
etc.
Access via E-Resources
Search Basics: Use Double Quotes to Search as Phrases
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environmental education finds over 23,000 records
Search Basics: Use Double Quotes to Search as Phrases
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“environmental education” reduces results to under 2,600 records
Search Basics: use “Keywords” instead of “Article Title, Abstracts,
Keywords” for better precision
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Search Basics: use “Keywords” instead of “Article Title, Abstracts,
Keywords” for better precision
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“environmental education” as KEYWORDS further reduces results to under 1,500 records
To Narrow Down Further: Add Search Terms; Set “Limit to” Options
(by year / document type / subject areas)
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To Narrow Down Further: Add Search Terms; Set “Limit to” Options
(by year / document type / subject areas)
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(KEY ("environmental education") AND TITLE-ABS-KEY ("primary school*" OR "primary
education")) AND PUBYEAR AFT 1999  31 Records Only
At the Results Screens: you can also change the Sorting Order (the
default order is by “Date”)
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Cited By : Find out who is citing a particular article
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Cited By : Find out who is citing a particular article
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Other Citation Databases Accessible to HKIEd Users
 Web of Science (Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts &
Humanities Citation Index)
 Academic Search Premier
 Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/)
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The Result Screen in Details
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A Typical SCOPUS Record
To print, export , email or
create a bibliography, click
Output
Citation information for
documents in Scopus which
have cited this article since
1996.
Link to Full-text only if
institution has a
subscription
To set up a E-mail Alert or
subscribe to an RSS feeds
Find related
documents
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You can Output Selected Records to Email, Printer, Create a
Reference List or Direct Export to RefWorks
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SCOPUS Records Easily Exported to RefWorks
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Create your Bibliography
Choose output format and Style
SCOPUS also provides its own Quick Bibliography
Builder
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SCOPUS also provides its own Quick Bibliography
Builder
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Personalization Features
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Must register own ID and log in to
take advantage of personalization
features
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With your personal SCOPUS Login, you
can:
 Save your search history
 Create your saved lists
 Set up email keyword search alerts or email citation alerts
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Search History
Save your Searches
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Set Search Alert (RSS / Email)
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Set Citation Alert
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Save Your List of Result
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Save List for future reference,
creating your bibliographies etc.
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Database in Focus –
Social Sciences Citation Index
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Web of Science
 Track prior research and monitor current
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developments
Find high-impact articles
Uncover relevant results in related fields
Discover emerging trends
Capture citation information for individuals or institutions
Identify potential collaborators with significant citation records
Social Sciences Citation Index – over 2,100 leading social sciences
journals across 50 subjects
Arts & Humanities Citation Index – over 1,160 arts & humanities
journals
Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)
Databases
HKIEd Subscription
(Archive back to 1992)
Web of Knowledge
Web of Science
SSCI
Journal
Citation Report
Current Contents
Connect
A&HCI
Biological Abstracts
SCI Expanded
BIOSIS Previews
Index Chemicus
Other Databases
Other Databases
Access Social Sciences Citation Index
via E-Resources
Feature Highlights of
SSCI, A&HCI @ Web of Science
 Regular Search vs Cited Reference Search
 Citation Analysis Tools
 Citation Alerts and Saved Searches
 Output Results to RefWorks / EndNote
A Sample Record from SSCI
This article is cited by 4 other articles
Records with common
references
Journal’s
impact factor
Cited Reference Search
E.g. Find out who and what kind of works have cited the works of Samuel
Huntington between 2000-2008
Related Record – Find out other “related”
records based on common references – the more
common references, the more related the articles
are.
Cited by
Record
Reference
Reference
Related
record
Reference
Reference
Reference
Analyze Results and Citation Reports
Analyze Results
e.g. >30% of search results of “intrinsic motivation education” are related to “sports sciences”
Create Citation Report
e.g. what articles related to intrinsic motivation have been cited most?
Citation Report
e.g. what articles related to intrinsic motivation have been cited most?
Citation Map
Citation Map allows you to quickly view the citation history – backward
and forward; and identify underlying patterns visually
Cited by
Cited by
Citation Alert
To receive an e-mail alert when an article on the list is cited in a new article
Email Alert
ResearcherID, Personal Profile, Personalized Citation Metrics
Export Search Results
Export records to different bibliographic management
tools:
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Export records to RefWorks at Web of Science
 Choose “Save to other Reference Software”
Import records to RefWorks
 Import filter = ISI (Institute for Scientific Information)
 Database = Web of Science
Online Help
Exporting References to RefWorks
RefWorks
 Web-based Bibliographic Management Tool
 Create your own reference databases
 Import references from library catalogues & databases
 Manage & organize your references in folders
 Search your references
 Adding your own keywords & comments
 Create in-text citations & reference list in preferred style
 Accessible by computers connected to Internet
Accessing RefWorks
Direct Export from Library Catalogue to
RefWorks
How to Import References
from Library E-resources
How to Import References
from Library E-resources
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