Transcript WISER: Biosciences Reference Management Roger Mills & Juliet Ralph February 2009 This session • formulating a research query • selecting and searching appropriate databases • exporting to.

WISER: Biosciences Reference
Management
Roger Mills & Juliet Ralph
February 2009
This session
• formulating a research query
• selecting and searching appropriate
databases
• exporting to reference management software
• inserting references in a document
• compiling a bibliography.
The research query
• Suppose we are interested in the clutch size
(number of eggs laid) of the barn swallow,
Hirundo rustica.
• What are the key concepts?
• What search terms to use?
• How to combine them?
Sample search
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Start with barn swallow*
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* is a truncation symbol and will retrieve both
barn swallow and barn swallows.
Then search for hirundo rustica.
Combine the two sets using OR.
Do another keyword search for clutch size.
Combine this set with the barn swallow*
OR hirundo rustica set using AND
Selecting a database
• OxLIP+ (Oxford Libraries Information
Platform)
• http://oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk
• Search for database name
• Or by Subject, e.g. Biological Sciences,
Medical Sciences
• Remote access
– Oxford University Single sign-on (SSO)
http://www.ict.ox.ac.uk/oxford/username/
Biosciences databases
• BIOSIS (biology, biochemistry, experimental
& pre-clinical medicine)
• CAB Abstracts (agriculture & forestry)
• Embase (the “European Medline”)
• Medline (medicine)
• PsycINFO (psychology)
• Zoological Record (zoology)
Also
• Scopus (science & medicine)
• Web of Science (Science Citation Index)
Coverage
Journals
Dates
Extras
Biosis
5000
1926-
Conference
proceedings
CAB
11000
1910-
Conf proc &
theses
Embase
4500
1980-
Conference
proceedings
Medline
4600
1950-
Trials
PsycInfo
2000
1806-
Chapters &
dissertations
Zoo Record
5000
1864-
Conference
proceedings
Coverage
Journals
Dates
Extras
Scopus
15,000
Inc. Medline
& Embase
1869-
Conf proc
& patents
Web of
9,000
Science
(core
journals in
all subjects)
1945-
Conf proc
& book
reviews
What are they searching?
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Article title
Abstract
Journal title
Authors
Descriptors / Subject Headings
Affiliation
References
…..But not the full text
For a comprehensive literature search
• Search more than one database on Oxlip+
• Compare results from
– Scopus
– BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Zoological Record
Exporting from Ovid to Reference
management packages
• Results Manager
– Results Format
• Direct Export
– Save
– Export results to RefWorks, EndNote etc
• RefWorks account set-up and log in
– http://www.refworks.com/refworks
Exporting from Scopus
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Select records
Click on Output
Choose Export
Choose Export Format required (RefWorks
direct, or RIS for EndNote)
• Choose how much detail to Output (Complete
Format includes the most)
• Click on Export
What can reference management software do?
• Store references to items in many different
formats and material types
• Search, select and output references in a variety of
pre-determined styles, or one of your own making
• Import references direct from databases like
Scopus or Web of Knowledge, or library catalogues
like OLIS
• Search external databases from within the
reference management software, and save
references retrieved
• Insert references into a word-processed document
and format them in a particular style at the touch
of a button
• Store links to documents – pdf’s, images – or
copies of them within database
Products available
• The Thomson-Reuters family:
– ProCite – Reference Manager – EndNote EndNote Web
– Thomson own Web of Knowledge, Biosis etc
• The ProQuest family:
– RefWorks – RefWorks Scopus Edition – RefShare
– ProQuest own CSA, Dialog, Chadwyck-Healey etc
• For LaTeX users:
– BibTex
• Also consider:
– Zotero
Which product for me? (1)
• RefWorks and EndNote
– allow direct export from selected databases
– have very similar features
• RefWorks
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web based
access your records anywhere, so long as you are online
database can be saved for offline work
free to members of university
otherwise c.£90
• EndNote
– software must be installed
– works without web access, so long as you have your own
machine
– must be purchased, c.£80
Which product for me? (2)
• EndNote Web
– free to members of university
– limited feature set
– designed to be used alongside desktop version
• Zotero
– free plug-in for Firefox browser (only)
– limited but growing capability
• BibTeX
– tools are free
• Social bookmarking sites e.g. CiteULike, Connotea
– Free
– convenient for storing and sharing references
– do not provide word processor interaction, text formatting
etc.
EndNote, EndNote Web & RefWorks compared
Compare features:
EndNote
Web
EndNote
Desktop
RefWorks
Save references
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Organize & edit references
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Storage capacity (number of references)
10,000
unlimited
unlimited
Import from many databases and OPACs
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Cite & format papers with bibliographies
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Create & save advanced searches
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create (not save)
Customize views & displays
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Edit reference import filters & output styles
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RW can add or edit import filters
Users can edit output styles
Use term lists for auto-entry
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Cite tables, figures, & equations
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Work Offline (anytime/anywhere)
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Write papers offline only
Local Personal Files and Documents
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High Performance Desktop Environment
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• Some screen shots of what they look like…
Further help available
• Ask Library staff
• Contact your subject librarian. See:
www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/libraries/subjects/librarians
• Check out online help at www.refworks.com and
www.endnote.com
• Attend a RefWorks or EndNote half-day course at
OUCS – see www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/courses
• Try our online tutorials
http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/rsl/training/interactive_tutorials