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Library instruction
International Relations
International Organizations
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Outline of the instruction
› Powerpoint on publications and search tools (40 minutes)
› Practice the skills (30 minutes)
› Practical information about the library (10 minutes)
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Publications
› Why are publications important?
› Are the publications in the field of International Relations freely
available on the internet?
› What are search tools?
› Are the search tools freely available on the internet?
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Types of literature
There are several media for communicating scholarly
information
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papers in conferences
articles in academic journals
articles in edited books
monographs (books)
handbooks
reference works (encyclopedias)
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Article in an academic journal
› Scholarly journals are the most important place to
publish to results of research
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Monograph
› book containing a detailed exposition of
a substantial subject
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Handbook
› provides an overview of the subject
a synthesis of current knowledge about
the subject
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Edited books
= collection of essays
› The publication consist of articles written by different
authors and is supervised by editors.
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Other types of publications
› Reports (‘grey’ literature) = not published by commercial
publishers, but by organizations, think tanks, etc.
› Articles in newspapers and magazines (not scholarly)
› Book reviews (in scholarly journals and in newspapers)
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Publication type
Contains
How to find them
Handbook
Overview / synthesis of the
knowledge about the subject
Classification system of the
library; keyword search in
catalogue; Libguides
Encyclopedia
Overview of the knowledge about
the subject
Classification system of the
library; keyword search in
catalogue; Libguides
Monograph
book containing a detailed
exposition of a substantial subject
Catalogue; SmartCat; Picarta
Article in academic
journal
Report of recent research in a
scholarly journal
Bibliographic database;
SmartCat; full text journal
databases
Article in a edited
book
Report of recent research in a
collection of articles/essays
Bibliographic database;
SmartCat
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Library portal: search tools
Demonstration
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Library classification Arts Collection for IR
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Codes for publication types Arts Collection
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Request numbers Arts Collection
Are constructed from the library classification
The book 61.001 H10
61
International Relations
001 International Relations; general
H
Handbook
10
nr. 10
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Library classification Arts Collection for History
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Bibliographic databases
contain
› references to scholarly publications
› indexing terms and abstracts which enable precise
searching
› limiters to choose specific publication types
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Bibliographic database
IBSS - International Bibliography of the Social
Sciences
Demonstration
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Bibliography – literally: a listing of publications
Bibliographic database - an electronic database with
records that contain descriptions of publications
Libraries offer bibliographic databases as search tool
› These database contain descriptions of important literature in a field of
study.
› These databases offer advanced search facilities
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Kate Turabian calls these databases
'Search guides to periodical literature'
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When Turabian uses the word ‘bibliography’
she means ‘list of references’, (in Dutch:
‘literatuurlijst’) at the end of a publication
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Electronic journals
The library has subscriptions to databases with the full
text of many electronic journals:
The full text journal databases do not have the advanced search facilities of
bibliographic databases, BUT you can search on the full text of the article.
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Electronic database: LexisNexis Academic
› full text of articles from the electronic archives of newspapers
› Dutch and international newspapers and other news sources
› text only, no illustrations
› not 100% complete
Demonstration
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Libguide
Demonstration
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Practise your skills
› Exercises
you can find them in Nestor
30 minutes
› After that we continue with practical information on
the library network of the University
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Library of the University of Groningen
University Library
Library of Law
Library Zernike
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Library of Behavioural and Social Sciences
Library of Theology and Religious Studies
Central Medical Library
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University of Groningen Library : services
Collection
•3.000.000 books
•5000 printed journals
•25.000 online journals
•audiovisual material
Search tools
•catalogues, bibliographic databases, etc.
Study spaces
•study tables
•computer workstations
•wireless network
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To borrow a book
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University Library
4th floor – cafetaria
3rd floor – reading Room Social Sciences
2nd floor – reading room Arts Collection..
1st floor – Lending Department
ground floor - Lockers
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Inter Library Loan (ILL)
› create an ILL account at the Lending Department of
the University Library
› use Picarta or Smartcat to search in the Dutch Union
Catalogue and request a publication from other
libraries
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Proxy server
› Users working from home have to use the Proxy
server
› Log on: s-number and password
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Summary
› Collections (printed, digital)
› Search tools to search the collections
- catalogue
- SmartCat
- bibliographic databases
- shelf arrangement in open access libraries
› Electronic journals databases
› Electronic newspapers in LexisNexis Academic
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Questions?
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